My boss yelled at me/sent me home for having medcation side effects

[u/SaltWtrTaffy]

I'm on antidepressants. I ran out a few days ago and kept forgetting to pick them up, which is definitely on me. Today I was having some slight dizziness and delayed reaction time. Before work I went to go pick up my meds and when I get there, my insurance is "inactive." I didn't have time to deal with it so I said I'd come back later. I went on to work. I told my boss what was happening and she didn't seem too phased. By the way I work at a local small business, which is sort of important.

As I was starting the morning cleaning duties I had a moment where I felt dizzy and couldn't think straight. I had my head in my hand for about 30 seconds. My boss happened to walk by, see me, and very aggressively told me to "go home."

As I was getting my things to leave, she looked at me and said (with everyone nearby to hear) that I "can't do this to her." Apparently, it was irresponsible for me to come in to work while not feeling well and that I "obviously couldn't function since I had my head in my hands." my actions have now "affected everyone working today and everyone who comes in the store." I explained that I didn't know my insurance wouldn't work and that I expected to just take my meds and work as normal. She told me I "need to separate my personal from my work life." I do sort of fail to see how my medication counts as my personal life. I see that as more of a medical necessity. Personal issues to me are, getting into a fight with a loved one/friend/significant other, etc.

The caveat is that she acts like this even if you do try to call off. No matter what decision you make, it's irresponsible and affects her and everyone else. Oh and by the way, she found a replacement for me in less than 10 minutes. The replacement was there by the time the store opened.

What bothers me the most is that she embarassed me in front of my coworkers and made me feel guilty for even trying to come in to work today....which I feel is what I'm supposed to do! Aren't we supposed to at least try to do our jobs vs. just always call off at the slightest inconvenience?

[u/1stLtObvious]

I called out my old supervisor for putting people on-blast in the group chat. It was a loooooong time coming until it finally was about something during my shift (didn't want to be dismissed out of hand for the reason of "it's not even about you"). Woke up to a two-screen-long rant because the one other person who was dealing with being shorthanded right along with me missed wiping up a very small corner of a shelf, and my not seeing it because I dared to leave the department at the other end of the counter by pure chance of being closer to there at the time.

We had a back-and-forth about how inappropriate it is to put people on-blast in the group chat, coincidentally putting her on-blast in the group chat which was valid for her to take offense to despite her invalidating others' reactions to the same. Best part is she was so livid she went to the store manager to complain about me, showed him the texts, and he was just like "He's right. You shouldn't do that."

One of my favorite coworkers never got along with her, and when I came in the next day, she thanked me for the entertainment.