Being a senior has its advantages and disadvantages. I sometimes go for lunch at the Hayden Senior Center. There is a certain someone who drives from Kearny. He has a few problems. He is irritating and uses his irritation to bother others. His worst fear is when someone turns up the volume on the T.V. Most seniors are hard of hearing so the T.V. is loud.
I always sit with some people and so does he. On this particular day, he brought his tray to sit with us. At about the same time our Director of Seniors saw him put his tray there. I said to the director, “He is sitting at our table?” She looked at me and raised both hands like “What can I do about it?” She did nothing to stop him.
So, he sat next to a friend of mine and started talking to him. Then, for no particular reason, he said something I did not agree with. I talked back to him. His voice escalated. After lunch, I went outside to talk with a friend before he left. All of a sudden Officer Smith asked if he could talk to me. I said “Sure.”
He told me I was talking too loud to said person from Kearny. I asked “Well, have you talked to him, yet?” He said he was on his way to talk to him. This other person got mad when confronted by police officers.
This is my opinion. Why didn’t the Director of Seniors put a stop to this man coming to eat at our table? She acts like she’s not responsible for anything. Why? She should be able to settle anything but she did nothing when noticing him picking up his tray and moving over to where we sat – and, we were talking quietly, I might add.
This person from Kearny seems to thrive on causing problems.
/s/ Sandy Kay Giorsetti
Winkelman, AZ