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    Default Was I wrong to say something? ("Not my problem" Syndrome)

    I had a coupon for CVS and decided to stop in and get a few things. I put on my sandals and headed out the door.

    After putzing around the store and leisurely picking out what I wanted, I checked out. No problems there.

    On my way out to my car I noticed a SYRINGE on the ground in the parking lot. It was just barely underneath the driver's side rear of the car. (remember, I'm wearing sandals!)

    After thinking about it a moment I went back into the store and told a cashier, who basically responded with, "So?" Another cashier overheard and said that somebody should pick it up, told the first cashier to call a manager. Both of these cashiers were women in their 50's, by the way, not teenagers. When she got ahold of the manager she told him that "There's a lady here at the front saying that there's a syringe in the parking lot. (pause) Yah, well, I'm just the messenger."

    After speaking with the manager, the first woman dismissed me as if I should go away now. "Shouldn't I stay and wait so I can show the manager where this thing is so they're not searching the parking lot for it?" "Oh yah, that would be good I guess. If someone was diabetic and injected themselves and threw away the syringe... so what."

    DUUUURRRR

    So the manager comes to the front with a small cardboard box and a poster-board ad of some sort. On our way out the door so I can show him the syringe, he's all like "It's really not our responsibility... but I will pick it up for you...."

    WHAT!??!?!!?!?!?

    He picked it up and no doubt walked back in rolling his eyes.


    Am I the only one appalled by this!?!?

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    ^ I would have told him yeah..not your responsibility..until I step on it, contract HIV and sue you.(CVS)

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    what an ass....if its in their parking lot its their responsibility. that is a potential lawsuit if someone would be hurt.

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    wow.....just...wow.

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    That is horrible!! We've had problems here in Ottawa with children pricking themselves on needles left in parks by drug users.

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    I did mention I didn't want any kids getting their hands on it, and did point out that *ahem* I'm wearing sandals.

    Didn't make any difference. >.<
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    Next time take a photo of it and tell them you're going to distribute it.

    People react very strongly to photography.

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    I probably would have rolled my eyes at you-- not if I worked there, but just in general. But then again, I'm more of a do-it-yourselfer. I don't have time to wait for someone to come and pick something up for me. I might have told the cashier-- hey, ya'll got crackheads in the parking lot who are throwing their needles on the ground. Suggest to your manager you guys post security for awhile, but then I would have just grabbed a couple of those CVS fliers they always keep by the door and chuck it in the trash.

    Now-- I would have only gotten someone else to pick it up if I thought they actually had a hazardous waste dispenser to throw it into. In this situation, the manager was just going to do the same thing your two hands could have done, without the waiting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fancygirl View Post
    Now-- I would have only gotten someone else to pick it up if I thought they actually had a hazardous waste dispenser to throw it into. In this situation, the manager was just going to do the same thing your two hands could have done, without the waiting.
    I guess part of my point was that I am a regular customer of this location and this concerns me. Enough for me to come get someone to pick it up because I didn't want any part of it personally. I'm not covered under CVS employee insurance! Maybe someone working there will hear about it and be concerned enough to explain to everyone else why I was so concerned.. or at least make note that someone left a syringe there and might do it again, in that case maybe pick it up on their own without a customer coming to tell them.

    Or worse, waiting until some kid does jab themselves and end up with some nasty disease and sue the company.
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    I would write a letter to CVS and inform them of the way this store handled this situation. Since you are a regular customer, you should just go back in and get everyone's names so you can include that too in the letter. Action needs to be taken.

    I agree w/ Peanut_Butter saying it's not their responsibility until she steps on it, catches aids and then sues CVS. I can see that getting national effing news.







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    Actually someone trained and equipped to handle hazardous waste should have removed it NOT the store manager. It is not their responsibility to personally allow any of their staff to pick it up. They should have called a hazardous waste/bio hazard company.

    There is no way in the world I would have picked it up nor should the manager. It's not like they get paid enough to take the risk of picking up something like that. Nor should anyone take that risk without gloves.
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    Well they should have dealt with it I supose if its their property - I can understand them not wanting to since you didnt want to either.

