I don't think there is any requirement for them to fill out an accident report. It's a good idea, it's probably company policy, it may be required by their insurance company, and it's what we would expect them to do. Still, it's paperwork that is done by the corporation for it's own purposes, it's not something done for the benefit of the customer. As for calling an ambulance, from what I can tell they did call when your father asked them to. Until then, they had no way of knowing, would your mother just get up on her own, or would your father take care of the situation or whether an ambulance would be needed. Overall, this is a strange situation: I should think that the store would want the situation addressed immediately, not wait the length of time you describe with an injured, distraught customer in the store. You are right about their claim that there was no manager: stores have lots of mangagers, assistant managers, department managers, etc. Finally, it seems there is some mishigas regarding certain issues: your father was arguing about a "wet floor' sign when he should have been seeing to his injured wife; she was worried about not being able to work for a couple of days and wanted to start the paperwork on that even before she got up off the floor. Ask the store management if any of this was caught on their security cameras, that ought to put some worry on them.
Answered on Jul 30th, 2014 at 11:39 PM