I know the answer to "WWJD" but what would YOU do???

Something happened to me at work today that might have happened to some of you already. If it did, you will know exactly how I felt…Here’s why:

 

At work today our receptionist brought in a chocolate truffle dessert.  Two layers of delicious velvety chocolate cake, with a chocolate pudding and white fluffy creamy cool whip filling, topped with a layer of scrumptious Heath bar sprinkles.

 

As usual, I asked if the desert was sugar free. To my astonishment, she answered yes and went on to say “except the Heath topping, of course!Â" and smiled.

 

Well, I thought to myself “Awesome! I’ll have some after lunchÂ". So…after lunch I helped myself to two tablespoons of this heavenly looking, sugar free “except the Heath toppingÂ" dessert. Boy…did it taste good! In fact too good to be sugar free! Needless to say that I really enjoyed every last crumb of that dessert! 

 

Well…10-15 minutes later I started to feel light headed, my heart started racing in my chest and I could not focus my eyes on my computer screen! It (the screen) started to dance in front of my eyes and I felt my stomach cramping up. I thought to myself “CRAP I am going to dump!Â" and I figured it must have been the Heath Bar topping! I felt like that for about 15-20 minutes and then I was fine.

 

Ok, so I experienced some dumping symptoms, but here’s why I was so upset…

 

While I was in my state of misery, the receptionist walked by my desk on her way to the restroom. When she saw me sitting there, head hung low and with my hands covering my face she came up to me and asked what was wrong and I told her. Her eyes almost popped out of her head and she began to apologize! She went on to explain that she wanted to see if I really would get sick with sugar and lied about it being sugar free. I just sat there looking at her in disbelief! Was she serious??? Who does that??? I got up and walked away because I wasn’t going to be very nice to her if I stayed there.

 

For the rest of the day she stayed away from me, maybe because she felt bad or because she was embarrassed or maybe both and that was a good thing because I’m not sure how I would have reacted had she approached me again.

 

Has this ever happened to any of you? How did or would you handle it? 

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Thank you everyone for the comments and helpful advice; you all made valid points and I appreciate the time you took to do so. 

I am a big believer that sometimes we have to give people the benefit of doubt. Though the receptionist used very poor judgment regarding the dessert incident, no one in the office (I included) really has anything bad to say about this person. On the contrary; she has always been a very friendly, helpful and kind to everyone which is why I was absolutely shocked with what she did.

 

Regardless of her reasoning, today when I came in to work (I was off yesterday) I was determined to approach her about what happened and hear what she had to say for herself. Well, apparently I won't be doing so because she no longer works for the agency. She was permanently relieved of her duties.

I have to confess that when I was told this my heart felt heavy because I assumed she was fired for what happened and I felt really bad. However, for my great relief that wasn’t the case at all. According to her supervisor, she made a very expensive mistake on one of her accounts on Friday and tried to cover it up for fear of repercussion; another bad judgment on her part and this time it cost her job, a job she held for the last 6 years!

 

My dear late mother always told me that there is a lesson to be learned in everything that happens around us. Thanks mãezinha…lesson learned!

I would consider that assault and would report her to Human Resources.

 Here, Here!  I agree with Jim.  Sorry but that is BULL ****!!!  

When it comes to things like that, I pretty much stay away because nothing that good is sugar free.

I went to McDonalds to get an ice tea, they rang me up for sweet tea, I told them no regular, which cost more.  I paid the $1 more and they gave me the tea.  I added 2 splenda and started to drink it, it tasted like it had sugar.....like it was too sweet, not that fake sugar sweet.  I took a few more sips and then was SURE it was the sweet tea.  !5 mins later I was suffering and sweating and I was so busy with work.....I was livid.  I went to the place after work, got the manager and read him the riot act about WHY PEOPLE ORDER THING WITH OUT SUGAR!  What if I was a diabetic!  I was so mad!

That kept happening to me so I order tea unsweet and put my own sweetner in.
I have a stash in the car.

OMG that is TERRIBLE! I have not had this happen to me and I pray to God it never does. That is the meanest, cruelest thing I have ever heard. If someone did that to me I don't think I would be able to just get up and walk away. I mean seriously, what if someone was a ad diabetic and couldn't have sugar. Would she lie to them to see if they got sick?!? You are right in asking "who does this?" If I were you I would definitely give her a piece of my mind and I might even go to the boss about it. Just my 2 cents...

I think I may have punched someone! I had a co-worker doing a run to a coffee house. I asked her to get me a sugar-free chai latte. I reminded her that I could not have sugar, so if they did not have sugar free chai, just skip it. When she returned I took a drink and it was heavenly! It was so good. I thanked her and told her it was so good I couldn't believe it was sugar-free. She said, " They said there was no such thing... That is regular."

WTH??? Why would you not have told me this before I drank it... or I don't know, skip it like I said. Luckily, I did not dump that time, but I would have been really pissed if I did.

I would absolutely report this to Human Resources.  This is extremely serious and she has no right to try and double guess your health issues.  What if you had been diabetic?  This could have killed you!  Please, for the sake of everyone else fighting this battle, report her!

Yeah, I think I'd file a formal complaint.

That's some bull****

I'd definitely report her to HR. That is such a serious thing to mess around with, "testing" if someone is lying about what can cause them serious harm... I'd go to the boss first, and if he/she doesn't do enough about it, go to HR.

 This is why I don't trust anything I don't make myself or see the ingredient list myself.  I guess I am just not a trusting person.  That isn't to say that I haven't had a sugar free latte but I watch like a hawk and make sure they use sugar free syrup.  I have no desire to get sick while I am driving somewhere.
If I go to a potluck I bring something I know is safe for me to eat.  I don't touch anything that is brought unless I am sure what is in it.  Mainly that means I am eating meat and cheese and fruit.  I dumped before when I made a shake with regular syrup instead of sugar free.  I wasn't paying attention when I bought the bottle.  I never want to go through that again.