What do you do when a coworker is losing it?

[smahala1991]

For the last week and a half , our keyholder has been acting and talking strange. One night she left me alone for 20 minutes and the asst. store manager called her, the keyholder got into a shouting match with her and threatened to off herself. She believes someone is intentionally loosening lug nuts on her car, she believes someone was video recording her, she claims she saw people running out with carts stealing merchandise,, and claims corporate has visited the store when they were on vacation. I can’t take it anymore, I’m tired of hearing about it. They gave her 3 days off but that didn’t fix anything. I wanna say “”FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE STOP TALKING OUT OF YOUR ASS”!!! But I can’t do that because that would be in sensitive. I mean I have had burnout and panic attacks before, but this is not burnout, this is a whole different level. If they don’t do something soon, I’m quitting. Am I the asshole here? Its not I don’t care but I can’t take no more hearing the delusions

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Dude, it sounds like she’s on the verge of having a psychotic break. If you genuinely believe she’s a threat to her physical wellbeing, call the cops for a wellness check. Or at the very least get in touch with her family and express your concerns about her paranoia and aggression. I don’t know what’s going on with her but yelling at her won’t solve the problem, the best you can do is hope the authorities handle it.


Or you can just quit if you don’t want to put in that effort, and I would do so quickly.

[msc545]

She needs professional help, so do what you can to make sure she obtains it. If you cannot, stay away from her and do not interact with her at all.

You are not the asshole here. Nobody is really.

[NathanDavis]

same as last post...