My best friend, Joe, broke his left arm on the job last week. He works as a construction worker, so he obviously can’t do his job without the use of his left arm. Joe’s manager told him if he did not find a replacement to fill in his position by working as temporary staffing within a week, then he would be fired permanently. Joe told me that his manager is normally a nice guy, but he is very serious when things come down to business. I am currently unemployed and looking for a new job, but I am not trained as a construction worker in any way. Joe turned to me for help with filling in for him with a temporary staffing position so that he could return to his job in two months, when the doctor told him that his arm would be healed. Being the nice, and in need of money, guy that I am, I accepted his offer. I have no idea what to do as a construction worker, but if it helps Joe keep his job, I guess that I could do it. There is no “introduction to construction working” class that I would be able to take or anything like that. Joe will try to teach me all that he can before I have to start the job, but after that, I will be on my own.

I work at a Senior Citizen’s Center.  I love my work and get to meet and greet so many people each day.  Our center is a pretty busy one as we always have activities set up for anyone over 55 years of age.  There are always board games being played or card games being organized.   We also have an arts and craft room for anyone to enjoy and also a computer lab that is available.  We have a big library with large-print books in stock and a bunch of comfortable sofas and chairs placed around so the people can just come in and relax with a good book or the daily paper.  We also care about the Senior Citizen health.  We have two full-time nurses who take blood pressure and test for blood sugar every week to anyone who signs up for this service.  This time of year we have to use a temporary staffing company to send us a few nurses to help us give out flu shots.  They are free at our center and we are glad that so many seniors take advantage of this service.  We want them all to stay healthy so they can take advantages of all the services and activities we offer.