'I Got My Pregnant Co-Worker Fired For Vomiting On The Job'

A teenager has says she’s not sure if she did the right thing, after reporting her pregnant co-worker for sleeping and vomiting on the job.

The 17-year-old says she and her pregnant co-worker both work at a clothing store, and on a recent shift, she discovered the mum-to-be asleep. At first, she simply ignored the situation.

“She was napping in the clothing aisle, and I did not report her because I did not want to cause drama or get reported to HR,” she explained on reddit. “Besides, she was not directly harming me or anyone else.”

But eventually things took a turn, and the teen says she had no choice but to report the expecting mum.

“When I went back, I could see her in a pile of puke, half awake. I found it incredibly gross, and she got puke on some clothing.

“Instead of cleaning it or just reporting the mess, I reported her. She lost her job and texted me saying I was such a drama queen and that she would be surprised if any man ever liked me. Am I the a**hole?”

The confession triggered hundreds of comments, admonishing the teenager for her actions.

“I would have called 911 when I found her on the floor the first time. Napping was an assumption. What if she had passed out?” wrote one person.

“The one time I was laying on the floor at 17 weeks pregnant my fiancé was ready to call an ambulance because I looked unconscious. I’d hope anyone would try to help me if I was on the floor and obviously pregnant/looking asleep,” added another.

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28 Comments

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 25 Jun 2023
    8:33 pm
I don’t think it was right move in this situation.

- - Lividanke said
  - 21 Oct 2022
    4:41 pm
This is interesting and I can’t help but wonder if maybe there’s more to the story?
I don’t necessarily think the teenager did the wrong thing but I think management should have done things a bit differently. I wonder if the pregnant woman had already been given a few warnings and knew she was on her last warning at the shop? If not then I think management could have handled it differently.
I hope the pregnant woman and bubba are ok.

- - Jgracex said
  - 15 Oct 2022
    12:18 pm
I don’t think the mum should of been sacked and I don’t think the 17 year old should be slammed either.

- - cassy26 said
  - 14 Oct 2022
    9:21 am
I’m not sure she should have been fired for being genuinely sick! That’s on management, not the teenager though.

- - RonnieDe said
  - 13 Oct 2022
    9:19 pm
We go to work, to do exactly that, work, not to nap. Bad enough once, but more often, than to actually be sick, something is not right. The teen did not get the pregnant worker sacked, they got themselves sacked. If they were unwell they should not have been at work.

- - Jessica said
  - 12 Oct 2022
    9:50 pm
If she was genuinely napping then sure, report her. But then finding her lying in vomit makes me think there was a medical thing going on that she wouldn’t have needed assistance for so wasn’t intentionally trying to get out of work.

- - mom265671 said
  - 12 Oct 2022
    6:57 pm
We can all say we would’ve handled it differently but she was a teen and probably thought what she did was best

- - tessie said
  - 12 Oct 2022
    12:59 pm
It’s not fair that the teenager was put in such a position in the first place. It’s not like it was the first time this had happened but my problem is that the pregnant woman was given the sack. Isn’t that discrimination?

- - rovermum said
  - 12 Oct 2022
    10:14 am
Hard for a teenager to know in this situation. I would like to think there was a discussion had before she was fired.

- - Ellen said
  - 12 Oct 2022
    8:46 am
I just hope the employer investigated both sides

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 11 Oct 2022
    6:17 pm
I can understand her doing that, but both her and HR could have done things differently…

- - mom485263 said
  - 11 Oct 2022
    10:03 am
Probably could have been handled a bit differently.

- - mom465794 said
  - 11 Oct 2022
    9:59 am
Probably should’ve checked if she was alright first?

- - mom103778 said
  - 11 Oct 2022
    9:31 am
WOW – Where is the compassion – why would you report someone for being sick other than to assist with her been able to go home to rest.

- - TraceyGail said
  - 11 Oct 2022
    7:21 am
I think that the employer might have handled it differently. It’s certainly not up to a 17 year old to know how to handle the situation.