You need to do that in the bathroom

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Permalink Reply by Kristy on June 24, 2008 at 9:03pm

I agree with YOU! I work in a restaurant and have for years! I have seen lots of things but have never noticed anyone give an injection and if I did I wouldn't EVER suggest they do that in the bathroom...I inject myself at the table when I go out to eat and like you I try to be very discreet..If someone sees me they shouldn't be watching lol.. I don't blame you for being angry and personally I don't think I could have held my tongue!! IF you choose to go back, I would ask to speak to the manager and If this is a "chain" I think I would write a letter to the corporate office..It really sounds like discrimination to me. Perhaps we can all bombard them with emails LOL

As a customer and a restaurant employee I think I'm more offended by people yapping on cell phones than a person trying to manage diabetes..

BTW, did the waiter take it upon himself to tell you to do that in the bathroom?

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Lin on June 25, 2008 at 9:33am

The waiter told me that the owner of the restaurant had asked him to inform me. He seemed genuinely apologetic about it, so I complied.

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Permalink Reply by Kristy on June 25, 2008 at 9:17pm

WOW.. amazing ..but I'm not surprised the owner didn't do it himself..I can say there is one thing privately owned restaurants hate more than anything; bad press..especially in these hard times!! What a story..a letter to the local newspaper or local TV news station..I bet there are tons of (pardon me for saying this..) elderly people in Fla who also happen to be diabetic and would be more than willing to offer support..I think I would also call the local heath dept and find out if there is a policy against insulin injections in restaurants; if there are, they should be clearly posted.

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Permalink Reply by Diabetic_Iz_Me on June 24, 2008 at 9:45pm

Chuck Lin-

I would have been very upset!!!!! Honestly, I would have been "P'd" Off!!! How could he fix his mouth to even ask you to take your shot in the bathroom??? Before I started Podding (omnipod) I always gave myself a shot at a resturant table and I refuse to go to the bathroom. When I was prego I always gave myself an injection in the car because my belly was so big! If I were you I would file a complaint and I would talk to the manager...GRRRRRR

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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on June 24, 2008 at 11:56pm

It's never happened to me, although I have anticipated it happening. It's not likely to happen now that I'm a pumper, but here's how I imagined it going.

Waitperson: Sir, you'll have to do that in the bathroom.
Me: No, I don't. Let me speak to the manager, please. (continue injecting, don't engage in an argument)

I figured by the time the waiter got the manager to come over I would be done, all my stuff would be packed away and I could ask for a new waiter. If the manager told me to leave, I'd ask him if he'd ever heard of the Americans with Disabilities Act and then leave.

But reality is often different than the way we imagine it, so I don't know what really would have happened. I guess I would be pissed. No, I'm pretty sure of it. I'm also sure I would have complained loudly about the cockroaches in my booth . . .maybe say something about the Health Department . . .

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Lin on June 25, 2008 at 9:34am

Unfortunately this is a privately owned restaurant.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Schroebel on June 25, 2008 at 4:20am

Without giving a free pass to the restaurant . . . I do ask my friends and company if they mind the needle or the test meter. If they do then I go out to the car and do my thing. I realize that not everyone has as car or it maybe a long walk back to the garage. And that is the case I ask them to turn their heads. I am not ashamed of my medical condition, I am just being courteous to others. I don't do my injections in my bathroom so I would not do it and a restaurant's bathroom either. The server was wrong and needs to educated, that we don't inject ourselves for fun. Lastly I, would have had my meal and then left a coupon that they attend a diabetes education class.

-Peter

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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on June 25, 2008 at 7:38am

Yeah! I like the idea of leaving a card behind. I'm going to print some up. Just in case.

Terry

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Permalink Reply by Janet Huyser on June 27, 2008 at 12:29pm

And I've been doing my injections in my car -- three times now, men have come over to my car to ask me if I was okay... I must have looked like a damsel in distress.

Say, under the ADA, we could sue for every restaurant to offer a sanitary, private booth with a sink for washing hands, and safe disposal buckets for sharps!

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Permalink Reply by K.Coops on June 25, 2008 at 5:04am

Wow. This has never happened to me and I tend to pull out my pen anywhere I need to...although I think I'm being discreet, I don't think I am at times and wonder if I get a bit too carefree with it. But it's not like you're pulling out a nasty looking mega syringe, the pens are pretty easy on the eyes.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Lin on June 25, 2008 at 9:36am

The only time where I don't have the option to be discreet was during long flights. I usually ask the person seated next to me if that would be a problem. I've never had anyone who had a problem with me using my pen.

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Permalink Reply by Flo on June 25, 2008 at 5:08am

Thank goodness I have never had this happen! I most definitely would have asked to speak to a manager. If I could not resolve the issue with the management, I would take my money elsewhere...

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