    I remove them myself because I want to know that the jobs done and properly.
    I use the below method. Although if possible I wrap the container in tape too to make sure no ones going to take the lid off easily and I write on the container in big letters "SHARPS"

    What to do if you find a discarded needle and syringe:

    1. Do not be alarmed.

    2. Get a container with a well-secured lid, preferably screw top. Avoid using glass, which can shatter, or aluminium that can be squashed.

    3. Bring the container to the needle and syringe.

    4. Pick up the used needle and syringe by the blunt end, away from the point. Do not touch the sharp point.

    5. Do not try to put the plastic protective cover back on a needle if it has fallen off.

    6. Put the needle and syringe, point first into the container. More than one can be placed in the container, but do not overfill. Do not carry the needle and syringe unless it is a suitable container.

    7. Make sure the container is tightly sealed.

    8. Put the sealed container in a domestic rubbish bin (mobile green bin). Do not put needles and syringes down toilets, in recycling bins or post boxes.

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    If I'm not mistaken it is their responsibilty to keep the parking lot clean. And I think you did the right thing by letting them know it was there.

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    I saw one in the gym parking lot. I was suprised for about a minute. But yeah, at cvs some kid could be walking in with their parents and pick it up. Not cool.

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    I would also suggest wearing latex gloves while handling the syringe, disposing of them with it, and washing with soap and water after.

    Would you believe that at the elementary school where I used to teach, the playground monitor had to rake ths and under the big toy every morning because people would leave their used needles buried point up just under the surface of the sand so that some kid might get hurt by it? Sickos.

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    If they didn't feel that it was their responsibility, it sure as hell was their responsibility to contact someone who would/ could handle it. What a bunch of trashy people. You were absolutely in the right. You = world a better place. Them = world full of attitude problems and dirty needles laying around. I would complain to the higher up.
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    I don't think it was wrong of you to say something. I wouldn't blame some random cashiers for not really caring I guess but the manager should have cared. If not for the sake of pride in the company that pays him too represent them then for the sake of good customer service. That's just gross and unsafe.

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    I think you were totally right, but I don't get why a CVS (pharmacy and all that) wouldn't have some better idea on how to handle random syringes. If you HAD picked it up and put it in the trash, some one could still get hurt.

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    Was it a USED syringe? Maybe someone filled a perscription and lost some meds.

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    Oh god. I have a story about that too. A few years ago I was on a walk with my boyfriend and his 6 year old son. I look away for a second and look back and his little boy has picked one up and is waving it around!

    His dad told him to drop it and we left. But when we got home we we're wondering what should be done about it, and felt bad about just leaving it there. I didn't want him to pick it up though, and the thing was, in was right next to that place near Burnside where the Medical Marijuana growers meet. We didn't want anyone to find it and it call the police because we had visions of how some people would just love to make a big stink about it and make the whole "gateway drug" theory and blame the Medical Marijuana growers building. So he went in their and tried to point it out to them (since it was right on the edge of their property) and they didn't really want to deal with it either, even though it was clearly in their best interest to get rid of the thing instead of leaving it sitting out there in plain sight right next to a residential neighborhood.

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    The owners of the CVS might care... but the guy you told who makes what 7 dollars an hour,yeah he probably just didnt wanna deal w/it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoseLeigh View Post
    I think you were totally right, but I don't get why a CVS (pharmacy and all that) wouldn't have some better idea on how to handle random syringes. If you HAD picked it up and put it in the trash, some one could still get hurt.
    Yeah, there should be some OSHA-designated procedure for this. Whether or not the manager knew about it is another thing. Strange, indeed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MissDewdrop View Post
    Yeah, there should be some OSHA-designated procedure for this. Whether or not the manager knew about it is another thing. Strange, indeed.
    I mean, even assuming it was the work of some careless insulin user, it's still dangerous!

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    Quote Originally Posted by UtahMike View Post
    Would you believe that at the elementary school where I used to teach, the playground monitor had to rake ths and under the big toy every morning because people would leave their used needles buried point up just under the surface of the sand so that some kid might get hurt by it? Sickos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Perry View Post
    Was it a USED syringe? Maybe someone filled a perscription and lost some meds.
    Those of us who have diabetes and so forth are rather conscientious about where we dispose of our sharps. When I travel, I carry a small container where they are placed until I find somewhere safe to dispose of them.

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