What doesn’t look like a potato but is still called a potato....?

The care home that i live in is full of people who can think for themselves and there are those who cannot. This is just a rough explanation of what goes on when you live here. When the people who cannot think, say stuff like “what am i doing here?”, you can only thank God you’re not like them. At least they can walk, which is one thing i can’t do, but wish i could.
The whole place here is run by an an organisation called SALT. Nobody has ever seen them but we all know they exist. SALT stands for Speech And Language Therapy. They don’t actually represent speech and language therapy, but they should. According to them, everybody here has a 0% mental capacity. Hang on a secord. That’s the same as comparing them to a potato, then.

That isn’t a very fair comparison to make. Potatoes can be useful. SALT on the other hand, cannot.
I really shouldn’t go on about them like this. It’s not fair and there are more important things to write about. For intance i saw my wife today. She’s coming up tomorrow as well. It’ll give her a sense of self-importance to read about herself like this. I can guarantee what she’ll say when she sees me: ‘Are you writing about SALT again?’ I’ll bet on it. I’ve had quite a day today. I’ve been to the doctor’s and, like i explain to everyone, i’m a disabled man who can’t speak. It’s a very lonely life. I can express myself on here. That’s about it.

Things just changed overnight for me. Anybody who is put in my place would tell you how tough it is but you just have to get on with it. That’s easier said than done. Not everybody can live in a world of assumption rather than a world where proof of guilt is the norm. It’s hard to do. When you can’t talk it’s impossible. As far as i’m concerned assumption is the mother of all fuck ups. I can’t eat white bread because if i do i will fall asleep, choke and die. That’s the assumption. The fact is that in over five years of eating toast i’ve never fallen asleep. They don’t rely on fact. They rely on assumption.

Like SALT’s guidbook of ‘how to deal with everyone’ Nobody is given a chance. Everybody is treated like a potato. We don’t look like one but we get treated like one. That’s the harsh reality we face. Potatoes are useful. They can be mashed, boiled in water, roasted, baked or made into chips. SALT, on the otherhand, are not useful