Recently someone whom I love and am close to became incredibly unwell. This led to a relapse on heroin, and was followed by an OD meant to end their life.
After being admitted into a detox center, this person left. A missing persons was put into place with the local police, as well as a welfare check should this person be picked up.
I personally called this Speedway knowing this person would frequent the gas station for nearby wi-fi, cigarettes, etc. I also personally contacted workers of this Speedway via social media. I informed the workers of the situation and left NOT ONLY my number, but asked that the police be contacted should this person arise.
When the person was found, he was alive and in another gas station bathroom. The police and paramedics who found him took the situation seriously. When everything came to light, it was found out that the evening before the person DID go into the East Michigan Ave, disoriented and high on heroin. Where did the hospital staff and the police (and me) gain this info? From the person who had disappeared telling us. This means the workers at the local Speedway not only interacted with this person, they refused to contact authorities. One worker- Ryan- went out of his way to approach this person and let the person know he was being searched for by his family and girlfriend- but Ryan refused to contact police.
This person has said to me, "You expect too much out fo them- they are literally just gas station attendants."
With an opiate epidemic where we have all known someone personally or via immediate relationships you would think a group of people would take a situation like this more seriously. Especially with the mental health aspect of the equation.
Yet, when I personally spoke to a worker today and expressed how awful it was that no one contacted the police, the worker quite simply stated "Not our responsibility!"
No, legally you had no responsibility. Yet ethically and morally you should have had one. Thank God this person was found alive in the bathroom he shot up in the following morning. Because a group of workers who could have helped in a persons disappearance turned the other cheek simply because they didn't feel like doing anything.
Their recklessness was immoral, revolting, and dangerous. They likely deserve their pay grade.
On top of this, a complaint was attempted through the company web site and one of the workers (Ryan W) interceded and had the nerve to message the person creating the complaint to let them know that it would never get to corporate because Ryan reviews all complaints.
This place is a joke, a bad parking lot where drug deals happen. It isn't shocking it was robbed a few months ago, it is littered (and employs) the type of people who don't care about anyone else. read more
