Health: Today, a resident went missing at our nursing home. When I found...

By torkx3 - 21/07/2009 20:22 - United States

Today, a resident went missing at our nursing home. When I found him, a man in a blue shirt and red pants, he started yelling at me in confusion. I just thought it was his alzheimers. When I brought him to my administrator, I was told the missing resident was wearing a red shirt and blue pants. Wrong guy. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2011 00:17 - Ireland

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videogamejunkie 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 0:45

Methinks he's not the one who has alzheimer's.

Emberlin 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 0:52

I would assume he had Alzheimer's too if he was wearing red pants...

Comments

pleasedonttellme 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 5:28

Haha when you said blue shirt red pants I immediatly thought about Superman

californiaaaaa 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 6:15

Did you assume he had alzheimers, or did they tell you?

Neep_fml 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 7:07

I don't understand all the 'You deserved it'. Honest mistake in my opinion, you were looking for a disoriented old guy in a blue shirt and red pants. Not really a fyl, but embarrassing all the same.

matt97_fml 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 8:07

Holy sh*t! I just saw on the Portland News saying their looking for an 85 year old man with alzheimers wearing red pants and a blue jacket.

mikew85 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 8:33

well if they told the OP the guy was wearing red and blue, I could see how they got it mixed up. otherwise, YDI

DieterDerBlau 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 11:19

WHO has Altzheimers?!?!?!? Sounds more like the OP does...

deliapearl 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 13:18

keep him anyway. maybe the family won't notice and it saves you from having to keep looking.

rebel_yell_tiny 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 14:58

i think i go with option 3. i do think this mix up can happen!

wookiewookieMAn 0

Wednesday 22 July 2009 19:07

what makes everyone think you would recognize the person? you have no idea how it is to work in a nursing home. whatever the OPs job is, he might never have contact with the person.