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Quoth Shyla View Post(And I'm sorry, there's no HIPAA between you and customers or even you and your boss. There's just your dignity which apparently you're supposed to discard at the door.)
Quoth notalwaysright View PostI hope you file a complaint or refuse to sign the stupid write up.
Quoth Food Lady View PostI don't think I have a leg to stand on. The company isn't requiring me to talk about my medical stuff. My boss has never told me I have to answer questions, only that I'm not allowed to be offended at such questions. That's not illegal. It's just a stupid opinion.They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.
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I once read an article aimed at people recovering from self-injury behavior, and how to answer questions about scars. Maybe try a few of these? If you say it the right way, it might be enough humor to deflect attention away from stuff you don't want to talk about:
- When they say "don't feed the bears", they MEAN it
- I lost a fight with a weed whacker
- You have to be careful with eggs (this one might just confuse them, but maybe that's what you want...how they heck does one hurt oneself with eggs?)
- It's an old Ninja injury, flares up sometimes
- It's a mishap from training fighting hampsters
Last edited by WishfulSpirit; 04-13-2016, 01:49 PM."I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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It really aggravates me how insistent some people can get when asking about personal things. I pretty much don't wear shorts in public, as I'm tired of explaining the scars on my legs to random strangers. Can't just get away with a simple explanation either, they always want to get the story behind it.
Short story; running through the woods at night, tried to go through raspberry brambles. May as well run through concertina wire(the razory stuff that makes barbed wire look like it's made for kids)
Full story, without writing a book; Above is true, add to it that I and two other 12 year old kids were running for our lives(we assumed) from the people that abducted us from camp. Tied up in sleeping bags, whipped with sticks, covered in mud and feathers in front of a bonfire where people in masks are hooting and hollering. Someone near the fire yelled "bring me the sacrifices" fire-lit silhouettes turned towards us, we freaked, fought, lucky nut shot made on a captor, we ran like scared rabbits. We got lost, found a trail, then found a road. Sheriff's deputy found us walking along the road an hour later. Deputy starts chastising us for running away from camp, "running away isn't going to help your homesickness" and other platitudes. All three of us start talking at once, and at some point in the "masks, killers, psychos, they were gonna light us on FIRE!" etc he decided he needed to take us to the hospital instead of back to camp. Camp and leaders called, hospital insisted on calling our parents as well. Big bruhaha in the ER. Deputy had to pull a parent off a leader at one point. Begged not to go public with the story, etc. Eventual result, after threats of lawsuits and reporters, group paid our medical bills and counselling, one of our leaders no longer allowed to be affiliated, 3 older kids kicked out from the group, and the already existing anti-hazing regulations for the group got another rewrite and all camps operated by the group had to undergo special training for hazing and bullying. Our parents signed a NDA over the settlement, but I think I've been vague enough. Not like my 12 year old tushie signed it, lol.Last edited by BearLeeBadenaugh; 04-13-2016, 04:26 PM.
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Quoth WishfulSpirit View PostI once read an article aimed at people recovering from self-injury behavior, and how to answer questions about scars. Maybe try a few of these? If you say it the right way, it might be enough humor to deflect attention away from stuff you don't want to talk about:
- When they say "don't feed the bears", they MEAN it
- I lost a fight with a weed whacker
- You have to be careful with eggs (this one might just confuse them, but maybe that's what you want...how they heck does one hurt oneself with eggs?)
- It's an old Ninja injury, flares up sometimes
- It's a mishap from training fighting hampsters
When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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Quoth Shyla View PostYou have some nosy customers. Try this. Do you have carpal tunnel? No.
Also, it's been a week and I haven't been asked to sign anything, so I guess "documenting" it is different from a write-up, unless she'll hit me with one later on. "Yeah, here's the documentation from that incident that happened last month."Last edited by Food Lady; 04-17-2016, 04:03 PM."Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably
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Add on to it.
Quoth Sapphire Silk View PostNo, but she was unprofessional to tell Food Lady what her pain should be.
Never refuse to sign a write up. DO add your own version of events to the write up before you sign it, and get a copy.
I think you're right on that.
Since the company did not supply all the equipment, and since the boss was too busy to look at the forms when he collected them, they would had an interesting talk to my lawyers if I had got injured at work.
If they give you a write-up never sign it before you first write in your description of the events.
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Quoth earl colby pottinger View PostIf they give you a write-up never sign it before you first write in your description of the events.
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This is exactly why my work shirt has long sleeves. I don't want to field stupid questions from people about the self harm scars on my arms. Once I had to get new uniform and HR tried to fob me off with short sleeves, so I showed them my arms and explained exactly why I don't want everyone seeing. I got my long sleeved shirts.
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