Location: Britton/Budd Apartments
Date: Monday, February 11, 2013; 6:15 -7:30 pm
This was another new program for
me, which meant that I tried to arrive early, should I get lost on the way. Fortunately that did not happen and I was
generally impressed by the neighborhood and overall décor of the place. There was even a fireplace in the lobby! I went in to the activities room and found
Tyler, our Volunteer leader for the program.
He told me that Bingo at this place would be very laid back and relaxed
because the residents were friendly and enjoyed their Bingo rather than compete
fiercely. We would see about that.
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| The prizes |
Soon, one of the residents arrived, took a look at the prizes that Tyler had laid out on the table and started
complaining about some room fragrance spray that she had won from their last
game and how it was not functioning well.
Tyler had come with a good selection this time and there was sure to be
something that she would like. By this
time the place was as full as it was going to get and while there weren’t many,
we had enough residents to begin.
I walked to a table with 3
ladies, including the one who was talking with Tyler earlier, and asked if I
could join them. Another lady from an
adjacent table looked towards us and said, “Spend
time with a good looking man, who would say no?
Not sure what will happen after.”
We all laughed and I introduced myself to the three women. The lady from earlier was Georgia and the others
were Elisa and Elvina. Georgia asked me if
I was Russian. Irish a few weeks ago…
Russian now. What is it about my looks
that make people think that? When I said
that I was not but I did know a few words, she said that she was about to say “Dasvidania”. This is actually one of the words I do know
and I said it means “Till we meet again”. At this Elisa said that she does not use such
fancy language and would have said “Adios”. Not to be left behind, Elvina looked at me
and said she would have waved and said a good old fashioned American “Goodbye”. This was going to be a fun evening.
Since there were so few of us,
everyone had a chance to win. Elvina won
three times, Elisa won four and Georgia won five times. Both, Elisa and Georgia gave one of their prizes
away Even I had the numbers on one occasion, but managed to hide my card before
anyone could see them. Typically I could
have picked something and given it away, but seeing that everyone was winning
big, I was afraid that they would insist on me keeping it. Speaking of prizes, there was a run on
lotions and soaps over cookies and sweets - even the notorious spray went before
them!
Georgia was a delightful companion. She was constantly giggling and at times
spoke in French, something which drove Elvina mad, since she kept saying people
should speak a language everyone understands and believes in “Good old American”. Elvina was also fun to talk with and told me that growing up she was in a
music class and there were four other girls with her name, meaning it was
interesting when the teacher called for one and five girls stood up.
Such conversation continued
throughout the evening and Bingo was just an excuse for people to
socialize. At the end Georgia asked me
twice if I would return, everyone did.
Apparently I was a hit with the women over there, something that I have noticed in most of the places that I have visited.
It may have taken several years, but it seems that my time to be popular
with women has finally arrived…even if all of them have been collecting social
security for some time!
*All the client's names have been changed in order to respect their privacy
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