Had to take a sick day. Ironically, just when I am getting OVER my cold. Wow...!
I spent about 2 or 3 weeks going to the IOP program without any time off except Monday April 22. I still had a fever of 100° that day. I went back in on Tuesday and did not stop going until today. Today is Wednesday.
I'm taking the day off because I was traumatized by an incident that occurred in the ladies room yesterday.
We had been dealing with a broken stall door lock in the bathroom and the other toilet stalls were occupied the only one that I thought was vacant was the middle one and I knew it was the one with the broken lock. I tried to look down under the door to see if there are any feet indicating that someone was in there. I saw none. So I went in. And I didn't know there was a woman in there! She was facing away from me and the door and I guess her heels did not show cuz they were pointed inward. All I saw was the bare floor so I go in there she's in there she starts slamming the door on my arm and my hand. Thank heaven I was wearing a sweater so I wasn't hurt. But she did not apologize and she did not accept my apology. Do you know what they said to me when I reported it? They said " why didn't you knock?"!
Ladies and gentlemen I didn't know I was supposed to knock.
Did they care that I came very close to having a very serious injury? Did they care that I was traumatized in there? Do they care that I'm going to have to stay as far away from that woman as possible until I feel safe around her?!
I need to chill and calm down. I'll go back tomorrow but I will stay away from her I will stay as far away from her as possible.
And I assure you ladies and gentlemen.. if I had been running that place I would not have asked me why I don't knock. I would have been professional and said, Carol are you okay? Carol I'll talk to the woman and tell her she needs to learn anger management. Maybe we should have someone supervise the bathrooms once in awhile! We're dealing with very unst