That just happened.

It happened in a "flash"...Being wheelchair bound, she wanted a live-in caregiver, but her housing authority did not approve of her choice because his criminal record was fairly extensive. She talked about how she falls a lot and how her caregiver is helpful in getting her out of uncomfortable situations. Immediately after describing how she has many bruises and cuts from her falls, up goes the shirt out of the blue. With no bra on, everything and I do mean everything was out in the open. She pointed to a bruise and then pulled her shirt back into place at about the same time my bright-red face dropped back to my yellow-pad and I scribbled down some random doodle-I think I played off my shock pretty well despite the fact that out of ALL of the crazy things I've heard and seen in interviews this Summer, her total nonchalantness about stripping in the office absolutely takes the cake...I wasn't quite sure whether to charge her for indecent exposure or to take her case haha...something so outrageous I will never forget. 


And, of course this hilariously sarcastic(yet somewhat true- I surprisingly found out that I'm the third to have encountered this situation) e-mail made the rounds immediately after...thank-you to Legal Aid for exposing me to literally any and everything beyond what I could imagine this Summer. : )

Hello – Just want to quickly note that our Clemson summer law clerk, Tate Smith, who is doing a great job with intake interviews and working w/Beth and such, successfully went through a time-honored SCLS Greenville office rite of passage a few hours ago in the downstairs interview room – as most of you know all too well, all SCLS intake volunteers, summer clerks, staff, etc., eventually are unexpectedly and unaccountably flashed by an SCLS applicant, and today Tate was treated to a 68-year old applicant’s bare breast in an intake interview. Tate, welcome Tate to our world, thanks, Kirby