Reliance
I got seriously thinking about this at work two days ago.
It was noon and time to get residents down to the entrance to the dinning area. I first brought Mr. G. down in his wheel chair, and then I went to the end of his hall and got Mrs. W. Mrs. W. has a wheel chair, but uses a walker and you need to follow behind her with her wheel chair. Mrs. W. asked me, "Is my sweatered boyfriend down there?"
I was so baffled, "excuse me?"
"That's how I know how far I have to walk. My "boyfriend" sits at the end of the hall waiting for the doors to open. He either wears a red, green, or blue sweater. If I look for him I know how far I have to go until I reach the end of the hallway."
Her sharp wit and keen sense of reasoning put an instant smile on my face. It also made me think about day to day situations and how many people rely on others for simple things.
When Brian first moved across the street everyday he would walk to the store and buy a case of beer. Between 4:00-5:30pm, this was routine, and if you are a good judge of time according to darkness you could always almost peg the exact time.
It was noon and time to get residents down to the entrance to the dinning area. I first brought Mr. G. down in his wheel chair, and then I went to the end of his hall and got Mrs. W. Mrs. W. has a wheel chair, but uses a walker and you need to follow behind her with her wheel chair. Mrs. W. asked me, "Is my sweatered boyfriend down there?"
I was so baffled, "excuse me?"
"That's how I know how far I have to walk. My "boyfriend" sits at the end of the hall waiting for the doors to open. He either wears a red, green, or blue sweater. If I look for him I know how far I have to go until I reach the end of the hallway."
Her sharp wit and keen sense of reasoning put an instant smile on my face. It also made me think about day to day situations and how many people rely on others for simple things.
When Brian first moved across the street everyday he would walk to the store and buy a case of beer. Between 4:00-5:30pm, this was routine, and if you are a good judge of time according to darkness you could always almost peg the exact time.
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