r/IDontWorkHereLady - she ACTIVATED my PTSD...

what's up guys welcome to daily dose of Reddit this is your host Zach and today subreddit is our /i don't work your lady don't forget to like subscribe and hit that bell to never miss an episode this story's called entitled lady gets what she deserves after assaulting me and triggering a PTSD episode satisfying ending trigger warning PTSD and mention of assault of an intimate variety I do not elaborate on that assault as it is in social media friendly obviously thank you and here's the cast with voices that are subject to change thank you very much there's me entitled parent actual employee security veteran cop cousin cop hubby and title parents care context this is the experience of a time I was just done with people for the day and it got really messy for work I had to dress in upscale business attire with some antiquated ideas on ladies wear like you must wear heels and nylons I do any shopping or errands on my way home from work it was years ago so it will not be verbatim obviously I don't have an eidetic memory story that day had been a long one due to my literally crazy boss so while I was shopping I had two people already asked me for help it was an upscale mall and I was dressed similarly to the store managers the first two were polite and apologized for the mistake and I was jovial about it since they were so nice but this is the encounter to the best of my recollection with the third person yep the third in under 15 minutes I was walking away from the shoes to the ladies lingerie area as I was shopping for nylons when the dreaded excuse me happened excuse me knowing what's happening and what that tone meant what kind of person probably barked so rudely and relatively loud especially in a high-end department store I was completely done with all personal interactions for the day but especially one that could be draining so of course ignore entitled parent pretending I didn't hear her entitled parent strident and very loudly now moving much much closer excuse me she was setting me off already by being too close and now I was whining in my head so I sighed quite audibly on purpose I turn around and say yes you're the manager where is X Y Z no I don't remember what it was that she was looking for exactly and I really didn't care to be honest I don't know ma'am she cuts me off before I can finish with the I don't work your thing well you should I'm a frequent and loyal customer so and I kid you not the woman shooed me away she was all indignant wanting me to go find out ASAP I just stood there blinking at her well go find out already shouting directly in my face with spittle to boot ma'am I don't work here with a dead-eyed expression no I didn't even care enough to expound upon that well I never you are the rudest employee I've ever encountered get your boss I can't snap me frustrated and not caring anymore cuz she now had chute and snapped her fingers at me I'm not an employee so I'm not going to do anything but continue my own shopping you should be ashamed of yourself for your inexcusable behavior entitled parent confused but still going with it sure you want she said sarcastically just go find out I'm running late and I need X Y Z ma'am I still don't work here I turn and take off by the way the employees at this store would never walk away from a shopper or be rude not ever I can hear her getting even more aggravated as I leave but I don't care she was rude as I'm looking at the display of hose in the lingerie section to find the correct ones which takes a few minutes as they aren't plentiful I needed tolis ones for open toed pumps and they rearranged it since the last time I was here I hear more screeching - yes pulling actual employee behind her with just the magnetic force of her displeasure I don't turn just knowing this is going to get ugly with the mood I'm in actual employee looks confused and a lot worried I think there's been a I want that man I just named it her boss now she will be fired immediately and give me corporate snob out this is disgraceful so I slowly turn around I should warn that while I'm normally very tolerant and love to help older people who need it especially I greatly dislike stupid racist or loudly ignorant people and I have a temper entitled parent stepped into my space again I let loose yelling get entitled parents face I hate that for good reason ma'am very obviously sarcastic for the last time I do not work here I step away and turn around again trying to call myself and avoid catastrophe it's silent which it's only the classical music they play in the background I'm desperately trying to find the nylons quickly so I can get the items and get the heck out of there ASAP desperately trying to control my temper I see them and grabbed all they had like five I don't know it didn't even check them to ensure they were the crack sizes that's when it happened that's when it all went to crap entitled parent grabs my arm pinching it hard as her hand slips on my silk blouse I bruise easily so it ended up being a huge doozy later she grabbed me so hard she pulled the seam on my sleeve I think I still have it in the back of my closet I never did wear it again so I'm not positive what entitled parent didn't know that escalated the situation drastically was I have extreme PTSD from being assaulted in a horribly intimate variety by a gang and any grabbing of my arms from behind is a major and usually very violent trigger I instantly flashback sorry this is hard for me to recount as even now I shake when thinking about its or the attack this next part uh be told me since he watched the security