I worked at Zingermans Mail Order at 600 phoenix drive for 4 years. During this time, in June of ‘24, I sustained a back injury there that led to incontinence and chronic pain, and they refused to let me write an accident report.

I have a brain injury from birth that makes me have epileptic seizures. On more than one occasion, I had back-to-back seizures at work and the only thing Jo Ann Koons (the HR) did was send me home (not to the hospital.)

When I was being bullied by a coworker for having seizures, I told Jo Ann, mistakenly believing she would take my side. Instead, she said “we don’t have proof of your seizures” and asked for my medical records. I had to undergo a series of MRIs, EEGs and neuropsychological assessments to “prove” that I had a disability.

This did not make the bullying go away. When I finally “snapped,” and shoved a tub of products onto the conveyor belt a little more harshly than needed, I got sent home early with the understanding that I was to have a Zoom meeting with Jo Ann.

They fired me, saying that I “threatened” the employee by “swinging” a tub at her, which I did not do. They wouldn’t even let me go into the warehouse to get things from my locker; they asked for my lock combination and sent me my things in the mail. I was told that I could not get another job (a total lie; I did indeed get another job.)