This Nursing Assistant Recently Told Her Manager She Couldn’t Pick Up An Extra Shift, And Then She Got A Very Unexpected Visitor At Her Door
Have you ever worked a job where you’ve experienced how chaotic a “short-staffed” day is? When there aren’t enough employees working in a day, work conditions can become a complete nightmare. It’s especially brutal when medical centers are short-staffed.
One nursing assistant recently told her manager she couldn’t pick up an extra shift and later got a very unexpected visitor at her door.
She is a 24-year-old certified nursing assistant. She primarily works in a chain of surgery recovery centers in her city. Each center is run by her boss, who is a woman in her late 30s.
Recently, there’s been a shortage of nursing assistants and healthcare workers. It’s been heavily affecting her workplace and her personal schedule. Normally, she should be working 12-hour shifts.
But with the shortage and employees constantly not coming into work, she’s been working back-to-back 16-hour shifts.
During the winter, she didn’t mind the extra work, as she didn’t have much going on and needed the money. But as spring came around, she’s been feeling burnt out and desperate for a break.
One afternoon after one of her night shifts, she got home around 2:00 pm and was ready to get some much-needed rest. Suddenly, she received a call from her boss, demanding that she go back to work in the next four hours because they were too short-staffed.
She told her boss that she couldn’t go in. She was too tired to drive and, therefore, too tired to care for residents. Then, she told her boss that she should cover the shift herself.
Her boss got very angry and threatened her, telling her that if she didn’t go in for the extra shift, she’d be written up for patient abandonment.
Stephen Coburn – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
She cleverly started to record the phone call with her boss while they argued and eventually hung up on her. She was feeling ready to quit and went back to bed.
A few hours later, she heard a knock at her door. It was a police officer. Very concerned, she opened the door for him and asked what the issue was. He was very kind and unexpectedly told her he had heard she needed a ride to work and offered to take her to the recovery center.
As it turns out, the cop was her boss’ husband. Her boss had called him and asked if he’d take her to work so she could get to the extra shift since he was on his way to work.
She explained everything to her boss’ husband and got on the phone with her right in front of him. When he heard his wife’s voice, he got on the phone and told her to hang up. Then, he told her she should go back to bed and put her phone on ‘do not disturb.’
She thanked him and told him to have a safe shift while he encouraged her to get some rest.
Although she’s still angry with her boss, she feels bad for her husband. She knew that her house was out of the way for him. He would likely return home to an angry wife, and they’d get into a fight. All those thoughts made her wonder if she should’ve “sucked it up” and let him drive her to work.
Do you think she should feel bad for not taking the extra shift?
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