I don't post here much but now I do have something to contribute though sadly it's the other side of the desk that I thought was sucky.
Last Friday while walking across a zebra crossing in the UK I was hit by a car. I'm mostly okay but I did spend 4 hours in A&E getting the cuts to my head seen to and the large deep laceration to my hand sewn up but other than that it's mostly bruising. But my right hand is not a pretty sight and was covered in a bandage.
My husband and I called into a service station to buy some food (Markus & Sparkus for anyone that remembers Up Pompeii) and I joined him at the checkout at which point the cashier exclaimed the title of this thread. It being absolutely none of her business I was rather upset that she thought she could ask me that so just mumbled "I'm fine, thank you" and walked off. I have reported the incident to the store's HQ and they've said that they will remind and retrain the staff member on appropriate behaviour.
Outside of a medical context, is it ever appropriate for someone to ask what you've done to yourself if you're visibly ill or injured?
Last Friday while walking across a zebra crossing in the UK I was hit by a car. I'm mostly okay but I did spend 4 hours in A&E getting the cuts to my head seen to and the large deep laceration to my hand sewn up but other than that it's mostly bruising. But my right hand is not a pretty sight and was covered in a bandage.
My husband and I called into a service station to buy some food (Markus & Sparkus for anyone that remembers Up Pompeii) and I joined him at the checkout at which point the cashier exclaimed the title of this thread. It being absolutely none of her business I was rather upset that she thought she could ask me that so just mumbled "I'm fine, thank you" and walked off. I have reported the incident to the store's HQ and they've said that they will remind and retrain the staff member on appropriate behaviour.
Outside of a medical context, is it ever appropriate for someone to ask what you've done to yourself if you're visibly ill or injured?
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