Maybe They Were Exaggerating
I worked security at a hospital desk during the start of the pandemic. A security bulletin had gone out about an escaped psychiatric patient with a history of being violent and obsessive towards pregnant women.
He had gotten loose during a patient transfer because he was being taken to a secure prison psychiatric facility. We were told to be extra careful of who we sent to the OB/GYN floor. I was worried—but I had no idea just how nightmarish it would be.
He showed up at our desks and asked for directions to the maternity ward. Before I could make up an excuse to stall him or do anything else of the kind, my co-worker told him where it was! I freaked out and said how that was the escaped patient, thinking my co-worker hadn’t paid attention or something.
My dumb co-worker said, “Oh, yeah, I know. That was definitely him, but I’m sure that it’ll be fine. The whole ‘violent and obsessive towards pregnant women’ thing is probably an exaggeration. People can be so sensitive”.
This idiot didn’t even think to call security and let them know he was on his way up. I yelled at a different co-worker to call security and then had to run and hurl myself into the elevator with him and distract him until security got to us.
My co-worker was fired really fast. That was the only time I was actually happy to see someone let go.