tapes later I dropped my items jerked my arm away backed up into as good of a corner as I could and started screaming in a panic no don't touch me I slide down the wall at my back with my hands over my ears I've gone into freeze and hide mode and repeated no no no no no no no no no no no no no entitled parent then made the mistake of moving closer again in an aggressive manner I remember some of this part I looked up into her malicious face and went straight into fight mode standing up abruptly and into her face screaming aggressively no you took it to heart baby I'm not entirely present yet but I know something's off as there are no men near me this is a huge lucky break because any men near me at that moment would have immediately made me go berserk and attack I'm still in my aggressive stance but started saying something along the lines of just leave me alone go away and more no no no no no no no no entitled parent backed up and I imagine she thought I was some crazy person and she would have been correct right then somehow actual employee knew I wasn't entirely there and traumatized somehow my pupils were probably blown wide with the automatic sobbing my mascara was likely already streaked on my cheeks Bobby said I looked haunted when he picked me up later as I was too distraught to drive home actual employee calmed me down a little as I noticed I wasn't being attacked at that moment that's when security arrived to see a still sobbing shaking firmly on the throes of the panic attack from the flashback and adrenaline crazed person problem security was all male back into the flashback I go screaming and wreaking out violently I know they took entitled parent away at some point and I hazely remember actual employees sitting on the floor cross-legged nearby but not too close she was talking to me in soothing tones but I don't remember what was said for all I know she was repeating supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or some alien language I wouldn't let anyone else near me I was too hysterical crying I was starting to realize in relief it was a flashback only and became more and more embarrassed and horrified actual employee got me to give her my phone to call my in case of an emergency contact hubby he told me later he explained what likely happened and told them to put him on speaker he started doing his you are safe routine and was on his way that's what really got me out of the episode enough to start letting them help me at a distance of course we all ended up in the back office as they called EMTs because I was in shock was white I'm very pale but bloodless is a different kind of pale and my heart rate went bonkers and almost fainted I got my meds out of my purse took it and waited as the EMTs came in did their job the cop who was with me was a war vet and knew exactly what was going on how to not set me off what to ask etc entitled parent was in a different area and we're still going insane about the psychotic employee who attacked her and all sorts of threats so when hubby got there he heard what she was yelling and told the cops he knew I would want to press charges on anyone who grabbed me and treated me like that turns out that another cop over with entitled parent was a distant cousin of my hubby same last name from the same great-great-grandfather or something they talked a bit outside the room and I guess entitled parent heard that he was my hubby she tried to blame my hubby for my PTSD attack as he must have abused me they'll be disabused that notion by laying down some facts explaining why I freaked out what happened to me that I was a minor at the time and that this was before we met Bobby says he also called her an idiotic hag as he left all the info shut her up temper rarely but didn't stop her entirely hubby came in to comfort me and help me police finally asked once I was calm enough if I wanted to press charges and I did of course they had already seen the recordings from security by that point so only needed me to tell them what happened and to confirm why I freaked out entitled parent was told she was being arrested and started up the Banshees screaming again the store manager said he would be banning her for her behavior indefinitely at some point during that entitled parents kid a teenage girl showed up frantic looking for her mom mall security had escorted her and made quite the ruckus I felt bad for the kid and saw her as she waited for her dad with security when we were escorted out into the public part of the store entitled parent kept up the I'm innocent and this is a misunderstanding and threatening me for doing this to her all the way to court supposedly I really thought I would have to testify for a while which was very stressful the prosecutor's office called me a couple of months later to tell me she was taking the deal after the CCTV footage and the photographic proof of the ripped shirt in progress of the huge bruise she gave me was shown to her it was a bad case that would be expensive to fight for her to only lose with that evidence she was a first-time offender so she got the option to do a program where they do intensive personal and some group psychotherapy anger management rehab support groups community service and such depending on the offenses if completed the record gets wiped clean she took it and as part of the deal she had to plead guilty in court in front of the judge before hand so no testifying about its and my previous assault in open court I was very grateful for that one last bit of justice happened though her work found out and due to a clause in her contract they fired her immediately