Sunday, 7 December 2014

JUST ANOTHER NORMAL NIGHT IN DUBLIN


Its a Tuesday night and things are very slow so Bem is thinking of
finishing up for the night.
He hangs around till about 1 am and goes for a Tea break.
He has his tea and hangs around shop for awhile when a job comes through
on his phone. Its only around the corner.
He hears thunder then the rain comes,Its torrential rain.
He runs to the Taxi and pulls around the Corner and pulls outside the
Apartment block to wait for the fare.
There's a girls name on the job info so he rings the number to make sure he's in the
right place.
A Guy answers and says casually ,"She'll be down now shortly".
The rain is lashing on the car window.
A guy across the road is collecting stuff from a small Bakery and loading his small van.
Its 4 minutes waiting now and Bem is about to ring the Customer.
Suddenly the Front Door of the Apartment Block swings open and out comes a guy
in a panic.
Behind him almost immediately comes a Lady barely moving.
Bem's wipers were rotating left/ /right.
The window had steamed up a bit.
"Is that  ....?", he has to do a double take.
The Lady had literally just giving Birth at the Apartment Block door.
"Can you please take my wife to the Hospital,We will pay for any mess to your Car",says the guy.
"It's no problem,"says Bem.
The Guy helps his Wife into the Taxi .
The guy at the bakery is rooted to the spot with his jaw hitting the ground.
Bem is waiting for the Husband to get in the car but the Lady explains that he
has to stay behind to mind their other child.
Bem heads towards the Rotunda Hospital.
The Lady is wearing a overcoat and The Baby is partially inside the Coat.
The Baby's cord is still connected to the Mother.
"Let their be no panic",thinks Bem to himself.
Bem puts the heating on full blast .
The Lady is breathing heavy .
Bem constantly reassures the Lady that everything will be Okay.
"I,m a patient in the Coombe  Hospital",she says.
Bem does a gentle U-Turn and heads towards the Coombe.
There,s hardly any Traffic so Bem went slowly through a few red lights.
When they were close to the Hospital the Baby lets out a cry followed by a cry from the Mother,
"It,s a Girl ",she says.
Bem was relieved as the baby had been silent up till then.
He pulls outside the Maternity Hospital and runs in to the Porter.
The Porter is sitting down reading a paper.
It was obviously a quiet night for him too.
He grabs a wheelchair and goes out to the Taxi with Bem.
They both help the Lady onto the Chair and the Lady can,t take Bem enough.
Bem leaves the hospital and is relieved everything is Okay.
Bem rings the Husband to tell him everything was Okay
The Guy is so relieved and can,t Bem enough.
The Company Bem worked for sent flowers up to the Hospital the next day
when Bem told them.
Awhile later The Lady dropped up a Thank you  card to Bem,s house.
Bem was not at home at the time.
When he got home and opened the Card ,inside was a voucher for the value of
100 Euros.
"That is a lovely touch " says Bem;s Wife.
"It,s all in a Day,s work ",laughs Bem.






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