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Sun Oct-16-11 04:01 AM
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| 105. Time Warner responded appropriately to a medical emergency. Our company has procedures in place to r |
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respond to emergencies
Yes, they do.
Let them die
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| -Boss orders worker to stop giving CPR to co-worker and get back to work,co-worker dies.. |
HipChick |
Oct-15-11 08:32 AM |
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OMG |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-15-11 08:33 AM |
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I wonder if that supervisor could be held criminally liable... |
hlthe2b |
Oct-15-11 08:35 AM |
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They should be sued. |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-15-11 09:19 AM |
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Of course the co-worker should not be held liable... |
hlthe2b |
Oct-15-11 09:33 AM |
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Legally, the employee is probably liable |
ArcticFox |
Oct-15-11 10:47 AM |
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The article says otherwise, so what are you basing that on? (nt) |
idiotgardener |
Oct-15-11 12:11 PM |
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Sorry. Not liable. |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-15-11 03:12 PM |
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If they carry a current First Aid certificate then unfortunately they... |
TheMadMonk |
Oct-16-11 05:49 AM |
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True. |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-16-11 11:19 AM |
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The CPR card doesn't remove Good Samaritan protections |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-17-11 02:47 AM |
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It may well be different in the US, but here in Australia, once a certificated... |
TheMadMonk |
Oct-17-11 09:33 AM |
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I was agreeing with you. Sorry if I didn't phrase it better. N/t |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-15-11 03:09 PM |
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Until relieved, or exhausted, or it is obviously futile. |
Ilsa |
Oct-15-11 11:35 AM |
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Not criminally, but the estate has a great shot at a wrongful death |
COLGATE4 |
Oct-15-11 09:22 AM |
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If someone were to forcibly halt a EMT's rescucitation efforts |
hlthe2b |
Oct-15-11 09:31 AM |
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I hope so, the employee who stopped the CPR will have to live with this the rest of her life |
NotThisTime |
Oct-15-11 11:50 AM |
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Had some dickwad supervisor for FedEx yell at me to stop helping a seizure patient once |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-15-11 03:26 PM |
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Fedex is a nonunion hellhole |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 03:54 PM |
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Agreed! As a former employee for both UPS and FedEx, I would never ship a package with FedEx |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-15-11 08:02 PM |
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Everyone throws packages |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 09:38 PM |
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Not like FedEx |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-17-11 02:37 AM |
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FedEx was probably the worst job I've ever had. They treated the workers like absolute crap. |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-17-11 02:39 AM |
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Where were working for fedex? |
blackbart99 |
Oct-16-11 06:26 AM |
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PNW |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-17-11 02:38 AM |
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Absolutely. This is criminal negligence. |
Initech |
Oct-15-11 02:33 PM |
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It shows a lot about how so many people have lost the ability to think for themselves because they |
Brickbat |
Oct-15-11 08:35 AM |
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No - the woman was doing the right thing. The idiot supervisor is the one who lives with it. |
Initech |
Oct-16-11 07:37 PM |
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WOW!.... If there were no better example of corporate greed vs a person's life. n/t |
Exilednight |
Oct-15-11 08:36 AM |
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geez |
nebenaube |
Oct-15-11 08:36 AM |
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Me too... |
HipChick |
Oct-15-11 08:39 AM |
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Yea, me too. |
SammyWinstonJack |
Oct-15-11 08:40 AM |
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Yes, me too--and this is what OWS is really all about... |
Raksha |
Oct-15-11 12:37 PM |
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I'd have told the supervisor to |
MineralMan |
Oct-15-11 08:41 AM |
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I second THAT |
luckyleftyme2 |
Oct-15-11 08:45 AM |
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Did you see the part where they said the defibrillator was kept behind a locked door, and the only |
HipChick |
Oct-15-11 08:57 AM |
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I didn't see that. Amazing! |
MineralMan |
Oct-15-11 09:07 AM |
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They're supposed to be easily accessible |
XanaDUer |
Oct-15-11 10:00 AM |
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I can give you one more reason... |
cui bono |
Oct-15-11 11:56 PM |
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Oh shit...if THAT isn't the icing on the cake: |
Raksha |
Oct-15-11 12:48 PM |
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wow |
fishwax |
Oct-15-11 02:49 PM |
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I bet they had a fire axe. So much for the locked door. |
