my run-in with a crazy lady
During one of my smoke breaks a woman asked me if I had an extra cigarette. Of course I was being stingy, and told her no. (I think I only had one left anyway). She asked me if I could save her some, and I said that should be fine.
While I'm smoking my cigarette and playing around with my disconnected cell phone, she told me she wanted to commit suicide. What the fuck! Totally wasn't prepared for that. I thought maybe she was a lady from the center and said she should talk to Andrea. She didn't know who Andrea was.
She asked for a dollar, and I didn't have that either.
Frustrated, I gave her more than half my cigarette, and rush inside to see if I could located Andrea. No go. So then I told my boss, who is this older guy, and we went out together. Honestly though, a woman who says that is probably better off talking with another woman. She obviously wasn't apart of the center, 'cause I didn't see her for the rest of the afternoon, and when Terry looked out she was gone.
Anyway. I hope I see her again. Maybe she doesn't know about the center. Where I work, they do "entertainment" type things, like dancing and yoga for older people. And breakfast and lunches are dirt cheap for them.
I feel horrible for just disappearing on the woman like that. But I mean it was just break I was on, and I'm no psychologist. I would have hated to offer advice to some tenant of the building too.
Anyway.
While I'm smoking my cigarette and playing around with my disconnected cell phone, she told me she wanted to commit suicide. What the fuck! Totally wasn't prepared for that. I thought maybe she was a lady from the center and said she should talk to Andrea. She didn't know who Andrea was.
She asked for a dollar, and I didn't have that either.
Frustrated, I gave her more than half my cigarette, and rush inside to see if I could located Andrea. No go. So then I told my boss, who is this older guy, and we went out together. Honestly though, a woman who says that is probably better off talking with another woman. She obviously wasn't apart of the center, 'cause I didn't see her for the rest of the afternoon, and when Terry looked out she was gone.
Anyway. I hope I see her again. Maybe she doesn't know about the center. Where I work, they do "entertainment" type things, like dancing and yoga for older people. And breakfast and lunches are dirt cheap for them.
I feel horrible for just disappearing on the woman like that. But I mean it was just break I was on, and I'm no psychologist. I would have hated to offer advice to some tenant of the building too.
Anyway.