Work

A quick note about an experience at work:

I just got a new job at an assisted living facility and on my first day of work I was going around introducing myself to the residents. I told one of the residents who I was and when I would be working. He sat quietly for a minute taking it in and then asked me "I just have to ask, what are you?" I was taken aback for a minute- my first day and already I'd have to decide what boundaries around my identity I was willing to share? He noticed my pause and clarified, "I mean are you a nurse or an administrator?" Ah for the fun of assumptions on my part some time. I told him I was on the nursing staff and he happily went his way.