saras |
Oct-17-11 09:58 AM |
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I'm sure a corporation is "saddened" |
CanonRay |
Oct-15-11 08:43 AM |
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No, not yet, not until Texas |
liberalhistorian |
Oct-15-11 08:48 AM |
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Wonder if the company had a life insurance policy on Ms. Nelson? |
classof56 |
Oct-15-11 08:46 AM |
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That was my first thought |
RandiFan1290 |
Oct-15-11 09:12 AM |
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I wondered if the supervisor was next in line for a promotion to her job. |
Fuddnik |
Oct-15-11 10:35 PM |
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What evil bastards, especially that supervisor! |
sakabatou |
Oct-15-11 08:51 AM |
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That is one sick supervisor |
malaise |
Oct-15-11 08:52 AM |
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What an awful person. |
Glimmer of Hope |
Oct-15-11 08:54 AM |
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That's awful. |
Quantess |
Oct-15-11 08:57 AM |
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i'd like to think that the supe will be haunted by that act -- |
xchrom |
Oct-15-11 08:57 AM |
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Sociopaths cannot feel guilt or remorse. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-15-11 09:04 AM |
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Sociopaths run things n ow. UGH! |
Odin2005 |
Oct-15-11 09:02 AM |
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Ain't no accident..... |
blindpig |
Oct-15-11 10:56 AM |
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"Our company has procedures in place to respond to emergencies" |
NutmegYankee |
Oct-15-11 09:11 AM |
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"The Book" has largely replaced "The Brain" in many large corporations. |
Buns_of_Fire |
Oct-15-11 02:40 PM |
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Yes, and apparently "the Heart" |
varelse |
Oct-15-11 09:26 PM |
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I hope the rest of the "employees" take him to the alley to "show him something" nt |
Arctic Dave |
Oct-15-11 09:17 AM |
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That's just sick. |
Renew Deal |
Oct-15-11 09:28 AM |
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not sure about ohio's good samaritan law, but abandoning a patient is a major no-no |
unblock |
Oct-15-11 10:33 AM |
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Or maybe the supervisor was also afraid of losing his/her job. |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-15-11 10:48 AM |
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true, although i very much doubt that the company policies address |
unblock |
Oct-15-11 11:10 AM |
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Again though, if the policy is hands off and dial 911, the supervisor was doing as expected. |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-15-11 11:27 AM |
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I suspect you're right about there being an inflexible ... |
surrealAmerican |
Oct-15-11 11:42 AM |
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i don't think most workplaces require medically trained personnel and defibrillators on site. |
unblock |
Oct-15-11 02:58 PM |
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Perhaps not, but why did they have one if it was not required? |
surrealAmerican |
Oct-15-11 05:22 PM |
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If there's an AED on site |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 12:12 PM |
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That's right. |
JVS |
Oct-15-11 02:45 PM |
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The presence of the AED, locked, may have been an intentionally way of limiting access |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-15-11 02:49 PM |
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What 'qualifications' does one need |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 03:47 PM |
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First aid or first responder training? |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-15-11 04:09 PM |
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Have you ever used an AED? The only qualification required is "speak English". |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-15-11 08:10 PM |
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That's exactly right. |
polly7 |
Oct-15-11 09:55 PM |
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Yes, I've not used one |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 10:05 PM |
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Exactly. It tells you in very plain English what you need to do. |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-17-11 02:52 AM |
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That's not the point. How did Time Warner view their exposure? |
Gormy Cuss |
Oct-15-11 10:49 PM |
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The new method is 'push hard and push fast'. |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-17-11 02:54 AM |
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Could be, but there's probably a tendency toward callousness below the surface |
Populist_Prole |
Oct-15-11 12:18 PM |
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I'm not surprised, this is another example of corporate fascism-Arbeit Macht Frei!/Wisconsin is open |
bobthedrummer |
Oct-15-11 11:07 AM |
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"'Time Warner responded appropriately to a medical emergency'"?! |
BlueIris |
Oct-15-11 11:17 AM |
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Behold Thy Enemy !!!! |
RagAss |
Oct-15-11 11:19 AM |
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US Corporate practices: First they work you to death then they let you die and stop any life saving |
sce56 |
Oct-15-11 11:30 AM |
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Reminds me of September 11th. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Oct-15-11 11:37 AM |
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Let the (asshole) bosses die. nt |
Ilsa |
Oct-15-11 11:58 AM |
