Teenager fired for having allergic reaction to bell peppers
- 8 years ago
SASKATOON, CANADA — An 18-year-old girl was fired from her job at a clothing store after she had an allergic reaction to bell peppers.
Clothes retailer Urban Planet fired Danielle Duperreault, 18, from one of its Saskatoon stores after she ate something she shouldn’t have and went into anaphylactic shock, CBC reported.
Danielle is allergic to the touch and smell of mangoes, which make her hands blister. But hot peppers are her real worst enemy and even bell peppers are enough to trigger an anaphylactic reaction, she told CBC.
So when Danielle ate something on her break that she shouldn’t have, she started to choke at work. She hadn’t even made it to the hospital when the store manager sent a message saying she was fired.
Danielle told CBC she couldn’t find her EpiPen, a medical device that provides an antidote to anaphylaxis. She had only worked at the store for two months.
The CEO of Urban Planet’s parent company said sorry to Danielle and offered to pay her until she finds a new job. But Danielle said she was still waiting for an apology from her former supervisor, according to CBC.
Clothes retailer Urban Planet fired Danielle Duperreault, 18, from one of its Saskatoon stores after she ate something she shouldn’t have and went into anaphylactic shock, CBC reported.
Danielle is allergic to the touch and smell of mangoes, which make her hands blister. But hot peppers are her real worst enemy and even bell peppers are enough to trigger an anaphylactic reaction, she told CBC.
So when Danielle ate something on her break that she shouldn’t have, she started to choke at work. She hadn’t even made it to the hospital when the store manager sent a message saying she was fired.
Danielle told CBC she couldn’t find her EpiPen, a medical device that provides an antidote to anaphylaxis. She had only worked at the store for two months.
The CEO of Urban Planet’s parent company said sorry to Danielle and offered to pay her until she finds a new job. But Danielle said she was still waiting for an apology from her former supervisor, according to CBC.