Duty Story #234
Ok, so I am an RA in a building that here in the summer we are averaging about 700 residents give or take 50. Some are here for conferences and those don't really fall under the offices jurisdiction, which is a good thing, because for some reason none of them speak English, right now in fact, it seems they all speak Japanese. And the other chunk of conference guests right now are those doing Ailey Camp (read: highschool girls). Not my bag really. But the other night when I was on call something transpired that was just beautiful. Of course the names have been changed to protect the moronic.
I was in the office, almost ready to close up shop when ORL public enemy #1 comes in and demands to be taken to the hospital. I kick into emergency mode as my stomach drops and ask her what is going on, she does have a malady (I can't give details) not necessarily one that I would consider hospital worthy, but hey, she is living in the dorms, her parents are paying for housing, they are going to cover her ambulance too. So I tell security to call fastcare (our ambulance service in the city) and I page the RD to come down to the office. The RD arrives, the medics show up, the patient gets some Oxygen, she is whisked off to the ER and all is well.
I remember that she wanted an ambulance so she wouldn't have to wait in the waiting room of the ER. This kind of pissed me off, I don't think she had any idea how expensive an ambulance costs, we are talking $1,000 - 1,500 not to wait in the waiting room. wow. It is cheaper to purchase a first class upgrade on an overseas flight than to do that. On top of this Fordham gets charged as well a nominal fee to belong to a private ambulance service.
But this is the kicker, this resident is perhaps one of the most vocal critics of all things having to do with ResLife, the type of person that would chair the FUCK RES LIFE, inc. group on Facebook, turns around and demands that I order her an ambulance, and is incredibly ungracious to the things that Fordham has offered me. Don't get me wrong, one of the greatest things that I like about being an RA is that I get to work through the system on the inside, I can help people out, I know the loop holes, I can help people through the processes. I feel like the most satisfying thing I can do is to lessen the footprint that the Office makes on people here, and it is a big-ass footprint. But the residents here give us no respect. Makes you wish they would ask their parents to pay for another school for them to attend.
I was in the office, almost ready to close up shop when ORL public enemy #1 comes in and demands to be taken to the hospital. I kick into emergency mode as my stomach drops and ask her what is going on, she does have a malady (I can't give details) not necessarily one that I would consider hospital worthy, but hey, she is living in the dorms, her parents are paying for housing, they are going to cover her ambulance too. So I tell security to call fastcare (our ambulance service in the city) and I page the RD to come down to the office. The RD arrives, the medics show up, the patient gets some Oxygen, she is whisked off to the ER and all is well.
I remember that she wanted an ambulance so she wouldn't have to wait in the waiting room of the ER. This kind of pissed me off, I don't think she had any idea how expensive an ambulance costs, we are talking $1,000 - 1,500 not to wait in the waiting room. wow. It is cheaper to purchase a first class upgrade on an overseas flight than to do that. On top of this Fordham gets charged as well a nominal fee to belong to a private ambulance service.
But this is the kicker, this resident is perhaps one of the most vocal critics of all things having to do with ResLife, the type of person that would chair the FUCK RES LIFE, inc. group on Facebook, turns around and demands that I order her an ambulance, and is incredibly ungracious to the things that Fordham has offered me. Don't get me wrong, one of the greatest things that I like about being an RA is that I get to work through the system on the inside, I can help people out, I know the loop holes, I can help people through the processes. I feel like the most satisfying thing I can do is to lessen the footprint that the Office makes on people here, and it is a big-ass footprint. But the residents here give us no respect. Makes you wish they would ask their parents to pay for another school for them to attend.
posted by Godot at 11:01 AM
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