Our waiter at a diner had his right arm wrapped with an ace bandage. We inquired what was wrong. He explained that he had fractured his elbow tripping over his kid's toys. His doctors ordered him to rest his whole arm for 12 weeks and keep it in a sling. His boss said he could not work with a sling so he wrapped it tightly with an ace bandage, and favored it in his vest. He was back at work two weeks later, in pain and trying to be careful because he couldn't afford to go wi