After a short time, he was feeling weak and was told to go see someone. (Whose name and position I don't know, but she's not a medical/first aid person or nurse.) She asked him some questions, gave him some pain medicine, and told him to go home. She also told him that if he was still feeling bad to just call and let them know he wouldn't be able to come in the next morning. This was a Thursday.
Sean continued to feel bad and his head was killing him. Finally on the following Monday, September 2nd, he went to the hospital. A doctor who goes to our church had talked to him on Sunday and told him that he needs to see a doctor because it's a head injury and you shouldn't ignore those. The doctor at the hospital told him he had a concussion and wrote a note for him to return to work on the 4th, but only light duty until cleared by a doctor.
Sean went back to work on the 4th, light duty, and all seemed to be fine. His manager (who Sean liked a lot; they call him Big E) was talking to Sean about his injury and was surprised to find out that he wasn't sent to a doctor by someone at FedEx. Apparently that's what they're supposed to do with any on-the-job injury, but no mention had been made to Sean about seeing a doctor or filing for workman's comp. Sean, having never been in this kind of situation before, had no idea what was normal protocol for on-the-job injuries. When he had gone to the hospital, someone there had asked him if he wanted to file for workman's comp and he told them he did. It hadn't even crossed his mind to do that and he didn't know that FedEx would have to pay for an injury he got on the job.
Anyway, Sean was happily continuing to work for FedEx, though the light duty job was boring compared to unloading trucks. That week or the next, he received a phone call from the same woman who had failed to tell him to go to the doctor and instead sent him home. Basically, she said in so many words that Sean had made things difficult for her and that they were going to "fight this", meaning they don't want to pay his doctor bill.
A few days after that, he got something in the mail that admitted that he was hurt on the job, but that he had only worked for them for 2 seconds rather than the 6 days he actually worked (maybe a typo? seems too ridiculous not to be) and that they don't owe him any money. While also saying that he had been hurt over an hour after clocking in for the day. Huh??
Sean contacted a lawyer a few days after that, about the workman's comp and the fact that they had yet to give him his paycheck. The lawyer's office called him a few days later and said they weren't going to take his case because there's "not enough" there or something. Not sure what that means.
FedEx finally sent him a paycheck a few days ago. I don't know where things stand with the workman's comp. It's just a bill for a basic check of his symptoms. There was no x-ray or MRI or anything truly expensive. He was hurt on the job, which they admit, and the woman who works for FedEx dropped the ball when she didn't follow company policy and send him directly to a doctor. Sean's not asking for anything more than what's owed to him and what the law says they must pay.
So, yeah, after all that foolishness, Sean quit FedEx and has been working for Petco for a couple weeks now. The pay is much lower and he doesn't get a lot of hours, but he enjoys it and it's just something to do until he figures out what he wants to do career-wise.
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Since my last entry, I read Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, the second book in the Unearthed duology. It was pretty good. I'm now reading Days of Panic by Jack Hunt. It appears to be self-published and probably could've used some more editing/tweaking, but I like it so far.
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The last time I posted iPod song purchases was in April. I've bought several songs since then.
Jesus, by Eddie James
And the following songs as well:
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I've bought just one item of clothing since my last entry. I bought this blouse at Macy's Saturday evening. I went to Macy's for a dress I had seen online (I went to Belk first, but they didn't have it), but ended up not getting it because it's $139 and I wasn't sure if any coupons they might scan (as they often do) could be applied to this dress that's a new arrival or if it would be a good enough deal if they did scan a coupon. And it would be kind of embarrassing to say "never mind" if it wasn't a good enough deal. I still really want the dress though (assuming it would look good on me; I didn't want to try it on if I wasn't sure I would be getting it) and normally I might pay full price, but I wasn't comfortable doing so at this time. *sigh*
Anyway, this is the top I bought. It's by I.N.C and was about $70, but after the cashier scanned a coupon/included some kind sale/deal, it came up to $67 and change. lol Not a great deal. Which makes me think that I probably wouldn't have gotten a good deal on the dress.
I wore it to church yesterday with a black pencil skirt, black tank, and black heels.
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Charlie has some vacation days left for the year and is taking a few days off next month. We're hoping to go to the mountains for the day at that time. Don't know how good the color will be with the above normal temperatures we've been having and the near drought conditions, but we're looking forward to going. We'll want to go on a sunny day and on a day when Sean doesn't have to work. So hopefully that will all work out.
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