After tearing around the country for two months, at the end of my stay in Ukraine this spring I settled for just over a fortnight at Big Family, a free shelter for disabled elderly people in Kharkiv.
Tetiana and you, two lovely faces with stories behind those eyes!
I quite agree with the residents about their preference for "vy" rather than "ty". Over here, patients in hospitals are commonly called "tu" and their first names by any nurse, with whom they are not acquainted: especially the elderly and the emergency cases. It is a form of fake affection, masking the radical disrespect patients suffer from those who have power over them in the day-to-day management of their needs. Even then, I have only to get a glimpse of the world news to see much, much worse forms of disrespect being commonly practised...
Tetiana ♥️
She's amazing. I first met her a year ago: https://annabowles.substack.com/p/the-front-line-care-home-meet-the
Tetiana and you, two lovely faces with stories behind those eyes!
I quite agree with the residents about their preference for "vy" rather than "ty". Over here, patients in hospitals are commonly called "tu" and their first names by any nurse, with whom they are not acquainted: especially the elderly and the emergency cases. It is a form of fake affection, masking the radical disrespect patients suffer from those who have power over them in the day-to-day management of their needs. Even then, I have only to get a glimpse of the world news to see much, much worse forms of disrespect being commonly practised...