That's some kinda of kerfutzed up training program.

[markw]

Talk about a bunch of A-holes. I sure hope she's got a pit bull of a lawyer, and I'll rarely ever say that.

"A New Jersey pharmacy technician who says she was traumatized when a masked gunman burst into her store demanding OxyContin is suing her employers for arranging the mock holdup.

Babette Perry says in a lawsuit that she was not told in advance of the training drill in December 2007 at the Hampton Behavioral Health Center. She says she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the gunman entered the store, claiming he had taken another worker hostage. She says she tried to call for help, but the phone wasn't working.

She later found out the gun was a fake and the gunman worked for the company.

Perry is seeking damages from the health center and its parent company, Universal Health Services Inc., of King of Prussia, Pa.

The general counsel for Universal declined to comment on the case."

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090914/US.Mock.Holdup.Lawsuit/

 

[ivseenbetter]

Dang! Did she pass the training at least?

 

[markw]

Dang! Did she pass the training at least?

Dunno, but this isn't your regular neighborhood drug store in the middle of a city. This is a fairly secure hospital on a 23 acre campus where unanounnced and unknown visitors would be extremely rare. ...much less one with a gun!

This is kinda like hiring someone to jump up out of a coffin and yell "boo" as a training exercise on a midnight shift at a funeral home.

 

[ivseenbetter]

Terrible thing to do...that is for sure. I can't believe the companies own lawyers didn't get ahold of this "idea" and put the kabosh on it before it could happen.

 

[rnatalli]

And what exactly were they testing? Someone holds a gun in your face and demands pills, you do what you're told.

 

[markw]

Maybe to see if the Depends she was wearing worked?

And what exactly were they testing? Someone holds a gun in your face and demands pills, you do what you're told.

But, yeah, I think you pretty much nailed it. Anyone who has ever had a gun pointed at them knows that. Unless, of course, they had a gun and an opportunity.