Re:

Yikes! That girl's mother sounds like a real problem. I'm not sure how I
would have handled it. How's school going? Any plans for the weekend?

Alma Martinez@ENRON
01/26/2001 11:36 AM

To: Jeffrey A Shankman/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re:

What happened?

Here's a story...as I was waiting at the bus stop (7:35am) to go to school, a
lady approached me and asked if I'd make sure her daughter got on a certain
bus. The mother was running late for work and could not wait. I couldn't
say no...so Nicki (the little girl-10 yrs. old) and I waited for the bus. It
was now, 8:15 and there was no sign of her bus.

On top of things, I had quiz at 8am. Which I then realized I missed. I
decided that Nicki would just have to wait on her own. I asked her if she
had any relatives that would want to know of her whereabouts. I called her
grandmother and explained things to her. Pretty strange...aye.

A bus that runs through UofH arrived and I almost got on without her, but I
couldn't do it. Finally, I told the little girl that she would have to
accompany me to school (8:30am). There were only 15 minutes left of class.
I stayed for the remainder of the lecture. After class we went back to bus
stop and within minutes her bus arrived. I told the bus driver where to drop
her off. I notified her grandmother with the time of the departure. And I
was relieved when Nicki called to let me know she was home safe.