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By swaiteATC - 28/07/2009 04:11 - United States

Today, I was sitting in the break room at work eating lunch when I started to choke. My face turned red and tears began welling up in my eyes. Two of my coworkers were there. They began to argue over who would have to give me the heimlich maneuver rather than helping. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/03/2011 12:53 - United States

Today, I had a violent coughing fit while at the store, which caused a lady to think I was choking, grab me from behind and start doing the Heimlich maneuver incorrectly. She broke two of my ribs. FML

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By 50sStyle - 12/06/2017 19:00 - United States - Hartland

Today, during lunch, I choked on my food and possibly came close to death when my boyfriend's best friend performed the Heimlich Maneuver on me, potentially saving my life. My boyfriend then started arguing with me over letting his best friend touch my stomach. FML

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By Macdaddy - 05/12/2008 12:49 - France

Today, I attended my first meeting with my bosses. For lunch we went to a restaurant. I choked on a piece of meat and couldn't breathe anymore. I had to take that piece of meat out of my throat with my fingers, and then put it back on my plate all chewed up. FML

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By embarrassing - 15/07/2021 18:01

Today, I went out to eat with friends. My crush was also at the restaurant with his friends. He smiled at me as I took a mouthful of food, and I choked. The waitress had to perform the Heimlich maneuver on me, while he and his friends fell off their chairs laughing. FML

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By negativesoup - 10/11/2016 18:44

Today, I was eating chicken noodle soup for my lunch. It was perfect until the last bite when it went down the wrong pipe. Choking, I coughed up what I'd already eaten. In front of my coworkers, and all over myself. FML

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By ohmigodimchokin - 19/11/2009 00:19 - United States

Today, I was sitting at lunch and started choking on a chip. I couldn't breathe and nobody tried to help me. Having to take matters into my own hands, I reached for a juice box that belonged to someone sitting next to me. After I could breathe again, they informed me that they had mono. FML

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By SMS123 - 25/06/2010 19:42 - United States

Today, I was eating lunch with my boyfriend when I started choking. My boyfriend took it as an opportunity to sneak food off my plate. FML

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By Kristat - 01/04/2012 04:32 - United States

Today, because I was the only manager scheduled, I went into work despite feeling sick to my stomach. While sitting down with a customer, I got the urge to throw up and tried to hold it back. Instead I vomited in my mouth, instinctively swallowed and started choking in front of the customer. FML

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By justwantingtohelp - 16/08/2013 05:02 - United States - Highland

Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. FML

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By grossedout - 09/12/2010 02:26 - United States

Today, I was helping an old lady at my job. While I was in mid-sentence, she coughed wet phlegm directly into my mouth. It tasted vile and caused me to have a panic attack while working. FML

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vincas 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 13:40

Did you die? :D

bonestructure 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:30

That sucks, sorry.

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bonestructure 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:30

That sucks, sorry.

emilysanftwsom 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:38

I agree, that sucks some major ass. Quit your job and find better workmates.

yougetmecloserto 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 13:45

Or alternatively, poison the ones you have.

KumoFF7 3

Tuesday 28 July 2009 20:14

YDI for not chewing your food

Arcterion 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:31

Lolololol.

Tgump 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:34

Ouch, you need a new job.

JustMyLuck_huh 0

Tuesday 13 April 2010 17:18

have you ever tried to get a new job in this economy? Atleast there two people that cared, maybe stupid but caring

Maxine17 8

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:37

Nice to know you have friends at work. FYL

trilingualotaku 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:37

what a couple of noobs. meh, now you know what they're like, i s'pose.

ydi_bitch 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:53

YDI for eating lunch

IceCubez 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 12:56

wow. trolls these days...

cucuto89 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 14:12

i'm guessing she dos deserve it for acting like a itch all the time and constantly complainingg about every little thing

oops122 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 15:04

Come on #7 seriously

blalien 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 19:59

#13, did you string that sentence together all by yourself?

Ranoona 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 13:06

wow I would have punched them . FYL

8KAGE8 8

Friday 29 June 2012 7:11

In the break of choking, you would punch people who didn't help you..? Good luck with that...

fash 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 13:30

They need a First Aid refresher course. I assume one of them helped you eventually? Or did you just cough it back up?

vincas 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 13:40

Did you die? :D

bleh993 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 18:50

LOLOLOL

Darth_Taco 14

Thursday 30 July 2009 6:42

I'm so ashamed of myself, that made me laugh. OP, I got one for you. A few years ago I was hanging out with some friends. They said something funny and I started choking on my food. Fortunately, I know how to give myself the Heimlich maneuver because they kicked me out of the room and into the bathroom because they didn't want me to mess up the carpet >:(. By the way, you just bend over as far as possible and cough your hardest. You have to cough it a few times to get enough force.

sithwithashotgun 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 5:30

If you´re really choking, you can´t cough. Bending over and coughing forcefully isn´t going to do anything when you´re choking, because you can´t possibly do it.