Right now, we are standing next to a deaf old dear in the corridor who we will take home to a nursing home. An agency nurse (AN) sees us (US) standing there and starts asking questions:
AN: Are you guys the day or the night crew?
US (grunting, in unison): night.
AN: You do long shift hours. 12 hour nights?
US (grunting, in unison): fourteen.
AN: Wow, you guys must be tired then!
US (grunting, in unison): yes.
AN: How long are your day shifts?
US (grunting, in unison): ten
AN left us alone after that. In retrospect I did like that my partner (on overtime, never met him before) and I responded so well together (pun intended).
