Hello!!
This
month I wanna talk about some elderly people at my workplace. All of
them are so special and unique but some of them are also funny
because they have some behaviours which make them notable.. Well,
let’s start with Carla. She is a person who loves to dance more
than everyone else. That’s why she always wants to go to the sala
where there is the musical threapy almost every afternoon. But the
problem is that she tries to go there by telling lies instead of just
being honest. She has just one lie which she uses always. She says „I
need to go to the toilet“ but everybody knows that after bathroom
she just disappears. You can find her in the sala everytime. And she
does this every ten minutes, also when there is no musical threaphy.
Hence everyday we have this conversation with Carla;
Carla:
Che c’é oggi di là ? ( What is going on in the sala today?)
Me:
Oggi non c’é niente, Carla. (Today there is nothing Carla)
Carla:
Vabbe. Io devo andare in bagno per fare pipi. (Ok. I have to go to
bathroom to pee.)
Me:
Okey Carla ma dopo il bagno vieni qui perché non c‘é niente di
là . (Okey Carla but afterwards come back here because there is
nothing in the sala.)
Carla:
Si si, torno. (Yes yes, I'll be back)
But
she never comes back :)) Therefore I have to wait for her in front of
the bathroom in order to bring her back to the others in case that
she wants to go to the sala. Because if there is no activity in
there, she just sits and waits for nothing. Now imagine that every
ten minutes. That’s why I have to pay attention to her. But that
doesn’t change how sweet she is and I love dancing with her.
Now
lets talk about Carmela. She is the oldest in Centro. And she has
some rules and you must never break a single one of her rules. If you
do, you can see how sweet Carmela suddenly turns to someone who is
very angry. Firstly she has a doll and she always takes it with her
except some situation. The most important thing is to never touch her
doll!! Even if she say so. If you are asking yourself how I got to
know this, I accidently did it. (never will I ever again!!). It was
like this; one day everyone was in church to pray and I was
preparing the tables for lunch. I saw her doll on the table but the
problem was that I had to take it from there because I had to prepare
all the tables for lunch. Thus I thought I could quickly take it and
put it next to her bag. Because if I put it next to her bag she could
have thought that it was herself who put it there. Anyway when I held
it in my hand, I saw Carmela in front of the bathroom door. She was
smiling until she saw the doll in my hand. It was the first time for
me when I saw her really angry. I didn’t know what to do. I just
put it back on the table. And then my supervisor was also there and
she made her calm down. I was lucky because she was there with me. It
was my first month in which this happened, so I didn‘t really know
anyone, so it was quite awkward. That’s why I didn’t know what to
do. Actually now I know what I should do if this ever happened again.
But honestly I would prefer to not face this situation ever again.
Because she is so cute when she is not angry :).
They
have lots of special people like those in the Centro. But I wanna
talk about one more sweet person who is not from Centro. She is
Natalina and she lives upstairs in the nursing home. (Centro is a
little bit different upstairs.) Normally I work in the Centro (not
upstairs) but I know lots of elderly people from upstairs from the
time I help Fiona (she works upstairs) or when there is musical
threaphy in the sala. Anyway, Natalina is as sweet as many other
people but the funny part about her is that she uses the word „certo“
(sure) a lot. In addition to that she uses it with a very funny
accent and she always uses this word even though it‘s not needed.
For example;
Me:
Ciao Natalina! Come va? (Hello Natalina! How are you?)
Natalina:
Ciao!! Tutto bene grazie. (Hello!! Everything’s good thanks.)
Me:
Va bene. (OK.)
Natalina:
Si Certoo!! (Yes, Sure!!)
Upps!!
The
first time I couldn’t really understand exactly what she meant but
now if I can’t hear „certo“ from her, I‘m actually worried if
everything‘s o.k. xD … And furthermore I got used to this accent.
When I say certo myselfe, I unintentionally I say with the same
emphathy like she does.
In
fact I have lots of stories about the people I take care of every
day. And every little moments is special to me. Furthermore I’m
sure, I’ll have so many memorable stories until the end of my EVS.
Ciao!!
Seda
Orhan
Bolzano, Italy
