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“What other people think of you is none of your business.”
~ Paulo Coelho
“What other people think of you is none of your business.”
~ Paulo Coelho
I used to say that till one day some guy said "You said that pretty fast, like you got that rehearsed. "I usually say Sorry, wish I could help or something like that.
It was years ago, but yeah it was pretty much overnight I was completely ostracised. He was really damned hot though so fuck it. It was worth it.office skanks always causing drama.... smh. That's why i'm so thankful I don't work near any gossip corporate hos anymore.
I work with old people in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. I've had plenty of people who have dementia curse my name and become combative. They aren't really consciously doing it though.
However in high school there was an art teacher that hated my guts for a reason I couldn't understand. I took a few art electives but never had him as a teacher but I would often stay after school to work on projects. He always criticized my work without offering anything constructive and one day after school when I was talking with a classmate he told me to shut up. I had also lost my glasses one day and the last place I remember wearing them was in one of the art classrooms. I went back to ask the next class if they had seen them and before I could finish my sentence he said, "Nobody has seen your glasses, now get out."
.....I found them in the hallway right outside the room cracked in half later on that day. I always wondered if he had actually found them and broke them on purpose.
They don't hate you for that. They expect you to say no. It's more important how you say it.
I usually say Sorry, wish I could help or something like that.
My coworkers wife hates me. At work get togethers, I can tell she's just seething as she looks at me when I'm talking.
No idea why because I get along with pretty much everyone.
How is it it in nursing homes right now work wise?I work with old people in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. I've had plenty of people who have dementia curse my name and become combative. They aren't really consciously doing it though.
However in high school there was an art teacher that hated my guts for a reason I couldn't understand. I took a few art electives but never had him as a teacher but I would often stay after school to work on projects. He always criticized my work without offering anything constructive and one day after school when I was talking with a classmate he told me to shut up. I had also lost my glasses one day and the last place I remember wearing them was in one of the art classrooms. I went back to ask the next class if they had seen them and before I could finish my sentence he said, "Nobody has seen your glasses, now get out."
.....I found them in the hallway right outside the room cracked in half later on that day. I always wondered if he had actually found them and broke them on purpose.
How is it it in nursing homes right now work wise?
My head of year was one of my favourite teachers, he was the head of the art department. I loved my other two art teachers as well. I ended up in an argument with an English teacher and she sent me down to him. He sat me down in his office and his office, made me a cup of tea and gave me free reign of all the art books so I could calm down. He and the two other teachers were lovely and I got an A on my coursework and exam in art...because I was actually pretty good and loved it. He went to prison for touching up a boy in the pottery room...and I don't believe it for a second that he did it. I was gutted for him.
I really hope you are appreciated as much as you deserve to be, you're really flippin brave. And a wonderful person for going in every day.It's not ideal but we're coping....some of the residents are having a hard time with it. Especially one the ones that don't have any sort of cognitive decline and like to socialize. At the facilities I've been working at activities aren't held in groups, meals are eaten in their rooms, family/visitation is only taking place outdoors and at a far distance, and masks are mandatory for all residents in the hallways. Staff have been good/better about sanitation/PPE protocols and we're seeing a lot less c-diff cases jump from resident to resident which is a good thing. The mental health of some of our residents is pretty concerning though with how lonely and isolating nursing homes have become since March.
Things really slowed down for our subacute caseload. People aren't getting elective surgeries that require therapy/skilled nursing in order to safely transition home and a lot of facilities aren't accepting new admissions from the hospital in order to keep their campus COVID-free. Pretty tough on therapy staff to maintain their hours when there aren't as many patients to treat. Therapists are having to use up PTO to maintain full time work status otherwise they're laid off or downgraded to part time and they lose their benefits. Nurses are fine though, most working SNFs haven't missed a beat.
I really hope you are appreciated as much as you deserve to be, you're really flippin brave. And a wonderful person for going in every day.
My mum died in a nursing home last year with brain cancer. My step dad and I while we would rather still have her are relieved she went when she did before Covid started. Him not being able to go in and see her, she wouldn't have understood what was going on even though her brain was all gooey anyway. And he would have been doing his nut not being able to see her either.
Stay safe, m80.