I fainted in the CVS and nobody helped me

Hi, I'm retelling this story because it was genuinely pretty traumatizing and I really don't want it to happen to anybody else.

On Christmas Eve, I was picking up some medication from the pharmacy at CVS on H St NE because I'm kicking a sinus infection. Mid-transaction, I had to sit down because I felt like I was gonna pass out. I asked anyone for ice to help cool me down, and said I was gonna pass out to anyone who was there to help. Unfortunately, I woke up on the floor and no one helped me. The pharmacy tech kept calling "next" and customers stepped around/over me to pickup their prescriptions. One woman did grab me some waters, which I woke up to next to my head. I wasn't able to thank her before she left and I was conscious enough to do so. Absolutely no one, besides the one woman, asked if I was okay. One customer finally asked the pharmacy tech, who had seen the whole thing-because I was passed out on the floor in front of her- "are you going to do something?" which is when the pharmacist realized something was happening. The store manager finally ambled over and accusingly asked me "do I need to call someone?" I think they thought I was on something because I was extremely sweaty, from passing out. For context, I'm a young woman with a history of fainting, not on drugs. Not that it matters- regardless, no one deserves this kind of treatment.

I'm honestly amazed that something like that happened to me. I've never felt so dehumanized. I was having a medical emergency, and no one offered help or even spoke to me except to glare and ask if an ambulance needed to be called. If you've passed out before, you know how genuinely scary it can be- from the feeling of knowing you're about to lose consciousness, to waking up and having no idea where you are- the whole experience is terrifying. I knew what was happening, and I told people I was going to pass out. And I was completely ignored and stepped over. I can be really disappointed in how I was treated by people in the store, but I'm furious that CVS did absolutely nothing to help me. I ended up paying for my medication, the waters the woman left, and leaving. People had no issue staring at me as I left, but couldn't bother to help me. I did spend all day yesterday crying from the experience, which sounds dramatic, but to be stepped over.. while unconscious... no one spoke to me to ask if I was okay... I just thought I would've been taken care of better having a medical emergency.

Merry Christmas, please take care of others.

Edit: Thank you for all the nice comments, and for checking in on me. I am perfectly okay. The whole point of this post is that I want to encourage people to step in and help when you see someone who clearly needs it- and in my case, asking for help. Good samaritan laws will protect you, but I find it strange that so many people even consider that- my first instinct when I've seen someone about to faint is to immediately assist, and they've always been grateful. I'm 24- I'm not going to sue anyone for helping me when I faint. My other point was that I am a young woman and I was ignored, I can't imagine how homeless people or people with addictions are treated in times of crisis. Please don't lose your humanity. Also, please stop calling me a liar. This was a really horrible experience, I have no idea why someone would lie about this happening. Again, thank you so much to the kind comments! None of this changes my mind about my love for DC- let's chalk it up to a bad day and start again tomorrow.