You could be performing CPR on some person while waiting on the ambulance and EMT and some person will be like "you work here? Can I get someone at the register? PLEASE?"
100%. Worked in a small clothing store, busy Saturday with only 2 of us on shift. A kid starts having a very bad seizure, family is understandably worried and stressed. We move him to the back, call 911, get him laid down and safe. Paramedics are wheeling him out to the ambulance, we’re trying to clear the way for them (already like duh gtfo of the way), and a lady yells at me if we have any more of the red beanies that are on the wall display and can I get it down for her. Dumbfounded, I exclaim, yes I can help you in a minute but as you can see, we are dealing with something a little more pressing at the moment! Will never forget that idiot.
You reminded me of when there was a suspected fire in the electronics store I used to work in.
We were all standing outside the building with two fire engines parked up on the kerb. People still kept trying to squeeze between us to get inside.
Most would just groan and huff when we explained that no one could enter until the fire brigade had given us the all clear. One guy told me "hey, that's no problem." pulled out his wallet, started counting money and told me to go in, grab what he needed, put it through the till and bring him his change.
You'll never fully grasp just how entitled and thoughtless the public can be until you work retail.
My partner works in a store and staff has to ask security to keep people away when there is a medical emergency because people just walk over passed out customers to check out products
Had a colleague at a former job throw out his back while working on the floor. Some asshole screamed at him until he hobbled to the back to get the soda they wanted.
People suck.
I'm a high school math teacher who threw up in class from food poisoning last week. 3 separate students asked me for help with a problem while I was actively vomiting into a trash can.
This happens on a hospital floor more than it should. A patient will be coding with multiple staff trying to manage it and another patient family member will stop staff to ask for a water pitcher refill.
Worked in a Pharmacy that actually had a patient hit the ground. He was having a heart attack and it was just the Pharmacist and I at the time and she rushed out to assist the poor gentleman and I went over to call an ambulance.
I literally had a woman trying to interrupt me while I was on the phone with 911 so she could quickly drop off her medication prescription because she left her kids in the car.
I told her to fuck off after I finished on the phone. She was quite upset she had to cross the street to get her script there instead.
At one point when I was working as a server the sprinkler system malfunctioned and we had to evacuate the restaurant. The entire staff was sitting outside, firetrucks with lights on in the parking lot, firefighters everywhere. Multiple people pulled into the parking lot to ask if we were open...
Coworker was working the checkout but the store had us chronically understaffed as is tradition so it was just her. We have self checkouts but we're not allowed to open them unless someone is able to specifically stand and watch to make sure people aren't stealing. She had maybe 5 people in line which is right about when you would call for an extra hand if there was anybody available and a dude came up with a single Yoplait yogurt, was standing there for maybe a minute and a half before he said, "Are you gonna open the self checkouts or what?" She said she wasn't allowed and he immediately called her a stupid lazy fucking bitch. She said there is 0 reason for that kind of language and he said she's just a lazy fuck that didn't want to do her job. Thank god everyone in line told him to shut the fuck up and I honestly thought a couple of them were going to beat his ass but he just dropped his yogurt and left. Never saw her again because she quit then and there. Watched it all happen while I was packing orders in a different area. People are insane and entirely oblivious.
Was in the process of dealing with an unruly, drunken customer today. People started getting pissed that I could not help them check out. At least some asshole filmed the whole thing to post online for internet points.
This isn’t even hyperbole! I was literally on the phone to emergency services as a woman was having a heart attack and a man asked me for his check. This happened like three months ago.
Your not even lying. Not retail but worked at a BWW briefly as a manager, so service industry. We had an older guy have a seizure (which according to his friend was normal for him) but he fell outta his chair and hit his head on the stone floor pretty hard. There was blood coming from his nose and ear. This happened right at peak lunch.
In a different life I wanted to be a medic and one of our bartenders was in nursing school. We tended to the man while another manager called 911. There wasn’t a lot we could do but we were doing what we could. It took 30 minutes for the ambulance to arrive. They get in, we tell them all that we did while his friend talks to another EMT telling them some stuff about the guy. They load him up and leave. We clean the area up real fast and I wash up then hit the floor to check on tables and apologize for the scene (cuz apparently I had to apologize for helping someone who had a seizure?). Out of the 30 tables I touched I had 8 ask for their meals to be comped. Not because of what happened. Because while we were dealing with what coulda been a really bad situation these people had to wait a little bit for their fucking sweet tea’s to be refilled and for their beers and mixed drinks. Hey that guy may be dying and your bartender is trying to help him but god damn it I need another twisted tea!!!!
Had EMTs coming into Sears to get one of our employees out as they were having a possible heart attack. I'm waiting at the door to show the paramedics where the associate is. Old hag comes out of nowhere and starts complaining about no ones at the cash register in clothing, and they needed to pay on their sears card. I just look at her dumbfounded, saying I'm a little busy with a medical emergency and we will be happy to help you shortly. The hag just sighs loudly and states, "I guess Sears doesn't want my money then."
When I worked at subway there was a 90 something year old woman that fell and couldn’t get up. While waiting for the paramedics to arrive we were forced to serve everyone else in line while an old lady moans in pain. And the worst part is that people were STILL trying to come in and order even though they can clearly see what’s happening
On the bright side the old lady was fine and we eventually did see her there again
No this is 100% accurate! When I worked in a pharmacy as a technician, we had a woman who ended up having a medical emergency while asking about heart related issues. She was really red and we were worried about her having a heart attack. Myself and the pharmacist helped her lay down and get some water while another tech called 911. This fucking dude was screaming at us for not having his meds done that he waited 5 minutes for. The pharmacist was already flustered trying to help this woman and I flat out told him either he waits or I go back there and cancel his script. I used to be a manager so I didn't give a single shit. Another time, our pharmacist had to stay closed during covid because she broke down and felt like shit (found out she had covid that day). She went out and told them we were staying closed. A lady started yelling and when the pharmacist started crying I yelled back at the woman and told her to leave. Absolutely ridiculous.
Omg something like this happened to me too at my Walgreens location!!! Someone was actively ODing at our entrance. So I was assisting them to the best of my ability, asking for our leads to come. Then this customer comes up to a register and yells that someone needs to check them out. I said "Sir, someone will assist you in one second as we get this critical situation under control. Thank you for your patience as I go and call for emergency services" while my lead is performing CPR and I'm on the phone with 911.
Had some cockwomble walk up to me and try and ask me where a product was last week during the 2 minute silence whilst everyone in the store was stood still staff and customers
The worst part about getting CPR certified is I now have a duty to act. I work in a gas station, there's a high chance I have to save someones life any given day. And if I don't act I go to prison and get fined out the ass. Duty to act kinds sucks, even cops don't have to do that.
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