Phone Conversation

{Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring}

Me: This is Lindsey, how can I help you?

Señora: Anyone speak Spanish?

Me: Sigh.....tomorrow there will be

Señora: You speak Spanish tomorrow?

Me: No, but someone who does speak Spanish will be here tomorrow.

Señora: Oh.......(Long Pause).........Okay well me tiny daughter needs help, she needs therapy.

Me: Oh no! Okay well what is going on?

Señora: She needs help, every day, yes every day she goes to school she cry cry cry.

Me:...........?..............hmmm..........

Señora: She so sad at school, she need your help

Me: Okay, wait, this is a Physical Therapy Clinic. So we treat people with pain....like joints. Does she have anything that hurts?

Señora: She so sad, her heart hurts.

Me: Please Hold

This is where I take a moment to regroup, maybe giggle a little bit while also feeling sympathy for this poor child that cry cry cries every time she goes to school. I was chubby in school, I get it....school is rough.

Me: Okay so what she needs is a psychologist.

Señora: Okay. Number?

Me: No, no number. Do you have internet at home?

Señora: Yes, I have computer.

Me: Okay what you need is google. Type in Family Mental Health and it will get you in the right direction.

Señora: You can't help her?

Me: Um, no.

Señora: Bye.


Click

Today, ladies and gentlemen, I enjoyed my job.