Oh and she probably didn’t have an EpiPen because they’ve become ludicrously expensive while the company’s CEO has gotten rich, but she could have gotten a generic one at CVS at 1/3 of the price that Mylan has offered them for.
from twentytwowords.com
Imagine being at work and suddenly having a violent, deadly allergic reaction, and in the middle of this terrifying experience, you get fired.
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If you’re Danielle Duperreault, who was working at Urban Planet in Saskatoon, that’s exactly what happened.
You would probably think the firing was over tardiness or not doing her job, but it was because she came into contact with bell peppers, something she’s severely allergic to.
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When she began to experience serious symptoms of anaphylaxis and asked for help as her throat was closing up, her manager didn’t seem to show any concern.
Thankfully Duperreault’s coworker saw what was going on and immediately took her to a medical clinic, where she got a shot of epinephrine.
She was then taken by ambulance to a hospital.
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Duperreault said that she has several life-threatening allergies and usually has an EpiPen with her, but on this day she didn’t.
“The doctors said if I would have waited another ten minutes I would be dead,” Duperreault wrote in a Facebook post that has since been shared more than 17,000 times.
But it’s what happened while in the ambulance that will really get your blood boiling even more.
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Showing absolutely no compassion or decency, her manager sent her this text, letting her know that she had been fired.
On top of that, her coworker who helped her was fired via text message as well, because apparently it’s more important to help people save 10 percent on jeans than it is to save a coworker’s life.
Deperreault ended her Facebook post with a plea to raise awareness about allergic reactions in the workplace so that others don’t have to endure a similar experience.
As for Urban Planet, the parent company — Y.M., Inc. — stepped up, with the CEO apologizing to her and saying, “We have thoroughly investigated this. Simply put, the actions were unacceptable.”
They will also be paying Deperreault until she finds a new job, which is nice, but really the least they could do considering what could have happened.
“That’s more than I could’ve asked for,” she said.