CNA Personalities...You know it's true

• AIDE RATCHET. Aide Ratchet thinks that she/he is the charge nurse, and will bark out orders to other staff, and yell at the residents. She/he is lazy and always in a foul mood. What makes them think they are in charge? Why are they always in such a bad mood? For some reason the facility will do nothing about Aide Ratchet, leaving the rest of the staff to wonder what she/he has on the boss.
• BABY TALKER: This aide will speak in condescending tones to the residents. "Did we eat ALL of our chopped-liver today" they will say. You half expect them to add "goochi goochi goo". Please! These people have lived long and fruitful (or maybe not so fruitful) lives. The last thing they need is some 18 year old with green hair and facial piercings talking to them as though they are babies. Ok, maybe not 18, maybe not green hair, but you get the point. Unfortunately, the family members are often guilty of this as well. Remember whom you are talking to. They are after all, old enough to be your grandparents.
  
• HIDERS: This is the aide prefers to work alone because they don't want you to see what they did, but more importantly, what they didn't do. After flying through their rounds, they often hide in a dark corner or a resident's room, which nobody wants to go into (especially those residents who can't talk). You can always tell when you follow a hider, since the residents are unkempt, and so is the room. Hiders are darned hard to find when you need help to Hoyer or pick up a resident, or other task. You sure see them at quitting time though, first ones out the door, they are!
• HOARDERS: These people seem to have the ability to know when the supply wagon comes in, and stashes away tons of supplies for her/his own use. This leaves the rest of the staff to "search for the Holy Grail" and tear the place apart looking for the basics.
• KNOW -IT-ALL: Know it all's name says it all. He/she is always telling you what you're doing wrong and why. Even when there is no possible way that what you're doing can be wrong, there they are, telling you the error of your ways. Even when you're informing them that the Earth is in fact NOT flat, they still KNOW that it is indeed, flat and refuse to back down. Know-it-alls are everywhere, and this profession is no exception.
• MUNCHERS: These are CNA's who will eat the resident's food, and drink their beverages. These contemptuous folk will wolf down the dessert from the resident's room trays, then tell the residents dessert wasn't being served that day. They may also nibble while passing the afternoon snack, depriving the residents of their grub.
• NURSE RATCHET: You know who you are! There is no reason for some of these nurses to be so evil, yet they persist. Why? Scientists have not yet located the "evil gene", but when they do, you can bet that Ratchet is full of them. Everyone knows who Nurse Ratchet is, there's no need to describe her/him further.
• PATSY: The hardest working CNA of all. He/She is the aide that everyone calls on for help, especially when it's time to use the "Hoyer". This CNA is also called on when someone else "Calls Off", because they can depend on him/her. They just give give give give give. One of these days old Patsy is going to snap, and then, watch out!
• SUCK-UP: The CNA that doesn't do any work, but is quick to rat out her/his coworkers when they take an extra 3 minutes on break. He/she can sure rack up the brownie points. The suck-up always has a kind word and a cheery smile for the charge nurse. Suck-up is often two-faced, and will try to get other aids to divulge info to pass on to the charge nurse....cnaworld