Earlier today mid shift, I received a text from my friend, saying “call me, pick up. I’m scared, I am in a dark place and I might get kidnapped.” And this put me into a panic at work. I don’t know what to do, I didn’t know what to do. I sent a series of texts while at the work to them, but with no response.
A manager told me to get off my phone, and i informed them about the situation, I was incredibly anxious and scared for my friends safety. And I didn’t know what to do, and they told me to get back ti work, and “call them on your break.” I asked if I could go home early today given the news I just received, I didn’t know what to do but I couldn’t keep working. But they told me “there’s nothing you can do, get back to work!” This kept going on until I literally threw up out of stress. I work in the British garden centre cafe. And so legally they can’t have me working after throwing up, that’s what it took for them do finally let me go home, but on my way out, they attempted to guilt trip me.
“So now thanks to you, everyone now has to work twice as hard.”
“What a cop out (my name.) all over something you can’t control?”
“I tried so hard to help you, and this is how you repay me?”
I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do, I’m so scared for my friend and I still haven’t heard from them since they sent the initial texts. I’m so scared for them. And they act like that? Even if they thought I was lying it was obvious that I was distressed I literally threw up over it.
Edit: I just received a message from my friend. They’re okay.