I'm a nurse usually in old folks homes as it's my first love. But I love learning as well so I worked my second job in a nursing role I had not yet learned.

A very long time ago (15~ years) I was working at a county jail. The officers knew I had a rule of not telling me why they were in because I didn't want it to affect my treatment of my patient.

In our medical wing we had this tiny, foot shuffling, balance wavering old man. The officer was mean to him. Unusually mean. Normally I was allowed in for disabled patients who had a rough time with walking or moving. Not with this man.

After the second morning (I did night shift so very heavy morning medication pass all over the jail) I finally said, "OK fine let's break my damn rule! Why are you so mean to this little old man? He's barely walking! How dangerous can he be?" after the officer asked me several times if I was sure since he knew I loved my old people he spilled.

This man walked normal when he thought no one was looking. He was in our facility for review to see if he could be released back into society. He was a very violent and awful child molester.

He had that cute little old man act down pat. It was perfect because it fooled me completely. I asked the officer how he knew that the guy walked normal. They had obtained permission to move a camera. It pointed straight into the cell window. They needed to be sure if they remanded the guy back to the psych hospital for another year (they did this yearly!).

Please ladies no matter the age never buy the old guy act. Protect yourself at all times.