#so we called and texted the dtr who luckily lives in town and got there in about 20 minutes

[blunderpuff]

an old lady came in today, followed by a frantic and hovering younger woman

Old Lady (to my coworker): “Can you see about a book I had placed on reserve?”

Younger Woman (to OL): “Ma’am, are you sure you’re alright?”

OL (to coworker): “I think it was in last week, but I didn’t get a phone call...”

YW (to OL): “I have my insurance card in my truck, are you sure you’re okay?”

OL (to coworker): “Oh, do you have a paper towel? I’ve gotten mud on your counter... I just got hit by a car.”

Me and my coworker, who had been trying to parse this relationship: “?!?!?!?!?!!?”

The Younger Woman had side-swiped the Older Lady in the parking lot and knocked her down, and the Older Lady’s priority was literally the book she put on hold. O_O

#library #the Older Lady had been walking a straight line towards the library and the truck was cruising next to her #but the OL stepped to the side to avoid slush/snow chunk in the parking lot and walked into the broad side of the YW's truck #the OL seemed to be okay but shaken and we kind of bullied her into sitting in a chair and telling us her dtr's phone number #so we called and texted the dtr who luckily lives in town and got there in about 20 minutes #and my supe called the 911 dispatch and i guess absolutely nothing else was happening in town bc the ambo was there in literally 1 minute #and fire came too (they like to feel useful) and a police traffic officer came to get statements and stuff #the OL was like 'i'll drive myself home' and i was like 'I WILL DRIVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL MYSELF' #the paramedics were absolutely wonderful with this lady. they were so gentle and kind (she was easy to be kind to... but still.) #and after all that?? the OL's book and come and gone but the phone notifications glitched last week and didn't alert anyone #so that poor OL didn't even have a book to read in the emergency room (her dtr and son-in-law came to get her) #my brother (also a paramedic) once ran a call for an older lady who was having chest pain and was afraid she had a heart attack #it turns out she did NOT have a heart attack-- she had been scrubbing her bathtub and the pressure from leaning on the side of the tub #LITERALLY BROKE ONE OF HER RIBS and she didn't know it until later that evening when it started hurting to breathe #so even though our Old Lady today didn't think anything was broken... :| she's 81. so yeah we harangued her into going to the hospital #'what did you do today merry?' 'i bullied an old woman into going to the hospital' #long tags