Bring Your own TP

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My friend is a home care nurse, and she's been instructed by the family to bring her own toilet paper. That's right, BYOTP. They also pointed out that she is to sit in the hard, straight back wooden chair during her shift, "so she doesn't get too comfortable". Another colleague on a different case has been told she is never to speak with a family member unless they speak to her first. I used to think dirty houses were the worst part of home care, but there are families who make the job a nightmare. I guess I'm blessed to work in a friendly, collaborative home!

What are your most outrageous home care demands?

Maybe the hard chair is for night shifters?

I(night shifter) actually hate soft chairs ,as they encourage me to sleep.

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I am laughing. Yes, there are some kooky families!

Lets see... over the years I have heard of and or encountered: Hard chairs (metal folding chair), a weird little ottoman that makes you sink in and doesn't have back support, "Please do not sit on our furniture, please sit on the floor.", "Please do not bring any food into our home, please do not eat anything while here.", "Please do not turn the ceiling fan on, I realize its 100 degrees outside and 103 in this tiny room but the ceiling fan gives little Jimmy acid reflux.", "please do not change the channel on the TV, my child is brain dead, deaf and blind but he likes ESPN on at all times, 24 hours a day", "If my boyfriend comes in,call the police, he has been on a drinking/drug binge for a week and I told him not to come home!", "oops, there is not paper towels, clean towels, clean linens and no toilet paper? oh, I will work on that when I get home from work in 8 hours." (meanwhile child has soiled the sheets, needs a bath and I have to pee).

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I also forgot: cameras/baby monitors for mom to watch the nurses while mom lays in bed watching TV all day in a filthy house.

Once there was a note at a house I oriented at "NURSES, MANY OF THE NURSES ENJOY CLEANING THE KITCHEN, WIPING THE COUNTERS, WASHING THE FLOOR AND PUTTING AWAY THE DISHES. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO THIS BEFORE MR. SMITH GETS HOME FROM WORK. CLEANING SUPPLIES ARE UNDER THE SINK ON THE LEFT SIDE." (same Mom that watched TV all day from her filthy home)

"Please take your shoes off at the door" - heck no, you have dog poop on your carpet!

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