Fainting is Rude

[Boomslang]

One of our interns has sickle cell anemia.
She is often very ill, very tired and very frail.
One night at work, she passed out cold while trying to help a customer.

Her coworkers called an ambulance.
The customer called corporate and complained.


Why are people so fucking evil?

[Seanette]

That to me is the action of a sociopath, not a human being.

I really hope your intern is OK, and that the sorry thing that complained buys a ban from your store.

[mathnerd]

I don't know why I'm still surprised at stories like this. I suppose I'm just a hopeless optimistic about the state of the human race.

[Food Lady]

I'm not surprised because my disabilities tick off sucktomers a couple of times a year.

[Marmalady]

Ah well, you see, it's a well-known fact that all retail / service / customer facing staff are lazy workshy SOB's who are always looking for the slightest reason to slack off and not do their jobs. So it's important that when customers see these employees passing out / being sick / gushing blood / losing limbs, they report it at once to nip this kind of behaviour in the bud.

[mathnerd]

Unfortunately, their selfishness is not limited to just employees. I posted a while back about having an allergic reaction on a plane. The flight crew, upon finding out what the allergy is to, declined to serve tomato juice the rest of the flight. The guy sitting in the row behind me pitched a fit about it. I'm sure he complained to corporate and probably got a bunch of free miles out of it.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

If I'm not mistaken, sickle cell anemia is invariably fatal.

Humanity: I'm very disappointed in it.

[Seshat]

Life is invariably fatal.

I'm not sure, but I think sickle cell patients who can accept red blood cell transfusions have a chance of a semi-normal life. Bone marrow is what makes red blood cells, and a transplant of marrow from a compatible healthy donor can help some patients.

It's a nasty and permanent condition, but not necessarily a fatal one (except in the sense that we're all gonna die someday).

[EricKei]

Is the intern OK? No (additional) issues caused by the fainting (and presumed fall)?

[Boomslang]

Is the intern OK? No (additional) issues caused by the fainting (and presumed fall)?

She's okay. She's a tough cookie.

[taxguykarl]

Her coworkers called an ambulance.
The customer called corporate and complained.

Why am I not surprised. Tell me corporate told this what he could do with the complaint

[catcul]

Unfortunately, their selfishness is not limited to just employees. I posted a while back about having an allergic reaction on a plane. The flight crew, upon finding out what the allergy is to, declined to serve tomato juice the rest of the flight. The guy sitting in the row behind me pitched a fit about it. I'm sure he complained to corporate and probably got a bunch of free miles out of it.

If I ran that airline, I'd tell him exactly where he can go.

[An Haddock]

She's okay. She's a tough cookie.

I guess the cowardly caller didn't say anything in front of the other employees?

Because that would have grounds for a mass-effect act of evil right back at them.

[wolfie]

The guy sitting in the row behind me pitched a fit about it. I'm sure he complained to corporate and probably got a bunch of free miles out of it.

In a just world, he would have got around 6 free miles out of it. After all, passenger jets cruise at roughly 30,000 feet.

[catcul]

Sure, you can fly to Denver. I hope you don't mind riding in the cargo hold.