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This was about a month ago. For a little background, I work at a small camera store for a (much) larger retail company.
An elderly lady whom I've talked to before arrives immediately after opening in search of some training for her fairly simply Olympus film camera. She explains what she is trying to take pictures of, so I slowly explain to her what settings, all while writing said settings down so that she can read them later.
To put this simply: I look away for one moment, turn around, and she is swaying, then abruptly collapses backwards, hitting her head against the tile floor. I run around the counter, check her pulse, then run to the lab (10 feet away) and tell my manager in a rather fast manner what just happened. He doesn't seem to hear me right away, as I run back out and his first words upon sight are "Holy (Expletive)"
An ambulance is called, a coat placed under her head as she woke up. She seems to remember where she is - we just tell her not to move. Ambulance arrives, I talk to the police about what happened while they make sure she is ok - they take her to the hospital because she doesn't have any pre-existing conditions, just to make sure she is OK.
She was apparently ok. Her son came a few hours later and asked what happened, then thanked us for calling an ambulance right away. What REALLY freaked me out though was the way her eyes stayed open when she was unconcious.
Worse yet, she was tall enough that she nearly hit her head against a camera case rack behind her. If she hit her neck or head against that .. BAD NEWS.
The fun didn't end there.
Two hours later, a guy comes into the store and just says, "Could you call the police, this guy is following me." Trailing behind him is a rather dirty looking middle-aged man who is speaking a mix of incoherent English and Spanish - I can speak/her SOME Spanish, and I didn't understand a word he said. For the next ten minutes (while the police are summoned) he repeatedly sips out of a Fanta which can't possibly contain any more liquid while smelling like he has been smelling paint thinner for roughly the last week.
Arrested for public intoxication.
What worries me is that the elderly lady hasn't come back yet
She was really nice too.
An elderly lady whom I've talked to before arrives immediately after opening in search of some training for her fairly simply Olympus film camera. She explains what she is trying to take pictures of, so I slowly explain to her what settings, all while writing said settings down so that she can read them later.
To put this simply: I look away for one moment, turn around, and she is swaying, then abruptly collapses backwards, hitting her head against the tile floor. I run around the counter, check her pulse, then run to the lab (10 feet away) and tell my manager in a rather fast manner what just happened. He doesn't seem to hear me right away, as I run back out and his first words upon sight are "Holy (Expletive)"
An ambulance is called, a coat placed under her head as she woke up. She seems to remember where she is - we just tell her not to move. Ambulance arrives, I talk to the police about what happened while they make sure she is ok - they take her to the hospital because she doesn't have any pre-existing conditions, just to make sure she is OK.
She was apparently ok. Her son came a few hours later and asked what happened, then thanked us for calling an ambulance right away. What REALLY freaked me out though was the way her eyes stayed open when she was unconcious.
Worse yet, she was tall enough that she nearly hit her head against a camera case rack behind her. If she hit her neck or head against that .. BAD NEWS.
The fun didn't end there.
Two hours later, a guy comes into the store and just says, "Could you call the police, this guy is following me." Trailing behind him is a rather dirty looking middle-aged man who is speaking a mix of incoherent English and Spanish - I can speak/her SOME Spanish, and I didn't understand a word he said. For the next ten minutes (while the police are summoned) he repeatedly sips out of a Fanta which can't possibly contain any more liquid while smelling like he has been smelling paint thinner for roughly the last week.
Arrested for public intoxication.
What worries me is that the elderly lady hasn't come back yet
She was really nice too.
That is freakin scary!!!!
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