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<blockquote data-quote="ashleyrdale" data-source="post: 420038" data-attributes="member: 70423"><p><strong>Re: Boots sent worker home</strong></p><p></p><p>Maudie G what a load of tosh! It sounds as if he only wanted to keep the sweets in his pocket, not sit there munching away whilst serving customers! Perfectly sensible of him - if he felt a hypo coming on he could deal with it there and then rather than having to come away from his position, go to his locker, deal with the hypo away from the judging eyes of the public?? Therefore running the risk of being hypo and alone, in a staff locker room away from his colleagues and offer of assistance - this would clearly be putting his health in jeopardy. I doubt very much customers would mind him eating a couple of dextrose whilst serving - they'd probably be more shocked if he collapsed in front of them. By carrying a hypo treatment he is not stating that he fails to control his diabetes as best he can but these things do happen regardless of how careful someone is about glucose control - of course he should be allowed to carry a hypo treatment. How very judgemental to assume he is irresponsible - if anything, he is the opposite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ashleyrdale, post: 420038, member: 70423"] [b]Re: Boots sent worker home[/b] Maudie G what a load of tosh! It sounds as if he only wanted to keep the sweets in his pocket, not sit there munching away whilst serving customers! Perfectly sensible of him - if he felt a hypo coming on he could deal with it there and then rather than having to come away from his position, go to his locker, deal with the hypo away from the judging eyes of the public?? Therefore running the risk of being hypo and alone, in a staff locker room away from his colleagues and offer of assistance - this would clearly be putting his health in jeopardy. I doubt very much customers would mind him eating a couple of dextrose whilst serving - they'd probably be more shocked if he collapsed in front of them. By carrying a hypo treatment he is not stating that he fails to control his diabetes as best he can but these things do happen regardless of how careful someone is about glucose control - of course he should be allowed to carry a hypo treatment. How very judgemental to assume he is irresponsible - if anything, he is the opposite. [/QUOTE]
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