The Bathtub Test
“During a visit to my doctor, I asked him
‘How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?’
‘Well,’ he said, ‘we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the person and
ask them to empty the bathtub.’
‘Oh, I understand,’ I said. ‘A normal person would
use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup.’
‘No,’ he said, ‘A normal person would
pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?’
ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON … OR
DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE?”
