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StarGirl
6 years agoMember
What is up with the bell???
Okay, so it took me four years to notice the damn thing, but now I can’t unsee the bell. And I wonder who on Earth thought that was a good idea??? Just putting it out there that I am irrationally anno...
StarGirl
6 years agoMember
Hi @Nefertari, lol, apparently it’s a thing worldwide. I can only assume that at some point back in the day, some bright spark thought it would be super awesome if at the end of your ‘journey’ or ‘battle’ (or whatever trite analogy is de rigueur) you could stand up in the middle of your clinic like a total twat and ring a bell - an actual bell mounted to the wall or whatever - to proclaim your victory to all the people currently still undergoing treatment (or incurable and under indefinite treatment). Apparently this is a good thing to do. Maybe some of the staff nod off occasionally and need to be startled into action? Maybe it keeps birds off the window ledges? Maybe the vibrations have curative powers for those still under active treatment? It may be one of life’s great mysteries ????