I'm conflicted. I'm not
really sure quite how to proceed. I've written before about the
Thursday morning coffee social here at the apartment complex. I have
to admit I've come to enjoy half an hour to an hour we spend each
Thursday morning just socializing. I didn't think I was going to
really enjoy this event, I was going just because management wanted
me to go so I thought was a good idea. I know it's sort of hosted by
the cause I social worker here at the facility but I like her and she
is genuine and I want to please her so by participating this is a way
of pleasing her I believe. So, it's her coffee social so I go. But
wouldn't you know it I've grown to like the other participants quite
a bit. I know this is just a click, I've noticed that a lot of folks
here do not go nothing is because it is a click. Some reason I got
accepted I don't know why the other folks don't participate. Anyway,
as always in my life everything seems to change after a bit like this
that's the lesson that life is nothing but change.
I don't quite remember but
when I first started attending these meetings//socials it was just
coffee and talking then they started making a meal out of it not
every week but sometimes. Sometimes they actually have a full
breakfast once anyway. And it's just not what I joined for custom
caught in this eternal weight loss paradigm. So I don't take part in
muffins, donuts I may snag a cookie or two if they are available and
one of the participants likes to make homemade bread and bring a hot
loaf to the meeting and these I will take one piece though I feel
like I'm shooting myself but when I do.But now a new changes
happening or at least it seems like to me. There's this guy from an
organization/private business called Creekside health care who has
been attaching himself to the social often on. Lately he's been
actually bringing all the accoutrements for waffles. His programs:
waffles for wellness which is kind of a contradictory concept when
you think about it. The beginning of the month they announce that
this was going to happen and it was going to happen at 10 o'clock on
Thursday. Well the social group begins at 930 and usually goes to
1030. It just felt like the guy from Creekside was into loping on the
folks here at the apartment complex. So I resorted grousing
roundabout private enterprise Taking advantage of the gathering to
push their wares on us. Luckily I have been to verbal about the whole
thing but still kind of rubs me the wrong way. Then I remembered that
when he does come he drags around a nurse who does blood sugars,
blood pressures, oxygen mass at no charge except for having my social
cut short. I kind of like the idea of giving my blood pressure and
stuff taken for your charge without having to go into my healthcare
providers office. And I guess I appreciate Creekside for doing this
but I also know that Creekside is keeping tabs on everyone in using
this whole function of some sort of outreach effort. Which I fully
appreciate I was in private nonprofit industry my whole life I know
it's got to show up in the monthly reports quarterly reports and
year-end reports. I appreciate that. I even like the Creekside guy.
He's got a good feeling about him like he really cares.
So I'm conflicted. Is it
such a bad deal to offer this service to seniors? They don't seem to
mind but then again do they even know any better. And is it such a
bad deal that this guy is able to get all these people for his
year-end report just because he tags on to the end of our coffee
social. Am I cutting my nose off in spite of my face (Am I even
saying that cliché correctly?).I don't know just seemed wrong.
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