Ever been to Disneyland and gone on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride? Even if you’ve only seen the movies, you will almost certainly remember a striking tableau with some unsavory pirates in a jail cell desperately trying to attract the attention of a nearby dog. A dog who just happens to be holding the key to their cell in his mouth.
Here are people who desperately want something that is, quite literally, just barely out of reach. They can see it. They can see someone else getting to use it. Their inability to obtain it is preventing them from doing anything other than sitting in that cell, eating what is provided to them and being told they’re lucky to get anything at all.
Now imagine being in that mental state for four consecutive months and you’ll have experienced the job I just left…
