A Michigan mom facing the possibility of losing her job while she cared for her son on life support was given a little help after messages she said were sent by her now-fired manager went viral.
Crystal Fisher told local station WWMT when her teen son was put on life support, believed to have cellulitis sepsis, she told her boss at PS Food Mart in Albion she’d have to miss work.
“I’m just letting u know my son is still on life support so until he is out of the bad I will not be able to make it to work,” she wrote in a text message to her boss. “I can let u know as he starts to get better so that way I can return to work with no problems.”
But the response she received was unexpected.
“That isn’t how we do things, so I’ll accept that you’re quitting,” her boss responded, according to screenshots of the texts Fisher posted to Facebook.
The messages continue with the boss allegedly writing she’s “been more than accommodating during this allowing schedule changes and such.”
“There is no reason you can’t work and I will not tolerate drama. End of conversation,” the messages read.
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Fisher posted the messages to her Facebook, where they garnered more than 80,000 shares.
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PS Food Mart said Sunday it was made aware of the situation and was “in complete agreement that this is not acceptable.”
“We are investigating the situation and will make sure that it is resolved quickly and thoroughly,” the statement on the company’s Facebook page read. “We have already been in contact with our employee and have communicated our support and assurance that she will be allowed any time off needed. We are sympathetic to anyone, especially our employees that have a loved one in the hospital.”
The company posted Monday that the manager had been fired.
“We investigated and have found that the situation was handled improperly and without the compassion that we value as a company. For that, we are very sorry,” the post read. “As a result of this finding, we took quick action and that manager is no longer employed by PS Food Mart. We have also reaffirmed to our employee that she will be able to take all the time off that she needs during this difficult period. We’d like to thank the public for their concern.”
The manager declined to comment to WWMT.
But Fisher told the station she had just one message for her former boss.
“I pray for you,” she said. “That’s all I can say.”
