Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home

When I got to the Birch Street Nursing Home this morning, Mr. Richards called a group meeting of the patients, which we held in the hallway just outside the activity room. The meeting was to discuss their banishment from the activity room. Mr. Richards started the meeting by saying that it was unfair for the nurses to take over the room, since the patients had done all the work in improving it. Mrs. Lieberman added that they had also paid for all the improvements out of the poker club money. Mrs. Patterson raised her hand and suggested the patients go on a hunger strike until the activity room is returned to them, but Mrs. Henley quickly put a stop to that idea. No one else had any ideas, and the patients turned to me. So I took a piece of paper out of my backpack and began a letter to the head nurse. I wrote how pleased the patients are that the nurses like the activity room, but they feel they should be allowed to relax and play games in there. I also wrote that there is some paint left over, and that the patients would be happy to use it to spruce up the nurses' office to make their place as nice as the activity room. When I was done with the letter, I read it to the patients, who indicated their approval with applause. I signed the letter and left it on the head nurse's desk. By then, the patients were exhausted from standing in the hallway for so long, and went up to their rooms for a nap.