Another inconvenience for "loners".

[no_hypocrisy]

I'm scheduled to have my first colonoscopy. It's inpatient but it's also under general anesthesia. That means they won't schedule it unless I have someone there to drive me home. They don't allow taxis. (It would cost about $35 roundtrip, so that would be out anyway.) You can't walk home. Clear and straight forward: someone has to collect you and drive you home.

I understand: liability involved if you go out and get into an accident after the procedure.

I'm single. No spouse, no children. Alone and loving it. Until today.

Now I have to find a friend who's not working at 1 p.m. and can hang out between 90 minutes and two hours to drive me home. There is no such thing as a colorectal Shabbos Goy. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbos_goy)

I figure, hey, take them out to a diner afterwards, my treat, and have a good time. (And after all, I will have had an empty stomach for about 9 hours.)