“He was coming so fast, there wasn’t any time to move all the way out the way”

Scott-Windham returned to Mobile Wednesday night with the bullet still in her foot, along with multiple fractures.

She’ll need to return to an orthopedist in two weeks to check on her foot. But the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence, and she worries she’ll have to find a new job once she’s recovered.

  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I started a new job as a restaurant host once. The day after my first shift I got violently ill, puked everywhere. I called them up and told them I had the flu and could not work. They never scheduled me again and didn’t pay me for my first shift.