A True Fictional story.

When Vania first came to the USA, she was not too proud to do whatever job was available, she needed the money to send back home to help her parents and other family members.

She had some hilarious stories to tell, some sad stories and some where she barely escaped some dangerous situations, including being arrested on two separate occasions. In fact she got arrested once when out with some fun loving friends, spent one night in jail, got charged $20, mainly because the cops decided that she was out without her ID. The officer actually asked her..."what's a nice young lady like you doing in a place like this, be careful of the company you keep". Turns out they were attractive cute young ladies who were repeat offenders. You wouldn't know it by looking at them. Everything they wore was expensive, clothes, designer handbags, the works... and they were very well put together. Who knew?

Truth to tell, she learned a lot from that experience, the biggest lesson was never get arrested, you have to pee and do your business in front of everyone...with some strange looking women peeking curiously at you. You get a mat and pillow to sleep on the floor, oh yes, and the fun of getting finger printed. Luckily a minor offence like that gets scrubbed from the records after a short while. So, only a criminal for one night, basically.

Anyway...on one of those live-in job situations where she worked for about a year, there was a patient who was deathly ill, and could pass away at any time. There were two workers at the time, Vania did most of the work while the other worker mostly slacked off with her duties. They had to work for two weeks before getting the weekend off...but they coped.

The patient's vitals had to be checked every few hours and always written down before going to bed.

One weekend, not her scheduled time off, Vania had to take a few hours to go and pay her rent. When she got back to the care home, worker 2 had tucked herself into bed, neglecting the patients. The near dying patient's vitals had not been noted and all of the other chores had been left undone.

Vania went to ask #2 if she knew where the thermometer was, as she wanted to do the job they were hired to do. Worker 2 did not answer, even after repeated efforts to get her attention. Vania took hold of the edge of the comforter tucked tightly on worker 2 and tugged it a little to get her attention, shaking it to try to wake the worker up, just enough to not seem violent.

The worker flew from the bed....yelling and cursing, startling poor Vania speechless.

"Why the f$#@ are you waking me up, I'm gonna kick your ass. I'm calling the cops".

Vania tried calling the owner/manager of the property, who was just next door at the other facility, but she refused to answer the phone. Her guess was that the other worker had called her first with her version of the story.

The irony was that the owners were Vania's country men/women, who treated their own people like they were superior to them, simply because they were more established in the country than they were. These people were quite willing to believe worker 2 much quicker than they would Vania.

Vania went about doing her job, finally locating the thermometer, after that she started preparing to get to sleep herself. Thinking all was now well with the world as best it could be.

THAT WAS WHEN THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR!

Why would the owner be knocking, she had a key.

Vania opened the door. A very tall and handsome, slightly greying at the temples police officer was standing there.

What in tarnation? Vania's face asked without speaking. So worker 2 had actually called the cops to waste their time. "I hope they arrest her ass, for falsely wasting police time". Vania though to herself,

"Good evening ma'am, are you the one who called 911"?

"No".

"Is there anyone else in the house who could have called"?

"There is another worker here". Vania replied.

"Could you go back inside and send the person out".

"Ok". Who gets arrested for yanking at a bedsheet?

Officer handsome and worker 2 spoke for some time. #2 went back inside and sent Vania out to take her turn telling the story.

"Why are you pulling her bedsheet, are you a child". (Seriously, that's your question. why not just arrest the time waster and save us all some time). Said Vania to herself.

"There was a perfectly good reason for trying to wake her up, I don't know what version she gave you...But....

Quoting the wonderful Adrian Monk of the TV show...Vania said:

"Here's what happened"...and proceeded to narrate the story of the dying patient, leaving to pay rent, returning, only to find Ms. lazy so and so wrapped up in bed, not having attended to the duties she was being paid to do.

"HMMM! Where is the owner, and how can I reach them". He asked.

"She is right there in the next house, just knock at her door". This was getting very interesting.

Of course the owner never answered, Probably hoping the officer would cart Vania off to jail.

The officer returned, sent Vania back inside and asked for worker 2.

He must have run her name and what not on his police thing-a ma-jig, for he sent her inside to pack her bags. And asked Vania back out.

Sounds confusing. I told them to just arrest her. Vania thought again. Pshaw!

Apparently this silly woman, who was so quick to call the cops, had multiple offenses on her record...including one that says she must never again work with patients, because she had been abusive to a few, and been arrested.

With both of them now outside. He turned to Vania:

"You go back inside and take care of those patients, thank you for your service". I felt like a soldier who had done well in battle and received an award...Vania laughed happily.

"You, get in your car and leave, don't come back here, or work with any other patients, or you will be arrested immediately". Worker 2 hurried to her car, I imagine quite embarrassed.

"If she comes back, call 911". The officer said loud enough for #2 to hear.

"Tell the owner to call if any problems arise, and she must not rehire this person under any circumstances. You have a good night now".

"You too officer, and thank you very much". He doffed his hat and left.

Vania finally had a good night's sleep. She had previously slept with half an eye open.

With that the kerfuffle and conflicting night was over.

Yep. Vania said...my guardian angel works like that. Never mess with a child of blessed roots.

Truth in fictional garb.