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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I coughed so hard that I fractured two ribs. FML
Today, I had such a violent coughing fit that my stomach emptied itself all over the floor while at my sales job. FML
Today, I cracked a rib coughing. FML
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
Today, I mistook a coworker’s laughter for choking and performed the Heimlich maneuver on them in the break room. They weren’t choking, but now they’re afraid to laugh near me. FML
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
Today, I tripped and fell, damaging my sternum and making it incredibly painful to breathe in or out too much. About ten minutes later, I got the hiccups. FML
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
Today, I fractured two ribs from coughing. My doctor told me to stop coughing, or I would fracture them more. I have bronchitis. FML
Today, while dining at a restaurant I heard a women choking. I immediately ran to her, wrapped my arms around her and started giving her abdominal thrusts. She freed herself and slapped me. Turns out she wasn't choking, she was just laughing. FML
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Top comments
ripgeorgecarl1n 7
True, but the Hemmlich is done to get the person choking to cough. OP was already coughing so that lady should have never started the Hemmlich maneuver.
RobboXD 5
I know right! the bitch totally deserves it I mean come on who does she think she is going around trying to save peoples lives. -.-'... OP although this is unfortunate and I do feel sorry for you I hope you don't press charges, she was honestly just trying to help.
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Comments (326)
cathylee22 4
ouch :( that does suck, but if you were coughing then the lady should have known you weren't choking. Try and look on the bright side, at least there are still a few good people left in this world!
anorexicbarbie 8
As much as I hate people who sue just for the hell of it, I think I'd sue. If she didn't break any of my ribs, I don't think I'd sue but I'd probably use some fancy language.
rattusrattus 19
You don't Heimlich a coughing person, and you thwack a choker on the back first. Also, I always felt Heimlich was a great name for a lobster... [/weird tangent]
ComMed1 0
you're an idiot. never thwack on the back especially if they are choking, that only makes the choking worse
rallets 23
no but when guys start turning into that, ill switch teams :P
missdoll7 0
At least she wad tryin to help?
LCook530 6
I hope you got her information, if so I would sue, at least for your medical bills and legal fees. Since you weren't really choking, the good Samaritan law does not cover her. I would also see if there were any store employees that witnessed it. If she was an employee, I would sue the store.
bischkeboy 3
well. first of all. the Heimlich family made it illegal to call it that anymore. you can actually be sued for calling it the Heiklich maneuver. it's now called "abdominal thrust" which now kind of sounds sexual. and first of all. you need permission to give first aid to anyone. if they say no, you're legally not aloud to do anything until they pass out. so if she is certified, that's a malpractice and the business that certified her will no longer back her up.
TheDrifter 24
And if the op was coughing am gasping too hard to respond? Would that be implied permission by inability?
suprmidgt 0
I was going to say the same thing. and no you have to confirm with them they are choking even it they are giving the universal side for I'm choking (both elbows pointed out and grasping their own neck like they are choking themselves)
bischkeboy 3
well they have to give some form of consent. or they can sue you and say they didn't want medical attention. unless they say yes, or pass out. all you can do is encourage them. you aren't even supposed to do anything until their airway is completely blocked. if they can still cough, your not aloud to do anything yet.
_Seiya_ 0
At least she tried LOL
Aarts37 0
i would of started throwing elbows
lionheart822 13
WTF is wrong with this app, every now and then it says it successfully posted the comment but then never shows up. any way I think she's at most liable for the med bills and nothing more because she was just thinking on the spot.
zowieandzander77 1
happens to me all the time. I've stopped trying and log onto the actual website to post.