Inching Toward the Goal Line

摘要

HE LABCORP OFFICES ARE only 20 minutes from work; I think I'll try to get over there during lunch break. As I open the tinted glass door, I come upon a room full of 40 (maybe) people sitting on plastic chairs, most of them staring blankly at a television that is tuned to a game show. There is no sound. I approach the sign-in desk. Two humongous women reside behind it. They are staring too, in their case at two computer screens. I am told that the wait is about an hour.