Today, while at work I passed out due to my blood sugar not being normal. Despite the fact that it took 10 minutes to wake me, no one thought I was in any sort of danger. After the episode, I then got fired for "sleeping on the job." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while at work, I suddenly went into diabetic shock. As I was nearly passed out on the floor, a customer yelled at me for not getting his coffee in time. FML
Today, I accidentally fell asleep at work after working a 12-hour shift. Instead of waking me up, my coworkers spiked my coffee mug with whiskey and told my boss I was drunk. My boss wouldn't even listen to my side of the story and fired me. FML
Today, I was fired for falling asleep at work. I’m still not sure how I fell asleep, seeing as I’m a stocker and I was actively putting cans on the shelf when it happened. FML
Today, I worked 24 hours straight fixing my company's servers. After it was over, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and promptly fell asleep at my desk. My boss found me an hour later, refused to listen to me, and fired me for sleeping on the job. FML
Today, I passed out when my blood sugar dropped. Three times. And each time, my roommate, who was right next to me, just let me fall because he liked the way my face looked. FML
Today, I went to work completely hung over. I was at my desk for 5 minutes before security threw me out on my ass. Apparently, I’m hung over because I got fired yesterday and got blackout drunk, completely forgetting that I had been fired. FML
Today, without any warning from my body whatsoever, I had to go to the bathroom at work to puke. I was then fired for being ‘drunk’ at work. I wasn’t drunk, just sick. FML
Today, my manager said I could go on a break when he came back from his. After 7 hours with him still missing, I started to get dizzy. I ended up passing out and hitting my head on a ladder from lack of food. I woke up in the hospital to a card from my manager saying, "Get Well. Don't Sue." FML
Today, I blacked out at work, on my lunch break outside in the rain, and woke up on the ground wet a minute or two later to everyone freaking out, all because I chugged my drink too fast. FML
Today, my manager gave me hell for leaving the restaurant early yesterday. Guilty as charged, but only because I was rushed to the hospital after going into diabetic shock. This assmunch is convinced that I either faked it all to get off work early, or that I'd been eating our own stock. FML
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allmidnighteyes 11
Shouldn't your coworkers know you have diabetes?
EMR_fml 0
Sucks to have low blood sugar issues. I once passed out shoveling snow, due to blood sugar, off my drive way and nearly froze to death so FYL
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cthulhu1138 1
If you passed out as a result of a medical condition, chances are your company broke several federal and state laws in firing you. You might be able to get them to rehire you if you can produce a doctor's note to the effect that you have a chronic medical condition that may have caused you pass out. If they still refuse, contact your local Department of Labor or call an attorney who specializes in such matters.
Brave_Sir_Robin 4
I'm usually not one to advocate the U.S. legal system for anything, but I'll make an exception today for them. Take this company to court; at worst-case scenario, you'll get a settlement for lost wages plus damages and court/lawyer fees. I am making the assumption that you at some point during your employment listed your medical condition in writing (which is almost irrefutable).
ObadiahtheSlim 2
You should manage your blood sugar better. Next time you may not wake up.
visage 0
YDI for not informing you boss, AND for letting yourself get so low, of the issue. I have the same prob, but I carry snacks at ALL times. furthermore, my coworkers know what to do if I fall over!
Emma_91 0
You can't always tell when you're low, sometimes it happens really suddenly. Even is the OP had told the coworkers, maybe they didn't remember or they panicked. And I'm really wondering how it looked like you were sleeping. It's a seizure, usually people don't twitch or scream when they're asleep.
hatcher 0
Not all people who experience seizures experience them in the same way. Some people have grand mal seizures with the twitching and thrashing, some people have complex partial seizures where they will get up and try to walk away (even when they are in a car on the high way. nice going, sister mine). Some people just blink, and some people pass out. I've only experienced one person's variety of seizure (epilepsy induced, not diabetes, so dubiously valid) and seizures ALWAYS made her sleepy. So it probably was a genuine seizure, it just didn't look like the kind you see on TV/the kind you yourself may have experienced.
unhappyperson 0
SUE THEIR ASSES!
captainmaharet 1
ADA bitches! Sue those mfers.
Yug_Tnacifingisn 0
It is time to get a lawyer. Make sure they specialize in disabilities and labor law. The Americans with Disabilities Act should make it a quick case. Also, get yourself to a doctor and take care of your condition or you will not live very long.
toxicbaby 0
I am sure you can appeal based on your medical reasons, else sue them. Judge Judy! She rocks.
imblue 0
I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV. :)
justlooking 0
lawsuit......
diabeticgurl 0
You know you can sue for that, right?