Cashier b*tches while coworker tried to save a life!

[LillFilly]

My coworker was frazzled this morning.

She'd gone grocery shopping last night. While in line at the check out, the woman being served at that time had a seizure, but hit her head hard on the way down and was bleeding from the ears. The woman's adult daughter was frantic. Coworker was next in line, jumped in, cushioned the woman's head and made sure she was breathing and got someone to call 911. While she was on the phone with the dispatcher, she was also trying to relay questions to the woman's daughter, and keep her calm at the same time. The cashiers didn't know what the store's address was to give the ambulance! Management just milled around and didn't help at all, but Coworker had a couple of women who were nurses helping now too. The woman finally stopped seizing and the ambulance was on it's way, so Coworker kept talking to her and the daughter, making sure the woman stayed away, when the cashier asked both her and the woman/daughter

"Can you finish paying for your items so I can keep the line moving?"

Coworker told the cashier they'd have to wait, she was a little busy; it's not like the rest of the customers could have gotten past the woman and blood anyway. The ambulance finally arrived and coworker paid for her groceries without any other comment from the cashier.

Wow, just...wow.

[Kittykat]

What? That cashier should be fired.

[gremcint]

What? That cashier should be fired.

manager too

[wolfie]

What? That cashier should be fired.

And the task should be "farmed out" to a ceramics factory.

[Shalom]

Bleeding from the ears after a head impact is not good, I know that much. Hope that woman's OK.

And that cashier . . . yeesh.

[wagegoth]

This is when you contact corporate.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What the cashier said is horrible, but I'm angrier with management here.

For one thing, they should be taking charge of any and all emergencies since they are the ones "in charge" and should be trained to deal with those kinds of things. They shouldn't just be standing around.

For another, they should make sure that the employees know basic information like the store's address if they have to call 911 to report an emergency.

And finally, if the cashier's first thought is to ask for payment to keep the checkout line moving, I have to wonder if management's been harping on the cashiers to keep those checkout lines moving by any means necessary.

[fireheart]

And finally, if the cashier's first thought is to ask for payment to keep the checkout line moving, I have to wonder if management's been harping on the cashiers to keep those checkout lines moving by any means necessary.

This is probably the most likely occurrence.

[raudf]

Management fired, cashier retrained/written up. Tell your coworker to report it to their corporation, because that is completely unacceptable.

[Estil]

And finally, if the cashier's first thought is to ask for payment to keep the checkout line moving, I have to wonder if management's been harping on the cashiers to keep those checkout lines moving by any means necessary.

That's pretty much hitting the nail on the head. And in all seriousness, if someone hits their head on the counter like that in just the wrong way (didn't I see this happen in a movie once?) it can kill them. And that whole business of bleeding out of the ears was certainly not a good sign. I just hope she didn't end up with any permanent brain damage or something.

[Ironclad Alibi]

That's pretty much hitting the nail on the head. nd in all seriousness, if someone hits their head on the counter like that in just the wrong way (didn't I see this happen in a movie once?) it can kill them.

It happened in Hunt For Red October.

[wolfie]

I just hope she didn't end up with any permanent brain damage or something.

If she did, I'm sure corporate headquarters at one of the companies CSers work for would be glad to hire her.

[pzychobitch]

If this gets me banned, IDGAF:

The cashier was a fucking cunt. End of discussion.

[SongsOfDragons]

How much do standard first aid courses tell you about epilepsy, if the lady's seizure was epileptic? When a colleague at work went into a tonic-clonic seizure I was the only one in the dept. who really knew what to do - or even notice it. I just heard the weird regular choky noises though I needed help to stop him toppling out of his office chair. He was fine, the first-aider made his way up eventually, but it was the first time I'd seen what I do when I fit; I held it together until he went home, then I had to take a few minutes to stop shaking from the shock...

[fireheart]

How much do standard first aid courses tell you about epilepsy, if the lady's seizure was epileptic?

I'm not sure about others, but the standard courses I've done haven't touched on it an awful lot. Most of my knowledge comes from my partner's sister, who's epileptic. (Side effect of her NF) Most of them emphasise following the basic first aid protocol (protecting the seizure patient from danger and sending for help, keeping her airway clear although they don't always go into how. Some say hold her head, some don't. Some say give them something to bite on, some don't.)