And there I turned as one who may well pause -
all swagger, in his sudden panic, gone -
to peep at what he really ought to flee,
yet, glimpsing this, does not delay his parting.
I saw there, right behind us, this black demon
running the ridge around in our direction.
- Canto 21, Inferno, Dante Alighieri
12th December (Saturday) - Today is a special date, well, not really. Previously when I was training as a student in the post natal department, on 2012, it was a joyous day, we got 16 babies born on 12/12/2012 (Hello babies :D)
Okay, where was I when I sidetracked? Oh yes, well, today is the 12th of 12th. I'm not helping my boss today cause my other colleague - We're all close buddies, almost like family now, so I'll say friend - is on leave. Everyone knows by now, when my other two friends are around, I help my boss, when one of us is on leave, someone else will take care of him in my place. The person who is taking care of him is a girl whom I know, so I feel a little relieved. Although many complaint that she's not efficient enough, I trust her. First, she takes care of my place well. Second, she doesn't simply trash my things into the rubbish bin, and third, whenever there's any updates, she lets me know by putting notes for me so that I know beforehand.
Anyhow, today is just like any other day, you know. Dressings, sutures to off, the occasion injections, stuff like that. Today is a little silent because many of our doctors are on leave except for some. So we sat at the counter, praying hard our regulars come back for their dressings. Then this guy turned up at our counter, insisting out of nowhere for our new registration girl's number. I had a vague feeling that I've seen him before. Sensing something amiss, I hurried to one of my friend's clinic and found out that he's the one they had been warning me about from the first day I came here. Of course. Now I remember him! He's a guy who had once tried to come to my clinic, and because I felt something shifty going on, I ran into my boss's room and sat there, in case he tried anything funny with me. True enough, when he saw my boss's face - His face is really scary, the no-nonsense type for anyone who don't know him - he immediately left.
Now where was I? Oh yes, back to present day, he's hovering near our registration girl for her number. Of course, anyone with sense enough knows to never ever give your number to strangers. So she flatly refused. This does not stop him, who he keep pushing til our cashier brother (we call him brother in our native tongue) covered her by giving a fake number. That done. He started asking her questions about her social life. Of course, our girl was innocent and still new, so she gave him some of her attention. Big mistake. After finding out she's young, single and pretty (She is, with that flawless alabaster skin and raven hair cut into a neat bob and those wide doe eyes), he started pestering her for her hand in marriage.
WAIT. WHAT?!!!!
Of course, this is utter nonsense. My friend and I immediately tried to send him on his way in a kind manner as possible. Oh no. It did not work. He ignored us and kept declaring loudly for our registration girl to marry him, much to her embarrassment since there were many patients waiting outside the clinic. So the poor girl tried to sidetrack by saying she's engaged, and his answer, "I will kill your fiancee and then marry you." Oh no no no no no. This made my friend mad enough that she put her feet down threatening to call our manager and he immediately left, but not before declaring to everyone that she's his wife. Oh God, what on earth just happened? The poor girl was so frightened by the whole ordeal that she was nearly in tears to the point where we comforted her. Turns out he's a child with special needs, but he's not exactly like those who can't think, but he can. He can speak English fluently, think for himself and is able to find a steady job for his future. Sadly, he knew he has special needs, but he took advantage of our kindness. You see, when we take pity on him and gave him our attention, he follows us to the point of stalking til you feel terrified. My friend told me previously he came to our department for two other girls, one who is already married!!! Oh, he's clever as well. When her hubby is with her, he hovered far away, but when he's out, he comes and demands her to leave him to marry him. This also makes her frightened til she ran to her boss, who was angry and chased him away. Oh my goodness, thank God it didn't happened to me, but it could've if I wasn't careful.
I'm not saying that we should be treating him unkindly, but because he takes advantage of our kindness, it's very hard for us to feel pity on him. But if this keeps carrying on, I'm afraid that our patience and tolerance might wear thin and we will report to our manager. But for now, I'm going to keep an eye out and pray that he don't come to our department and cause a lot of fuss.
NOTE: Sorry for the late post, but the past few days had been crazy til I'm tired out.
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