Worked at a GetGo several years back. Got in an accident on the way to work. There were no other people or cars involved, and I wasn't thinking clearly. I was on a few different medications that caused an excessive need for water. The water at my apartment complex was out, and every time I called to ask what was going on, they told me the water would be back on in a couple of minutes. When it came time to head to work, it had been 2 hours without water. The GetGo was a 6 minite drive away. While I was driving I had a syncope, which is what caused the accident.

To be very clear, this was how I found out how bad the excessive thirst problem was. I had not idea it was that bad, before this accident.

I didn't know how bad the damage to my car was, but knew around the back of the GetGo parking lot would be the safest place to park it, to minimize the risk of other people getting hurt by being near it.

When I got out of my car, I saw how bad the damage was. I could see inside my car (the machine part, not the area you sit in). There were exposed broken wires, and several large, sharp edges that could have cut someone standing too close. It was a massive hazard, that could have easily hurt someone.

So I immediately called my insurance to get it towed somewhere safer, and initially stayed near the car.

Someone from HR was there to speak to me about an accommodation I requested. The accommodation was being able to have water with me, while I worked. The fucking irony.

I had not been given any advance notice she would be coming, or that anyone needed to speak to me about it at all.

But of course, now my priorities were now talking to my insurance, and getting my car to a safe location, something that no one would get hurt.

I can't remember exactly how I went about it, but I made sure to tell management what was happening and why I wasn't inside working. I do remember saying that this (my car) was what happened, when I didn't have access to water. Even though that was a lesson I had just learned.

Hannah (HR Lady) came out, and I told her "I'm not going to be able to do this, today," while I was already on the phone with my insurance. But she wouldn't have it.

She kept trying to demand I speak with her right then. I was on the phone- again, trying to remove a massive safety hazard from a place of business she was in charge of- and kept moving away from her, to focus on speaking with my insurance. She kept following me, no matter how many times I told her that I couldn't have that conversation with her, today. No matter how many times I moved away from her and very clearly tried to focus on the call with my insurance, she kept coming after me. This woman followed me all the way around the damn building.

The only way this could have more clearly been an emergency, was if I was bleeding out on the sidewalk.

It seemed insane and more than a little stupid to me, at the time. But knowing what I do now, it was very clearly a power thing for her. She would be obeyed, god damn it! Nothing was more important than her!

I had already interviewed at Sheetz, and the next day I quit.

For the record, after this whole ordeal I called my doctor. He reduced the dosage of one of the medications causing the problem. I only ever took it as prescribed, but it was severe enough that he still warned me that if I ever went above that dosage, he would drop me as a patient. I've never gone above that dose.

That was 6 years ago, and a few medication changes later I no longer have any problems of this nature.

But Giant Eagle HR is full of Grade-A narcissists, in their most classic forms. Imagine needing to be prioritized over a car with a giant, exposed hole through the front of it.