So awhile back, l worked in a liquor store in a very high end tourist spot. Singer Pink was there my nite working a shift.
But with high end tourists, we have the tourist industry workers, and sadly the homeless population.
This one homeless guy use to be a teacher. Nice guy, very respectful, just couldn't stop drinking. The local neighbors would give him money for odd jobs around their house. So he was on a binge maybe going on several weeks.But his buddy picked up bottles for him and l only worked p/t so l didn't know full extent of how much he drank. We tried to help out the nicer ones at our store. We would give them food from the deli when it was cold. We also helped out a veteran who called me a bad name but later he apologized.
One day the former teacher opened the door and was out of it. He is about 50-65 years old. He barely made it to counter but he wasn't drunk just weak. I said hi, and l kindly asked if l could call 911 for him because it look like that to me. But because he is very polite, l appealed to him nicely. He said no. He came to the front counter, l asked him again, he said no. I sold him a pint size of vodka because he wasn't intoxicated and he wasn't belligerent. And he left.
But the rest of my shift, l had horrible thoughts of what if he dies in his sleep? And am l responsible for this? The next day l was at work. And l found out that my co-worker called a ambulance at noon because he didn't get up and his buddy alerted our store. He was taken to detox and sobered up but it was about 4 weeks later. His sister came down and found him a hotel room. And he came back to the store later and then he moved away. I did tell him l offered to call 911 for him. I had helped him with teeshirts because he needed them at one point.
What would you have done? I never was sure if l should have just called 911 and detained him. I was by myself in the store. It has bothered me that l handled it wrong. I don't even know if 911 would have taken him. We only don't sell if the client is intoxicated or rude or underage or combo of those.
But with high end tourists, we have the tourist industry workers, and sadly the homeless population.
This one homeless guy use to be a teacher. Nice guy, very respectful, just couldn't stop drinking. The local neighbors would give him money for odd jobs around their house. So he was on a binge maybe going on several weeks.But his buddy picked up bottles for him and l only worked p/t so l didn't know full extent of how much he drank. We tried to help out the nicer ones at our store. We would give them food from the deli when it was cold. We also helped out a veteran who called me a bad name but later he apologized.
One day the former teacher opened the door and was out of it. He is about 50-65 years old. He barely made it to counter but he wasn't drunk just weak. I said hi, and l kindly asked if l could call 911 for him because it look like that to me. But because he is very polite, l appealed to him nicely. He said no. He came to the front counter, l asked him again, he said no. I sold him a pint size of vodka because he wasn't intoxicated and he wasn't belligerent. And he left.
But the rest of my shift, l had horrible thoughts of what if he dies in his sleep? And am l responsible for this? The next day l was at work. And l found out that my co-worker called a ambulance at noon because he didn't get up and his buddy alerted our store. He was taken to detox and sobered up but it was about 4 weeks later. His sister came down and found him a hotel room. And he came back to the store later and then he moved away. I did tell him l offered to call 911 for him. I had helped him with teeshirts because he needed them at one point.
What would you have done? I never was sure if l should have just called 911 and detained him. I was by myself in the store. It has bothered me that l handled it wrong. I don't even know if 911 would have taken him. We only don't sell if the client is intoxicated or rude or underage or combo of those.
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