language barriers
violet is from sweden. she likes nothing more than to talk about sweden and speak swedish. some days she'll get in the mood to be a brat and only speak swedish knowing full well that then the nurses and nurses' aides can't understand her. whenever they try to feed her or encourage her to eat, she'll just speak swedish to them. those are the days they call me over to encourage her in swedish. so i'll go over and (in swedish) tell her that she should eat a little. so she will answer (in english) 'well i would, but i'm not hungry, see.' and i will say in swedish that she should at least drink a little. and she will say in english, 'well, maybe a little coffee.' after a bit of me speaking swedish and her speaking english, i'll shrug my shoulders at the aides and walk away. at which point she switches back to speaking only swedish, and the aides throw their hands in the air and give up.
posted by melilotnfosco | 6:44 PM
11 Comments:
these old ladies sure like to be difficult, don't they? i think i'll make a good one someday...
why do you speak to her in swedish if she only speaks english? sounds like you're the difficult one.
but she only speaks english if i speak swedish to her. i think she just likes to be contrary sometimes.
and you have so little experience with contrary people
i don't discourage her. i like to be contrary, too.
you'll make a good old lady someday ;)
maybe by the time we're in the nursing home we'll be able to be roommates! :)
heaven help the nursing home staff...
hehe :D
only... it'd be nice to be roommates before then ;)
:)
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