Hey, we had those same blue chairs at western center. At least the piss was easy to clean out of them when they had accidents.........ahhh, the memories........LOL
I understand autoguy. I worked at western center in pa. when they filmed silence of the lambs, but still missed my chance . maybe one day ........good luck !!
Motts: Thank you sooooo much for the update. if you need a copy of the article to substantiate this, please feel free to let me know. your rapid response in this matter is truely appriciated. I will look forward in the future to reviewing more of your works !!
And for the record......NO, I was not one of the ones fired. I worked there from 1982 until the closing in 2000. 18 years, for those who don't want to do the math !!
just a couple notations to you. For the most part I really enjoyed this. But I do have one pet peeve.......I worked there when people were getting fired. and yes there were 22 who were fired. But no one remembers that 21 of those same people were hired back, because the charges were unsubstantiated. I have the news paper clipping stating they were rehired. At the time the powers that be wanted that place closed so they could build south Pointe. They did not have the paients welfare in mind. It was a set up. The Observer Reporter finally noted the rehire of the staff. That is why the parents and staff fought so hard to keep it open. That dear sir is why to others it seemed like the parents did a sudden turn around. They found out the truth behind that whole ordeal. Forgive me if I sound a little snippy. that is not my intention. I just get offended and offensevive because all the people I worked with were caring people. we used our own time and took paitents out to dinner and shopping, to ballgames, and plays AND even to kennywood. some of whom had never had the opporitunity to go outside of that place before then. mostly because they were behavior problems. So if at all possible I would appriciate an update written about the rehiring of these individuals as the documentation exisits. Now all that aside, just a little explanation of the stainless picture. some of the patients were severly physically handicapped and we laid them on those to bath them properly. I hope that helps your readers to better understand that particular picture. Thank you in advance for at least taking the time to read this.