Not even death stops them

[customersruinmylife]

Been waiting a while to post this just so that an appropriate amount of time had passed.

So yeah, a customer died.

It’s a normal quiet day, and my co-workers and I are counting down until we get to go home. Suddenly a lady runs up to the bar.

L: A woman has collapsed in the ladies toilets.
Me: Oh no. Right, I will grab a manager and we’ll be right there.
L: I’ve already called an ambulance and my friend is up there now.
Me: OK.

In the five seconds that it took me to find the manager, the ambulance was already there. Pretty amazing response. At that point the ambulance crew told us to steer clear and let them handle it, so we didn’t even get near the lady. A few minutes later, we witness her being wheeled out of the pub and she is having CPR performed on her. A co-worker recognises the lady. She is not a regular customer, but she had been in for most of the day with her friends, who were still in the corner drinking in a place that was out of sight of everything. CW ran over.

CW: Excuse me, but did one of your friends recently go to the toilet?
SC: Why yes. She’s been a while.
CW: I’m sorry to tell you this, but she collapsed in the toilet. She has just been put in the ambulance out the front.
SC: Oh dear!!
CW: Perhaps one of you would like to go with her?
SC: Oh no. I’m sure she’s fine.

The SC went back to her conversation.

CW: I’m sorry, but it really didn’t look fine. She looked very ill.
SC: She’s probably had too much to drink.
CW: Maybe you should-
SC: Maybe you should mind your own business!

CW walked away shocked. She joined us at the front of the pub and told us what happened. The lady that found the customer told us that the ambulance crew suspected she had suffered a massive heart attack. We watched the ambulance go, and at that point there was nothing else we could do. CW returned to the group of ladies.

CW: The ambulance crew believe she has suffered a heart attack.
SC: No, look, she was a little bit drunk, that’s all. I’m sure she will be fine.
CW: I really think that-
SC: Butt out!

CW returned to the bar, seething. We sent the manager over. He had no luck either.

CW: Fucking bitches.
M: Look, maybe they are just in shock and don’t know what to do.
CW: There’s a massive difference between being “in shock” and just not caring. They haven’t even left their tables! They didn’t even see her leave in the ambulance!

The leader SC appeared.

SC: Well! We were going to order another bottle of wine but I think we will just move on to another pub!

The group left. We were angry and still pretty shaken from what we had seen.

An hour later, three police officers show up. They inform us that the ambulance crew were unable to revive the poor lady and that she had passed away. We felt so sad for the poor lady and a couple of co-workers shed a tear. The police informed us that although there was nothing suspicious about the ladies passing, they were going to have to close the pub to review security camera footage and have a look inside the ladies toilets where she died. We understood and began to politely ask the remaining customers to leave.

Oh we got some lovely sympathetic responses.

SC: But she wasn’t near my table! Why can’t I stay??

SC: Will you be reopening for dinner?

SC: But I’m meeting a friend here!

SC: But it’s not like you knew her or anything!

SC: This is so inconvenient!

As I went to lock the doors, a family of four tried to get in.

Me: I’m sorry, but we have had to close early today.
SC: What? Why?
Me: Unfortunately a customer passed away an hour ago.

The SC stuck his head in and looked at the police officers.

SC: It was drugs wasn’t it?
Me: What?!
SC2: Yeah, I bet it was drugs.
SC: Yeah, drugs. Come on kids, we won’t be coming back here ever again!

Ahh humanity. You never cease to make me want to hurt you.

[Victory Sabre]

May she rest in peace.

What a disgusting set of "friends" she had.

The SCs were just as disgusting.

[RealUnimportant]

While I would have expected the sucky behaviour from those not involved, for her own companions to not give a shit defies belief... Words fail.

[PepperElf]

i only hope they hate themselves once they find out

[Freak]

This is like something out of a black comedy series, except real. That thought is so very depressing.

[Crossbow]

While I would have expected the sucky behaviour from those not involved, for her own companions to not give a shit defies belief... Words fail.

Agreed. I could (and would, unfortunately) expect (if not sympathize with) customers getting bent out of shape if they didn't know what was going on, especially the ones showing up after you were closed. But her "friends"? That's just disgusting. Your drinks are more important than your friend dying? Ugh.

[Merriweather]

That is just so sad, that she spent her last day with people who cared so little for her. I can understand to a small point at the very beginning, IF she had a history of getting falling down drunk and of being a drama queen ("call an ambulance, I'm dieing" type of behavior). Although even then, you'd think they'd make sure that's all it was. But to carry on even after being told the ambulence crew thought she had a heart attack? That's so very cold, I couldn't do that even if it were someone who was along with the group as a friend of a friend, that I didn't even know.

At least the stranger in the ladies room and the pub staff cared enough to call an ambulance, her friends would have probably just left her on the floor.

As for all the folks "inconvenienced" by closing, I hate to say that I'm not surprised. Though I think being forced to close was probably good for the staff, something like that is hard on the nerves, not easy to just "carry on", even if it is a stranger.

My sister and I had a similar incidence once, with what I guess was technically a customer. I was about 16, my sister 20. Our parents had placed an ad in the paper to sell a chest of drawers. My parents were out and my sister & I home alone when a man came by, carried it to his car, came back in paid us, then had a heart attack and dropped dead in our living room. The guy was a perfect stranger, but still took us quite a while to get over that.

[Skelly]

Poor woman. Dying all alone, with no real friends by her side .

[depechemodefan]

At least the woman who found the deceased customer called the ambulance instead of just leave and not tell anyone. Those friends, though, what a bunch of fucking bitches. I can imagine them, though, telling the story to acquaintances. Either the bitches will say they were so worried, so heroic, they were with the deceased from the moment she collapsed to the point the doctor told them "she is dead" or they will blame you for it.

[XCashier]

CRML, even though you didn't know the poor woman, that must've been just awful for you and your coworkers. You did everything you could for her, and you certainly showed more decency and humanity than her so-called friends.

I can imagine them, though, telling the story to acquaintances. Either the bitches will say they were so worried, so heroic, they were with the deceased from the moment she collapsed to the point the doctor told them "she is dead" or they will blame you for it.

Well, if anyone tried to blame or sue the pub, they've got the security camera footage to prove that the staff did everything they could while those "worried, heroic friends" were nursing their drinks and making snarky remarks about the poor dying woman.

[Geek King]

Poor woman. Dying all alone, with no real friends by her side .

Everyone dies alone, even surrounded by friends and family. At least the lady gets to tell whoever's on the other side her version of events first.

[Slayer]

That's so horrible!

I wonder if those "friends" will come back and accuse the bar of not informing them correctly. What disgusting pigs.

[Seshat]

If the lady who called the ambulance comes in, tell her that complete strangers on the internet think she's a fantastic person, and are honoured to live on the same planet as she.

As for the 'friends' ... well. At least the woman who died had a real friend with her at the end. The complete stranger who called the ambulance was a true friend, even if they didn't even know each other's names.

[Sheldonrs]

How much does anyone want to bet that the "friends" will blame the pub for not telling them the condition was REALLY serious?

[wildman]

Wow, this just leaves me speechless!