No matter what you do, there’s no escaping judgment on social media, even if your intervention saved another person’s life.
With that in mind, we look to a recent post on X from a woman who describes herself as “C-SPAN but spicy” and has a sizable following. Her account is the usual mix of commentary and selfies, but one post stands out beyond the others:
also the girl who gave me an epipen when i was doing the whole anaphylactic shock thing told me i could venmo her for the epipen and maybe i’m a bad person but i think she’s tacky for that
— chad, red lip cutie (@endofanerajc) March 16, 2026
also the girl who gave me an epipen when i was doing the whole anaphylactic shock thing told me i could venmo her for the epipen and maybe i’m a bad person but i think she’s tacky for that
That post received over 1.5 million views, 21,000 likes, and 168 comments, many of which spanned the spectrum with sentiments ranging from “You go, girl!” to “Why didn’t you have YOURS?”
Setting aside the fact that the poster left her epinephrine at home at the very moment she needed it most, we now turn to you, our readers, who understand the difficulty of sparring with insurance companies to keep yourself and your loved ones safe from anaphylaxis. Do you think the good Samaritan was right to ask for reimbursement, or should she have extended the good deed by simply absorbing the cost and moving on?
You be the judge and let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
It was not tacky. The cost of the devices is obscene, and the good samaritan may be on a limited budget.