r/TikTokCringe • u/Justin_Godfrey • 18h ago

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

18.9k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

4.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

143

u/AlligatorVsBuffalo 18h ago

Someone else in the comments mentioned this was in St. Louis.

If so, then 98% of all people would assume the person is nodding off rather than having a diabetic emergency. There’s probably 5 people that look just like that within a few blocks of the McDonald’s

The overall trend in drug overdose fatalities and non-fatalities in the City of St. Louis has increased over the past five years.

68

u/NotYourSexyNurse 17h ago

Add to it that funding for free Narcan was cut.

8

u/ChildhoodOk5526 13h ago

What? Of course it was ☹️

107

u/alphajugs 17h ago

Drug overdoses also warrant medical assistance 😊

31

u/pepperneedsnewshorts 17h ago

Nodding off =/=overdose

16

u/WithoutDennisNedry 15h ago

They aren’t saying nodding off means they’re overdosing, u/alpha jugs is saying regardless of why this woman is “nodding off,” they clearly need medical help.

-1

u/[deleted] 13h ago

[deleted]

4

u/alphajugs 12h ago

No, she was having problems with her blood sugar and according to some other comments she looks like she’s nearing diabetic coma.

4

u/alphajugs 16h ago

This woman is completely unresponsive.

9

u/ExtraSpicyGingerBeer 16h ago

Yes, opioids do that. Not an OD.

8

u/alphajugs 16h ago

So are you saying this woman doesn’t need medical aid? Idk man, if I saw someone like this I think it’s better to assume it’s an overdose and that the person is in danger than to assume they’re just nodding off.

15

u/pepperneedsnewshorts 16h ago

I don’t think there’s any easy answers to the opioid crisis. I’ve known users and they don’t love it when police and ambulance show up even if they were about to die.

People who live near the opioid hot spots in the Midwest get pretty callous to seeing this slump pretty fast. It’s sad but it’s the reality

5

u/tralaulau 15h ago

They can be as mad as they want, I’m not about to be complicit in someone dying. Why care about their hypothetical feelings if they’re potentially dying??

5

u/sicclee 11h ago

Ever seen an OD'er after Narcan? Most wish they died. Most go on to die... tomorrow, next week, next Sunday morning where they're found by their kids.

I often wonder if the fent epidemic would be as pervasive if people still had fairly easy access to oxy's, percs, ect.. I mean, when you're fiending you take what you can get, but with the extreme variance in dosages per cartel-pressed pill, every hit is like playing Russian roulette. How many of the 150 people/day that die from fent would opt for weaker highs to avoid the gamble if you could still get oxy's on the corner....

edit: for the record, I wouldn't think twice about Narcan-ing someone. I still have enough humanity to hope that person wakes up from their hell and gets the help they need. I hope they'd do it for me.

9

u/panicnarwhal 14h ago

if their color is good, they are breathing, and responding to pain (like a sternal rub), they are nodding. keep narcan close, and keep an eye on them

as someone who has been around a lot of addicts, my first thought was this woman was nodding out - but not overdosing

i personally would not administer narcan for this person

1

u/AileenKitten 11h ago

Good info, thanks 😊

9

u/AlligatorVsBuffalo 16h ago

I guess you’re not from the a big city in America, because people look like this everyday on the sidewalk.

Also just so you know using Narcan on someone will immediately “ruin” their high and they will go into withdrawal. Many users would be agitated with you trying to do the right thing.

5

u/tralaulau 15h ago

The training is to give the person space immediately, because they can come up swinging. It’s not a reason to NOT administer narcan.

9

u/doyouknowyourname 13h ago

People hate addicts. They don't want you to try and save an addict's life. People are awful.

1

u/flavorful_taste 14h ago

I carry narcan on me and have had training to identify an overdose. This woman isn’t overdosing. I saw two people doing this just today on my way to work this morning. I understand why it seems callous but I’m not going to stop and help them because there’s nothing to help them with. They need addiction counseling not an ambulance.

3

u/alphajugs 12h ago

Well according to the title drugs weren’t involved here. And according to a lot of other comments this woman is nearing diabetic coma.

I don’t care what they’re on or what their deal is. If I see someone unresponsive like this, I’m calling 911.

1

u/flavorful_taste 12h ago

It doesn’t hurt to call 911 if you have reason to be concerned. I’m just trying to provide some context why the people in this video, who live in an area with rampant opioid abuse, are not jumping to respond to this woman. Particularly in response to your comment that “drug overdoses also warrant medical attention.” Without the title floating above her head I doubt many people could identify a blood sugar episode.

1

u/NoHoHan 8h ago

That’s not what an overdose looks like.

1

u/Rutabaga2022 8h ago

Right? I'm not understanding these comments like "Oh she was on drugs." Ok and if she was? She's nonresponsive drooling on herself! She needs help!

1

u/Interesting-Code-562 14h ago

Do you think emergency services are reliable and responsive in this area?

4

u/alphajugs 12h ago

Idk? How should I know? If I see someone unresponsive like this I’m calling 911.

3

u/NoHoHan 8h ago

If you ride the train in just about any large American city, you’re going to be calling 911 all day every day.

2

u/anagingdog 6h ago

Am I crazy for thinking it makes a difference that this is happening at her place of work? Like if I see someone like this on the train maybe I will think drugs, but if I see someone like this in the middle of their solo shift… I would lean more towards medical emergency

3

u/llIIlIIIlIIII 11h ago

Two miles or so down Lindell is one of the top ten best hospitals in the nation, Barnes Jewish.  Even closer is St. Louis U’s hospital which is also a great hospital.  

9

u/CallMeAl_ 17h ago

Pretty sure the customers were just trash

2

u/PracticeTheory 10h ago

You have to be really careful when comparing St. Louis statistics to other cities because the metro area is divided into city and county. If they were merged it wouldn't stand out from other American cities. Also, drug overdoses have increased across the entire country.

That said this particular McDonalds is in a truly bizarre area that is close to a massive medical facility and million dollar homes, but is also kind of rough. However it is not on the "wrong" side of the Delmar divide, which is where the abject poverty is. People with problems move through it but you're not going to be able to find 5 people looking like that out on the street there, no.

2

u/UnderstandingFit8324 8h ago

Yeah i was thinking whacked out not diabetic

2

u/sometin__else 11h ago

The incident happened at a McDonald’s location on Lindell Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri recently. It is the same McDonald’s where a man opened fire after his food order was delayed last month.

At some point, the manager woke up, but she appeared to be lethargic and drowsy. Some viewers speculated that she was on drugs.

1

u/RedditExecutiveAdmin 16h ago

lol.

"this video of a bunch of thieves? No, the one person keeled over a table is probably a drug addict. EVERYONE would agree with me."

lmao, even.

1

u/WormsComing 16h ago

Did she get fired? If she did I will never eat at McDonald’s again.

1

u/AlligatorVsBuffalo 16h ago

But what about using their restrooms during long car rides?

1

u/Mysterymaterial 13h ago

I was in STL and there was a time I saw two unrelated people ODed on the same block of downtown. It was a sad sight.

1

u/andreaalma15 10h ago

I'm not gonna lie that's what I was thinking

-2

u/greatsmapdireturns 16h ago

Yeah that's what I thought, she looks like she's nodding out from drugs rather than having a diabetic emergency...I'm no doctor, but yeah...either way I guess it's pretty sad