We Need To Quarantine Up All The Stupid
Assisted Living, Ignoring & Inattentive, Michigan, Stupid, USA | Healthy | February 7, 2020
(I work at the front desk of an assisted living community and at this time, a nasty norovirus is making its rounds of our residents and staff. We’ve been on a “visitor restriction” and quarantine for the past week, meaning unless your visit is mandatory for the continued well-being of the resident, you don’t come in. We’ve emailed all of the family, friends, and health care companies about the restrictions, asking them to call if they’re thinking about a visit, and I’ve posted a sign on the front door, with bold, black lettering highlighted in florescent orange, right at an average eye-level height.)
Visitor
#1 : *walks in, oblivious to the sign* “Hello!”
Me: “Hello! Before you sign in, I have to let you know we’re under quarantine at the moment, so all visitors are restricted.”
Visitor
#1 : “Oh? What’s going on?”
Me: “Well, like the sign on the door says…” *goes on to explain and they leave*
Visitor
#2 : *waltzes in, ignoring the sign* “Good morning!”
Me: “Good morning! Just so you know…” *explains quarantine again*
Visitor
#2 : “Huh! You should really post a sign or something!”
Me: *glances between her and the sign* “Yeah…”
Visitor
#3 : “What do you mean, you’re still under quarantine?! I drove [amount of miles] to visit [Resident]! I’m her daughter!”
Me: “We called, emailed, and posted signs asking visitors to call before they come. I see you’re on the list that we called. Is [number/email] your correct phone number and email?”
Visitor
#3 : “Well, I got the call, but I didn’t think it applied to me!”
(I will never, in my years of working with the general public, understand why people are so g**d*** stupid.)