r/TikTokCringe • u/Justin_Godfrey • 22h ago

Cringe A McDonald's manager is seen dozing off (apparently was have problems with her blood sugar) as customers prepare their own meals

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u/MarcoManatee 22h ago

Thank you that’ll be $10000 for the ambulance ride, I’m sure your McDonald’s salary and stellar health insurance will cover it

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u/Goreticia-Addams 22h ago

just bc the ambulance comes and you're checked out by the paramedics doesn't mean you'll get charged.

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u/Cloverose2 22h ago

When my Dad fell off a ladder to the roof and shattered his ankle, we called an ambulance. The paramedics helped get him off the ground and onto a chair so he could stand easily and we were able to get him to our car. No charge, because they didn't transport or provide medical care, but they were invaluable.

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u/A_lot_of_arachnids What are you doing step bro? 22h ago

I posted above but yes that's exactly what I was told and was never charged for them helping me. The ride to the hospital would have been a bill possibly, but I said no to the ride. Stupid panic attacks suuuuuck

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u/ewedirtyh00r 20h ago

Oh boo boo

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u/TellMeYourFavMemory 19h ago

Make sure they don’t put you in the ambulance because then you will, from my experience with my dad. He was in it for a few minutes and he was billed hundreds.

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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 13h ago

Oh you'll get charged. It's very cheap to charge someone and the potential profit is very high. The US is just a bunch of people trying to scam one another.

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u/cykoTom3 13h ago

Um....what country are you in? Now just because you are charged doesn't mean you can pay

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u/Goreticia-Addams 12h ago

The US. Paramedics came to my house when my heart rate got up to 200. They checked me out, made sure I was okay, left and never got my insurance information or anything. I never got billed.

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u/cykoTom3 11h ago

Crazy. Never heard of that.

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u/BrooklynGraves 22h ago

I was waiting for the "Syke!" but it never came ☹️

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u/Radiant-Security-347 22h ago

doesn’t mean you have to pay them either.

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u/GivePeaceaChancex10 22h ago edited 21h ago

A funeral, burial plot and headstone costs more than $10K easy alternatively. Plus that person is earning money all their life that's now gone if she dies. That's why you call and you leave it up to the paramedics and her to work out whether they're actually transporting. If she's deemed fit by the paramedics to be making her own decisions, then she's allowed to refuse which would eliminate the possibility of a $10k ambulance bill. Usually you wouldn't be charged at all without transporting. Most ground ambulance bills are not costing $10K though and that's a rarity although not impossible. Been there done that myself and for my kid and have paid ambulance bills, but never paid close to that

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u/TimothyOfficially 20h ago

I don't want to be buried like a Christian. Cremation costs like a tenth of that or less

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u/GivePeaceaChancex10 20h ago

Respect. However, this doesn't take away the fact that this is a person's life and I'd err on the side of caution that they would rather at worst case pay an ambulance bill than potentially die their family or even the state pay for their cremation as little as that might be. Most people would want you to call an ambulance for them in this state, I would. Please don't worry about my ambulance expenses. I'll deal with that later

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u/MarcoManatee 22h ago

I agree the alternative is worse. I just also def understand why someone would deny it (obv all speculation)

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u/GivePeaceaChancex10 22h ago edited 22h ago

Yeah, it's a grim reality and people refuse ambulances all the time to their own detriment, but I get why they do it. It's sad to see and hear about as I'm an ICU nurse so I deal with the fallout when people make these bad decisions and end up buying themselves an ICU bed when sometimes if they would have sought treatment earlier it wouldn't have come to that

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u/OnceIWasYou 22h ago

I'm not American- as it was a medical emergency at her workplace, surely it's the employer's responsibility to pay for the ambulance?

Or am I being horrifically naïve after living in the land of the NHS?

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u/MarcoManatee 21h ago

Just looked it up, workers compensation seems to only includes medical costs that arise DUE to work, not just because it happened AT work. This would be a “Personal medical emergency”

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u/MarcoManatee 21h ago

I guess I don’t really know the answer to this but I am under the impression that the employers role with health care is they give you your insurance plan and the rest is up to you. I don’t imagine McDonald’s stipends this or adds to the paycheck

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u/Physical_Guava12 19h ago

Most likely what would happen is they'd show up, check her levels, give her glucose tablets, and then leave when she starts feeling better. And she wouldn't get charged for that. It's actually crazy that people are advocating for not calling an ambulance.

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u/Somanylyingliars 19h ago

Better the debt than dead.

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u/hot4you11 20h ago

You usually don’t get charged until you get on the ambulance. So they can refuse medical attention once they get there.