Thread: Is this too strange or what?

A woman I work with fell Friday morning at a local Burger King. She broke her arm in the fall and arrived at work with a cast on her right arm.

I spent some time talking to her about having a broken arm since I have done this a few times myself and told her that it takes a few days to adjust to but it gets easier to work with. She then decided to see the ambulance chasing lawyer across the hall just to be sure that her medical bills would be paid (as if Burger King had not already told her that they would pay for everything). And she signed a contract with him (and I am sure that she is looking to see how much she will collect for her pain and suffering).

So now to today. She arrives at work and she doesn't have the cast on her arm. She's wearing on of those wrist braces that you can buy at any pharmacy. She decided that she couldn't work with the cast and went home and cut it off. Now she has a case against Burger King and she was concerned about any long term damage to her arm, but if she cuts off the cast it would seem to me that she's asking for long term damage. And she won't call the orthopedist even though her muscles in her hand are hurting.

I can see a kid doing this but an adult who knows better??? What was she thinking at the time?? It's not as if she would loose her job if she had to work slower because of the case or that she couldn't call the orthopedist and ask for help. I just don't understand this at all.