found out about that from the prosecutor too haven't heard about her since never bothered to check up on her as she did her sentence and wasn't important by the way I still hate hosiery hosiery and this wasn't the only time someone grabbed me in public and I freaked out on them most recently was this last summer also sorry it's so very long I tried to trim it down without talking out too much of the needed info and to anyone worried I still go to therapy support groups etc and have since the Ganga salt happened 20 years ago you don't get over something like this but I'm managing pretty well for the most part at it this was in the greater Phoenix metro area and it happened over a dozen years ago so I'm doing much better for those concerned I could get a service dog for crowding but they are expensive and insurance doesn't like to cover them if they aren't for the blind I've had a lot of time to recover so the need isn't there as much for it to justify the costs and then there's the fact that I'm allergic to Docs I used symbols on the censored words to not trigger BOTS or cause it to be removed for a view and for my personal well-being I'm keeping it that way for those who read in places that the words would jump off the page and for all those who are survivors like me as I don't want them to be triggered by the words as well fYI writing this took a lot emotionally and just putting it in text was very blatant I didn't need to add to that this has been cathartic enough thank you you guys are awesome and so supportive for whoever gave me awards you are the best I don't know what some of them mean as I'm still relatively new to read it but I'll figure it out first off thank you for sharing your story it is appreciated especially since it was difficult for you to do so personally I don't have any issues of that variety so obviously I can't understand completely how it is but one thing I do know is that something like that can be terribly draining emotionally it'll be draining for a while because I know with people who suffer from PTSD once you get going gets really hard to you know come back from that and if you do suffer from it now it's a good time to educate us all in the comments what does it look like to someone who's observing from the outside and what can they do to help or something like that and just you know just talk about it if you're if you're okay with it because you know in situations like this the best thing people can do is be informed and that employee that store employee and the police officer who was a veteran trying to help her out that was really nice to read I love when individuals help others that are a lot of need of help really makes you happy and the entitled mother in the story ridiculous holy cow okay there's the initial blow up okay that's somewhat excusable okay however once you see someone starting to freak out a good time to slow up a little bit this story's called Karen has a freak out at Walmart this this I will never forget I used to work at my local Walmart but I only worked there for three months then quit because I couldn't work the schedule I was on I worked the graveyard shift that means I worked from 10:00 p.m. till 7:00 a.m. fun I quit cuz I would sleep all day and be up all night have no time for family or friends and I couldn't do that nor was I able to switch to the day shift since there was no openings for the day shift after three weeks of me quitting I returned to do some shopping and to return my vest a nametag I was standing at the customer service waiting for the general manager to come get the vest and tag as I was waiting this woman aka Karen walks right up to me and crossed her arms and snarls at me can I help you yes I've been waiting for you to stop talking for nearly an hour I've been here for five minutes what do you want I need help I want to buy you a TV but I can't carry it uh I don't work your lady the customer service girl holds in a giggle as she tries to calm the Karen down yes you do you do work here I saw you just a month ago walking here I quit like three weeks ago I no longer work here if you want help how about you lose the crappy caring attitude of yours and nicely ask for help before demanding someone no wonder people think you're a jerk we had problems with her multiple times Karen goes on and on how she's gonna get me fired for this and how she knows the general manager go ahead I don't care I don't work here I put the tag in vest down the counter and did my shopping the general manager comes up and fist bumps me as it was our way of saying hey to each other he tells me what Karen said and laughed I swear that woman is crazy I tried to tell her that you don't work here that's what I told her don't worry if she does anything she will be banned I finished up my shopping and what do you know Karen slapped the general manager for being so inconsistent of her being assaulted by me I didn't even put my hands on her and the next thing she knew she was banned and arrested for attacking the elderly the general manager is 86 is that an offense is that like a separate offense from just like attacking normal people like you know there's assaults on an officer is there assault is there assaults on the elderly I'm sure that exists somewhere but anyways that Karen needs to get that stick in her booty checked out seriously it's a hazard it's a it's becoming a pain in the ass for other people too don't forget to Like subscribe and hit that bell to never miss an episode [Music]

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Length: 18min 55sec (1135 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 18 2020