Woman Couldn't Buy Inhaler During Asthma Attack 1.99 short of funds

[mr_moto_civic]

I can't believe this chit.. chicken chit!

NY.COM - Just after seven o'clock Thursday morning, Katherine O'Connor and her boyfriend were walking home from a McDonald's in Garwood, New Jersey, when she suffered an asthma attack.

"It has been happening every day for the past four or five days," she said.

Her inhaler was at home. The couple was near there, but a CVS on North Avenue, near Cedar Street, was closer. They went in and found the pharmacist on duty.

"I had exactly a twenty-dollar bill. It came to twenty-one and change," Jack Brown said. "I offered him my cell phone, my wallet. I said i live right around the corner. I come in here all the time."

He was told the inhaler with tax would cost just over $21. He was short a dollar and change.

"I said 'Can you just give her the pump. She's on the floor wheezing," Jack said. "I didn't know if an ambulance would get there on time. He said there was nothing he could do for me."

"He said there's nothing I can do. I was just blown away," Katherine said.

When the couple left the store empty-handed, they didn't know what to do, they told Fox 5. Remember, Katherine was still having an asthma attack. Jack remembered he has a friend who is a paramedic.

"He did have an inhaler. She used two pumps, waited a little while," Jack said. "She started to come through a little quicker than if she didn't have it."

Fox 5 went into the store looking for answers, asking about what happened. A store manager said: "no comment."

CVS corporate offices sent Fox 5 a statement: "The well-being of our customers is our highest priority and we are looking into this matter."

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/loca...ttack-20101014

[LRLGRC]

Why didn't her boyfriend just forcibly grab it from the pharmacist?

[MakeABanana]

lol, if I were in charge, I would fire that employee for that kind of stunt. There's business, and then there's someone's life. Life >>> business.

[JoshSD]

he may have been following company policy....

[8nd]

Would have been quicker if they walked "just around the corner," just sayin..

[mr_moto_civic]

he may have been following company policy....

...my ass..

CVS corporate offices sent Fox 5 a statement: "The well-being of our customers is our highest priority.

[Semtex]

something similar happened to me...

there was a family fight at the house and i got an asthma attack trying to keep things under control (i hadn't had one for 5+ years before that). i scrambled to my room only to find an empty paper bag where my inhaler used to be. apparently my sister who lives like 40 min away from me took it, because she "thought" she had an asthma attack one day. basically ended up being driven to a rite aid mid-asthma attack and bought an inhaler that (did NOT have a mouth attachment) they sold me an inhaler (refill) and did not have a mouth piece. i was dying and they basically told me i was screwed and asked me if i wanted a return. im sure they probably had something in the back or something (seeing as they were a ****ing pharmacy but they didn't really give a ****.

i just ran out of the place and my dad drove me to a cvs like 5 miles away where i got a working inhaler. i was nearly passed out by that time too cause of the lack of oxygen.

[ZIGGLADUS]

...my ass..

CVS corporate offices sent Fox 5 a statement: "The well-being of our customers is our highest priority.

Generic cookie cutter statement to avoid media scrutiny and to keep public relations stable.

[mr_moto_civic]

Generic cookie cutter statement to avoid media scrutiny and to keep public relations stable.

Of course.. BUT still they said it. And I don't know how much media scrutiny and stable public relations would result from that sweet blurb.

[e-bay]

Sounds like she was being a little drama queen... and now wants some attention.

[GetCrunK]

Sounds like she was being a little drama queen... and now wants some attention.

i dont agree with this at all, but....

****ing LMFAO

[CleverNickName]

****ing pharmacist

[tarheelblue0378]

Would have been quicker if they walked "just around the corner," just sayin..

This, seems like she didnt need it that bad if she got up and they left.

[e-bay]

i dont agree with this at all, but....

****ing LMFAO

They walk into the store, she's "on the ground weezing".. but they manage to leave and go find their friend who has an inhaler, when they live just around the corner.

[mr_moto_civic]

i dont agree with this at all, but....

****ing LMFAO

If she actually died, some ****ing miscers would say she ****ing wanted attention.

[feardafronfz3]

no credit/debit card?

[Uninspired123]

lmfao, more communists wanting handouts

im entitled to an inhaler

society owes it to me, wah wah wah


alpha pharmacist is alpha.

misc = beta communist obamabot *******s

[GetCrunK]

They walk into the store, she's "on the ground weezing".. but they manage to leave and go find their friend who has an inhaler, when they live just around the corner.

while the story might be slightly embellished to garner more sympathy for her, if its true they offered collateral for the remaining $1.xx they owed it's simply unethical and sadistic to tell them off.

[mr_moto_civic]

lmfao, more communists wanting handouts

im entitled to an inhaler

society owes it to me, wah wah wah


alpha pharmacist is alpha.

misc = beta communist obamabot *******s

lol.. Sounds like someone is a Rush Limbot.

[Uninspired123]

she probably was using her food stamps to buy the inhaler

[e-bay]

while the story might be slightly embellished to garner more sympathy for her, if its true they offered collateral for the remaining $1.xx they owed it's simply unethical and sadistic to tell them off.

Maybe I have too much confidence in people to believe that if she was actually in danger the employee would easily see it and give her an inhaler. Who knows how it really went down..

[SaniK]

lmfao, more communists wanting handouts

im entitled to an inhaler

society owes it to me, wah wah wah


alpha pharmacist is alpha.

misc = beta communist obamabot *******s

uhh, normally I'd agree but this could potentially be somebody's ****ing life. You're going to kill a lady over a buck? Seriously? Save the life and figure out the financial part later. I do agree that the situation sounds phishy, but CVS is a piece of **** too (used to work there).

[mr_moto_civic]

she probably was using her food stamps to buy the inhaler

The horror.. but it was real earned money.

[chaser1712]

Why didn't her boyfriend just forcibly grab it from the pharmacist?

This! I would have gotten it from him and probabily knock the sh*t out of him as well.

[fuuuuuuuuu]

lmfao, more communists wanting handouts

im entitled to an inhaler

society owes it to me, wah wah wah


alpha pharmacist is alpha.

misc = beta communist obamabot *******s

lol.. he offered them his wallet and phone.. i think i would trust them for $1

But im willing to bet it wasnt even all that serious.. if i was in the same situation and I KNEW she actually needed it, i would just take it from them and leave (srs)

[Yett]

lol, if I were in charge, I would fire that employee for that kind of stunt. There's business, and then there's someone's life. Life >>> business.

Disagree.

[GetCrunK]

"I had exactly a twenty-dollar bill. It came to twenty-one and change," Jack Brown said. "I offered him my cell phone, my wallet. I said i live right around the corner. I come in here all the time."

she probably was using her food stamps to buy the inhaler

wat

[Uninspired123]

uhh, normally I'd agree but this could potentially be somebody's ****ing life. You're going to kill a lady over a buck? Seriously? Save the life and figure out the financial part later. I do agree that the situation sounds phishy, but CVS is a piece of **** too (used to work there).

The pharmacist didn't want to be a white knight, so he did the only alpha thing that was available to him.

[Suhoi]

something tells me this story is sensationalist

i doubt the pharmacist wouldn't give them an ihaler if she was on the floor not able to breathe.

and what they didnt have a credit card?

[Danger_Close]

lmfao@ walking home from a McDonald's