AFTER FOUR MONTHS taking care of an elderly woman without any complaints about her performance, Rosita Bradshaw was fired.
The employers claimed Bradshaw neglected the 97-year-old woman, but she was of a different opinion.
The termination happened on the same day she went to Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds to welcome home younger brother Peter, who had spent 30 years in jail for the murder of plantation manager Cyril Sisnett.
Online readers saw both sides of the story.
Sherlock Holmes: From my perspective the family is not comfortable with her being in their home anymore. I believe they saw her on the news and became aware of her family connections. Given the nature of her brother’s antecedents, it would obviously cause some degree of fear in their minds . . . . The dismissal would seem unfair to some but any of you here in this forum being placed in the said situation, your imaginations would run wild on the probability of being placed in a situation of uncertainty.
Carl Williams: She’s working with the elderly and he was incarcerated for his involvement in the killing of a defenceless elderly man as a result on an intrusion into his own home. He has gotten a second chance at life. That’s one more chance than Sisnett got. All of you who preaching forgiveness should put yourself in the position of those people.
Karin Bee: To play devil’s advocate, Cyril Sisnett had absolutely no chance of survival whatsoever. Maybe 30 years is not enough for everybody . . . .
Divine Ingrid Johnson: What did you expect, Rosita? Barbados is not a forgiving society. We Bajans tend to hold on to unforgiveness and hatred. Why were you not sacked before your brother came home? We keep saying we are a Christian society but we don’t know how to forgive.
Trinesha R. Beckles: Okay, this isn’t news. There is no case for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal maybe, but then she would only be entitled to a week’s pay or so. People have a right to choose who will work in their private residence whatever their reasons. Best of luck to the lady though.
Pamalea Payne: Ma girl, give God thanks. Something better will come along,
Pamela Johnson: I hope she has a lawyer.
Shane Paul Castillo: What does her brother’s release have to do with her job? People come and find a lot of foolish excuses to dismiss people.
Sasha King: How does someone work seven days a week? Put the old woman in a nursing home or hire three shifts.
Adam Forester: Tell me what you expect? In Barbados Paul pay for all and it could make bad situations worse.
Aquarian Queen: Bajans like too much publicity. Had she not gone on CBC they would have never known he was her brother.
• Sherrylyn Toppin is THE NATION’s Online Editor.
