I get alot of requests when i answer call lights at work. Every time i walk into someones room and say "How can i help you?" i am putting myself at risk to be in the room anywhere from five minutes to fifteen minutes. Residents ask me to do all kinds of things. Sometimes they want the heat turned up, or another blanket (they are ALWAYS cold), and sometimes they need someone to complain to about the food that night. I thought i had learned to deal with just about every situation possible, but today was probably the most amusing request i've ever received. Here's what happened-
I see call light.
I walk down the hall to answer it.
I knock on the door, enter and repeat my usual,"How can i help you?"
The white haired woman is laying in her bed and can hardly open her eyes, but she has one question for me:
"Who is the president?"
I'm thinking,"umm... Is she serious?"
I clarify the fact that she means the President of the US, and then i tell her it's Barack Obama.
Then she says, "I can't hear you."
So i say louder, "Barack Obama"
"What's his name?"
"BARACK OBAMA"
"Huh?"
Now i'm yelling the president's name for everyone to hear, "BARACK. OBAMA."
"Barack?? That's his first name?"
"Yes."
"What nationality is he?"
Oh man...
I love my job.
1 comment:
Hilarious. I laughed out loud and then had to read it to Rob.
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