Today, I ordered a Diet Coke with my meal from a fast food restaurant. Turns out, they didn't give me diet. My blood sugar spiked and I was sick for hours later. I'm a diabetic. FML
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Today, while on a date, I accidentally ordered "diet water" instead of saying "diet coke". FML
Today, while at work, I suddenly went into diabetic shock. As I was nearly passed out on the floor, a customer yelled at me for not getting his coffee in time. FML
Today, at lunch I ordered a Coke. The waiter replied, "Diet Coke?" and I corrected him saying, "No, regular Coke." He shook his head and said again, "Diet Coke." FML
Today, my waiter turned to me and asked, "Let me guess, Miss I'm-not-fat-I'm-fluffy wants a Diet Coke?" FML
Today, my boyfriend and I decided to stop by a drive-thru on the way to his place. I asked him to order a Coke for me, at which point he asked if I wanted to make it a Diet Coke. FML
Today, my manager gave me hell for leaving the restaurant early yesterday. Guilty as charged, but only because I was rushed to the hospital after going into diabetic shock. This assmunch is convinced that I either faked it all to get off work early, or that I'd been eating our own stock. FML
Today, I was proud of myself for buying the lowest calorie option at a Subway that I could walk to. By the time I managed to get there my blood sugar severely crashed (it didn't help that two people in front of me were ordering subs for their family and coworkers). I ended up buying six cookies to stave off the crash. FML
Today, I took a test as part of a job requirement. I took a sip from a bottle of juice, and the lady leading the test gave me a warning. I tried to explain that if I didn't, I would faint. She took the bottle and hid it. 15 minutes later I collapsed. She thought I was faking. I'm hypoglycemic. FML
Today, after a very long day, I got home from the swimming pool at 10:30 pm. I didn’t have dinner, I was super hungry, so I ordered a pizza while walking back home. 35 minutes later, only a can of coke arrived. Apparently, I that's all I actually ordered. FML
Today, due to increasing frequency and severity of hypoglycemic symptoms, I went to the doctor. Apparently, the pill may have given me a rare form of temporary diabetes. She wants me to be a case study for the next 12 months. FML
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Sarcastic_Lady 0
Couldn't you taste the difference?
Ommis 0
go spike their drinks with insulin.
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Erindub 0
I can ALWAYS tell if a drink is diet. I only drink non-diet drinks when I do occasionally indulge in a soda pop and therez NO WAY I could mistake its icky diet taste
carmen89 0
ok all of you saying eating fast food was his fault may be wrong. Maybe he had a salad or something fairly healthier than whatever else was served on the menu. I sometimes cannot tell the difference. This doesn't make you stupid and it doesn't mean it's okay to say he deserved it. He should have taken his insulin as soon as he started feeling sick. No need to fire the worker but he should state that he is a diabetic who was given regular pop so that way the manager can make sure it doesnt happen again. Mistakes happen people.
DDlife 0
I'm a type 1 diabetic, and I can't tell the difference between regular and diet. I have a terrible sense of taste, I guess. This happened to me once, and I keep my own pop in my car now in case I have to eat while I'm out. And I eat at fast food restaurants; their salads can be alright. OP didn't say they were ordering a Big Mac or something.
arnaldo_fml 0
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condor75 0
I call fake because if you drink diet, you know regular immediately.
LilaBear 2
maybe he doesn't drink soda much at all so wouldn't notice the difference?
voveraite 7
Yes! How come no one has thought of that before? I haven't had soda in years (just a choice, no diabetes or other health condition), so if someone offered me one, I couldn't tell whether it's diet or regular. Sure, if both at the same time, then yes ;)
SnickerVonBicker 0
FYL for sure! tell the manager?
dirge75 0
Hey, it's possible that the OP rarely eats at Macdonald's, but was just accompanying a friend and decided to get something too, or maybe just felt like a treat. Maybe he or she doesn't drink coke often enough to know the taste of diet vs. non-diet. And not everyone is on an insulin regime where they take a rapid-acting insulin with their meal and measure their blood sugar afterwards. Some people just take a mixed insulin once or twice a day. And the OP didn't say anything about thinking that Macdonald's was legally liable, or about wanting to sue Macdonald's. Geez.
aka_mrs_c 0
ydi cause you shouldnt be eating fast food anyway. you're diabetic and you need to eat right. get a clue.
LilaBear 2
you obviously don't know enough about diabetes.
arnaldo_fml 0
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arnaldo_fml 0
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