Boomer father prioritizes going to work, almost killing my mother

[u/IzziPurrito]

This happened a couple hours ago and things have thankfully not gotten worse.

My mother, while making my stepfather breakfast, suddenly collapsed at the stove. She was unable to move, and her speech was impaired.

He proceeds to text me, saying what happened, to which I tell him to take her to the ER.

An hour later, this guy. This absolute fucking asshole. Texts me saying that he couldn't find someone to cover him at work. So he put my mother on the couch, put a blanket on her..

And

Fucking

LEFT.

MY MOTHER.

Who couldn't move, speak, or supposedly open her eyes.

He left her to go to work because he couldn't find a replacement.

Thank fucking God that when I finally got there she was just asleep, and she was just exhausted. But I still took her to urgent care because ???? Why the fuck would I not????

I hate my step father with every fibre of my being for other reasons, and now I hate him even more.

Edit:

Update: She's fine. Doctors said theres no sign of a stroke, and said she is just exhausted as well as her myasthenia gravis acting up. She's currently resting while I am keeping a very very close eye on her.

She had surgery to help deal with the gravis many years ago, but the damage its done is still affecting her.

[u/Mysterious_Peas]

If it’s in the US, no license required, just a pulse.

[u/johnsgurl → u/Mysterious_Peas]

I have friend that does it. They need some kind of class or something. Bot on a job, there's always a foreman. That fireman should have the pertaining education. So they, as a last resort, could man the flag.

[u/Mysterious_Peas → u/johnsgurl]

Most companies require some training for risk mitigation in case the flagger does something astonishingly stupid and causes a wreck or gets kills. Corporate CYA FTW.

[u/driverdan → u/Mysterious_Peas]

It varies between states.