The Older Black Man At The Nix Hospital

Photo by Obi - @pixel6propix on Unsplash

It was another typical day at the Nix Health hospital in, where I worked as a housekeeper from 2014 to 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. I was ready to be off, after the excitement of cleaning what felt like a million patient rooms on floors 18 to the 24th. The chats with nurses I got along with and my co-worker Melanie helped make the day go by, but, now I was ready to unwind for the last hour — before I left the old tall…