Thursday, May 15, 2008

Trip to Choctaw casino

What a trip! The casino has a new policy of giving out cards while the people are on the bus. And since we were the third bus in line we had to sit on the bus for 45 minutes waiting for one of the casino staff members to pass out cards on our bus. Then they were running up and down the aisle calling names. So you'd think that would be the end of sitting on the bus waiting? No! Every trip we've gone on, we're told "If you're not on the bus at 3:00, we'll leave you there because the bus will leave at 3:00". This is stated at every trip. Well, two ladies didn't show up and we sat there for another 35 minutes while they looked for them. At one point, I saw the two ladies walk by our bus. They stopped at our bus and were told that it was the Allen bus. They walked on. They didn't seem to care that we were all waiting. They've been on the trips numerous times before so the excuse that they can't speak English didn't hold water. I think the words 'bus and 3:00 should be understood at any language. And to think of all the times that I was so worried because Denny would show up at the bus at 3:00. I was so afraid that we'd leave him. Well, no worry anymore. It's an idle threat!
The trip, once inside the casino was fun. Linda and Theresa did a wonderful job. We felt so bad for them because the brunt on the problems fell on them. I don't know if the trips are worth going on. The last trip we had to wait because there were some women that couldn't make it back to the bus and we had to wait until the other bus went to the restaurant to pick them up.
I don't know if the liability falls on the city if something happens to someone that can't walk and falls. On the casino trip, there was a man, by himself, with a walker and he has Alzheimers! He doesn't attend the center so it would be hard to find him in the casino. Oh well, at least he was on the bus on time.

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