I know I'm probably going to get bitched at for victim blaming, but who leaves the house without an inhaler when they've been having asthma attacks for the past 3 or 4 days? I mean, denying someone in an asthma attack an inhaler is an asshole thing to do, don't get me wrong....but as someone with asthma, if I were having an asthma attack a day for DAYS prior, I'd sure as hell have my inhaler, no matter how close to home I was.
It's not victim blaming to say that the lady was stupid for leaving her house without an inhaler when she'd been having an asthma attack every day for the prior 3 - 4 days.
I agreed that it was fucked up for the CVS not to front them the $2 for the life-saving inhaler. I never said that was ok, quite the opposite.
It's not victim blaming to say that the lady was stupid for leaving her house without an inhaler when she'd been having an asthma attack every day for the prior 3 - 4 days.
It IS victim blaming when the whole point of this was not that she forgot her inhaler, but that she could have very well died because some asshole wasn't compassionate enough to come out of his own pocket/write-off charges/let her pay the outstanding amount at a later date and instead left her to wheeze all over the place over less than $2 fucking dollars.
Also, someone forgetting their inhaler does NOT make them stupid. For all you know, she might have thought she had it with her, or forgot to place it back in her purse after the last attack. People are not machines and don't always remember things even when it is detrimental to their health. Either way, it's rather moot - because if she had it with her, we wouldn't be in this comm calling the Pharm an asshole.
As someone who HAS asthma, I can tell you that if I'm having attacks EVERY DAY, severe enough that I think I might die, for several days in a row, I will NOT be forgetting my inhaler. I would be checking before I left the house, same as checking for my wallet, cell phone, car keys, and my pocketknife.
But at the end of the day, the CVS and/or pharmacist is to blame for being a cold bastard.
Good for you for always remembering your inhaler no matter what! Doesn't change the fact that calling her stupid is victim blaming, this story has nothing to do with you.
You know nothing about me, don't presume to. I'm a member of several communities to read and post on links from sf_drama and others. Just because it shows me as a member it doesn't follow that I actually go there and read every post.
Being a part of communities because I followed a link from sf_drama one time and chose to comment on the post in question sure is, if I were a victim blaming idiot. Read my follow post to your other post.
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I agreed that it was fucked up for the CVS not to front them the $2 for the life-saving inhaler. I never said that was ok, quite the opposite.
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It IS victim blaming when the whole point of this was not that she forgot her inhaler, but that she could have very well died because some asshole wasn't compassionate enough to come out of his own pocket/write-off charges/let her pay the outstanding amount at a later date and instead left her to wheeze all over the place over less than $2 fucking dollars.
Also, someone forgetting their inhaler does NOT make them stupid. For all you know, she might have thought she had it with her, or forgot to place it back in her purse after the last attack. People are not machines and don't always remember things even when it is detrimental to their health. Either way, it's rather moot - because if she had it with her, we wouldn't be in this comm calling the Pharm an asshole.
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But at the end of the day, the CVS and/or pharmacist is to blame for being a cold bastard.
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