this has been a busier than normal week. if i haven't made it by your journals, i'll get there!
cacophany
bits and pieces of life in prison this week:
officer twinkles on the switchboard, gallant and egomaniacal: good morning, ms. broadaway. i'm at your service. and you know you don't really have to make all those calls..you just want to talk to me!
supervisor: where the hell is this guy supposed to be going? custody is lost - didn't you give them a map?
me: yes'm, i've given them 1400 maps to the same place, and they don't have a copy?
officer b (accusingly): ms. b, we can't take the turn on this road - we had to take a detour because of road construction.
me: oh. (next time, i'll call ahead for traffic conditions. NOT!)
allen, eyes wide, voice low: broadaway, a guy just got shanked (knifed) on d block. he's in the nurses station - looks like they tried to strangle him, and he has a knot on his forehead. he's kind of dazed. the place is locked down until they find who did it, and the shank.
me: speechless.
if they can make a shank and attack an inmate with it, there's nothing to stop them from doing the same to staff. sometimes, you remember where you are.
old boss from prison hospital on the phone: hey, kiddo - when you coming back to us?
me: in about 10 minutes - tell the captain to have a cigarette waiting on the lanai.
and on the bright side, we have a brand new secretary for south unit - my workload has just decreased by almost half!
and on my way out this evening, officer twinkles was manning the gate at tower one.
twinkles (twinkling and smirking): good night, ms. broadaway. *wink*
you've gotta love it.
3 comments:
And I was feeling MY job was stressful today......now I have a different perspective. :-)
Well you learn something everyday. I didn't know a knife is called a shank. Glad your work load is lessened. Paula
You be careful out there missy. Sandi
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