the man was a nurse. How did you guess that??
Honest Injun... it was just a guess because these day healthcare positions such as LPNs or CNAs (probably RNs too) are well suited to sociopaths looking to be in positions to be able to prey upon others at will. It can be something as small as a dismissive attitute, like ignoring a patient’s fears and anxieties... resetting the call button annunciator panel and going on about their tasks... to willfully inflicting harm. Intentionally missing that vein... wrenching a cather around to inflict the most agony... you get the idea.
Consider what out greatest fears are... being lonely, being sick, dying... A nurse can really use those fears to his or her advantage.
Then again, I am very sensitive about injustice, or people hurting each otherthrough neglect... The scene in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest where Jack Nicholson snaps and starts choking the life out ofNurse Ratchet... I felt it was warranted.