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"They were told they would be fired"? |
greyl |
Oct-15-11 01:04 PM |
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Damn. |
Solly Mack |
Oct-15-11 12:20 PM |
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My brother is alive today because his receptionist knew CPR |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-15-11 12:26 PM |
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Nobody on this earth has the right |
Aerows |
Oct-15-11 12:29 PM |
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I don't believe I could have complied with the supervisor's "request". |
Arkansas Granny |
Oct-15-11 12:58 PM |
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She was your FRIEND? You don't treat friends that way. Fuck, I wouldn't treat an enemy that way. |
stillwaiting |
Oct-15-11 01:00 PM |
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There would be an immediate conflict between me and that stupidvisor. |
hobbit709 |
Oct-15-11 01:17 PM |
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Sounds like the same mind-set that told WTC employees to remain where they were. |
WinkyDink |
Oct-15-11 01:18 PM |
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Yes--I'm surprised at how many people listen to supervisors against their own better judgment. |
TwilightGardener |
Oct-15-11 01:35 PM |
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The answer to the supervisor saying "You're fired!" is... |
Tesha |
Oct-15-11 04:21 PM |
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Remind you of another time in America? |
MadMaddie |
Oct-15-11 01:34 PM |
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Yes, the locked away defibrilator |
BuelahWitch |
Oct-15-11 04:16 PM |
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Talk about profit over people, this takes the cake |
Jack Rabbit |
Oct-15-11 02:28 PM |
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I don't see this as the fault of the co-worker or Time Warner, I think the supervisor is to blame |
JVS |
Oct-15-11 02:32 PM |
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If the supervisor's actions weren't criminal, they should be. If this doesn't dramatically mar the |
indepat |
Oct-15-11 02:34 PM |
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Both were wrong |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-15-11 02:40 PM |
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Be fired...or... |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 02:41 PM |
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Do they have insurance policy on her? |
earcandle |
Oct-15-11 02:52 PM |
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+1 |
slay |
Oct-15-11 04:16 PM |
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I can't understand why the co-worker obeyed the boss. |
Dover |
Oct-15-11 03:15 PM |
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Because people are fucking scared |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-15-11 07:19 PM |
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spot the fuck on! and welcome to DU |
stockholmer |
Oct-16-11 06:15 AM |
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Save this woman's life or feed your family. |
jeff47 |
Oct-15-11 10:44 PM |
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That was my initial thought too, but we don't know her overall circumstances... |
octothorpe |
Oct-16-11 06:29 AM |
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Time Warner just bought itself a lawsuit. |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-15-11 08:04 PM |
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If I was Ms. Nelson's family, I'd sue the bejeesus out of Time-Wanker. n/t |
ProfessionalLeftist |
Oct-15-11 09:19 PM |
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Well fuck that vile putrid excuse of a motherfucking human! |
lonestarnot |
Oct-15-11 09:22 PM |
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The dead womans family should sue Time Warner |
Politicalboi |
Oct-15-11 09:47 PM |
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Holy shit, there's a call center that's still in the US? |
hughee99 |
Oct-15-11 10:14 PM |
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Having worked in a few.... |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 10:47 PM |
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They are following the rules in Inda - human life is a disposable commodity for Wall Street -nt |
scentopine |
Oct-15-11 11:15 PM |
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It's the corporate culture these days |
cyglet |
Oct-15-11 11:37 PM |
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personnel dept -> human resources -> human capital department |
scentopine |
Oct-16-11 12:00 AM |
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What a horrific story - but I don't exactly let the worker who obeyed her boss's unreasonable order |
markpkessinger |
Oct-16-11 01:52 AM |
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Time Warner responded appropriately to a medical emergency. Our company has procedures in place to r |
rpannier |
Oct-16-11 04:01 AM |
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"Our thoughts are with the family during this difficult time." |
TomClash |
Oct-16-11 04:45 AM |
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What a disgusting work environment and supervisor. |
octothorpe |
Oct-16-11 06:22 AM |
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Prison for life for this asshole supervisor, please. nt |
Modern_Matthew |
Oct-16-11 11:22 AM |
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Up to three executions are necessary here. |
BreweryYardRat |
Oct-16-11 07:34 PM |
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I agree completely with the first one. That was premeditated murder for profit. |
saras |
Oct-17-11 10:00 AM |
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At the last HOSPITAL that I worked in as a NURSE |
Horse with no Name |
Oct-17-11 02:46 AM |
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They may have been doing you a favor! |
Saving Hawaii |
Oct-17-11 03:12 AM |
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We were 20 yards away from the cardiac intensive care unit |
Horse with no Name |
Oct-17-11 10:01 AM |
#127 |
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