Here I sit, sick as a dog, and wondering what the heck went on at work tonight.
It all started last night. Me and my friend (another CNA) fairly new to the facility, and not much older than myself, were schedualed til 3:am. The whole 3-11 shift I had the charge nurse from hell asking ridiculous things of me. I started coming down with slight cold symptoms. I didn't feel great, but I felt that I could still go through with the twlve hours. Another aide who had 14 some yearrs there was working a double, offered to pull a 20 hour shift and cover my last 4. I was appriciative of the offer but I turned it down 5 different times not wanting some one to overwork themselves 20 hours. Anyway the other aide whom I am good friends with, who was staying a 12 also gets to talking with some of her friends, and then had the double shift aide cover her last 4. Ant the EVE/NOC shift change I was starting to feel very sick, and overworked. I had a fever of 100.8. I could hardly hold my head up. WEll my friend CNA lets just call her L. Was sitting in a car with one of her male friends in the back of the facility. The one going on 20 hours (lets call her J) said "Ask L if she'll stay for you." By this time I was struggling to keep my eyes open. I approached her at the car and said "Will you PLEASE work my last four?"
She was all like "No."
"I said "Please L I am so darn sick."
"No, you know why . . . " Meaning the "Super fun" Plans that she had made.
Knowing that she knew I Would not leave her hanging like that, it kind of made me mad."
I wanted to walk away before I said anything stupid, so I just said "Whatever." And went back in.
WEll tonight was another night from hell. I should have called in because Of the skyrocketing temp, and lack of sleep. I finally dosed off at 7 am , and by the time I came to my senses it was too later to call in. I was too busy all shift to even talk to L. Infact I never saw her until shift change. I asked her how her hall went. "Don't you even asked me that!" I sat down next to her and asked her what was wrong. "Like you don't know, I don't even want you around me!"
The nice nurse over heard her speaking to me that way. And me asking her what her problem was. Lets call her (M) said that she will midiate with us after report. I thought it was kind of silly, but M is a strong girl , and after a few minutes I realized that L wanted to kick my butt . . . seriously. anyway, we got outside, she started screaming at me about how I said Whatever to her. I was explaining that I was ill, and was not in the best of all moods. With a fake smile, she looked at M and said okay, no more problems, I siad the same. After M went back in I said "I'm sorry L. I didn't know that you took it that way."
She just said don't ever talk to me again. It ended there. But she is the type of person to hold grudges and do bad things to people she hates. The sad thing is we work so well together, and we were becoming good friends. I should not have been the one appologising, but we had a special friendship, and I don't want to throw that away. Thanks for listning
