On 03/11/12 09:36, Ecnerwal wrote:

What did the Red Cross care about? Getting paid. Teaching people first
aid they could give a rats posterior for - show them the money was the
name of the game. They charged me to take a course to become an unpaid
instructor to charge people to take courses to get a stupid card from
them. Quite the racket.

As every worker in this state (Australia) has to do a "first aid"
certification every few years, which if government mandated, it is a
"racket" they might as well join to make some funds for their
organisation, whilst making it easier for workers to get yet another
piece of paper so they can get emloyment. The private mobs here charge
up to $105 each.