Tally from work last night:
3 = Number of visitors I had to ask to leave/walk out because they have been drinking prior to stopping in
0 = Number of those same men who actually currently had a bed with us
4 = Number of times I had to walk one of those men back out after he had snuck back in!
6 = Number of times (approximately) that I was told "I love you"
2 = Number of men who told me that
1 = Number of men who started crying after saying "I love you" over and over as I was escorting him out...AWKWARD!
1 = Number of kisses on the hand that accompanied the statement (someone is in trouble for sneaking THAT one)
1 = Number of times I was told in Spanish that I was racist (for asking a drunk man to leave)
10 = Number of minutes (approximately) I stood there not knowing what I was being told until someone else translated it to me, so THAT'S why he looked angry
30 = Number of minutes spent daydreaming about Punta Mango Beach in El Salvador after sitting and talking with a young man from there for a bit - we google the area, where he used to go surfing, BEAUTIFUL!
that sounds like a very interesting job. no two days ever exactly the same.
ReplyDeleteFor sure! I was a little worn down at the end of dealing with the guys that were drunk though - after the accusations of me being racist were revealed, I was kind of upset. Mostly because I'm not racist and it had zero to do with their ethnicity. But rationalizing with a drunk person is impossible. Hopefully neither of them remember what went on.
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