Today, I tried to power through work on a construction site after a couple of sick days. I can't do anything without constantly sucking on cough drops. And it turns out that excessive consumption of cough drops can have a laxative effect. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I took a cough drop to soothe my sore throat, only to choke, gag, and spend the next ten minutes at the point of vomiting because the bitter lozenge got stuck in my windpipe. FML
Today, I came down with painful sores in my mouth, just after having gotten over a cold. Apparently I'm allergic to the cough drops I've been eating for the past week to make myself feel better. FML
Today, in preparation for a presentation at work, I decided to take a handful of vitamins to fight my cold. As I was putting the bottles away, I noticed one of them was a laxative. FML
Today, I was tired from an all-nighter I'd pulled because I thought I had the next four days off work. I got called in, and went because I have bills to pay. However, the amount of energy drinks I drank to stay on top of my job duties gave me such bad diarrhea, I had to go home. FML
Today, I was cruising with a coworker and his friend, and I started getting tired. His friend offered me a caffeine pill. It wasn't caffeine. It was laxatives. FML
Today, I woke up with really sore abs; not from working out at the gym, but because I've been coughing for 3 days straight and nothing is helping. Now every time I cough, it physically hurts. FML
Today, I woke up with the worst cold, ever. My nose was running like crazy and my eyes were all puffy. So I stumbled over to the medicine cabinet and took what I thought were three tylenol cold's. Two hours later I'm still sick and I can't leave the bathroom. They were laxatives. 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 found out that a water pipe at my work had burst over the weekend. There is absolutely no water in the building, including the bathrooms. It's a 9-hour day, and I took a laxative this morning before I came in. FML
Today, I went back to work after a horrible bout of respiratory illness. After a few hours of using hot tea, cough drops, and tissues to deal with my lingering cough, I found out that my asshole coworker has filed a formal complaint about me disrupting her concentration. FML
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Top comments
Steve95401 49
I hope you're near the Porta Pottie during the work day.
bella_nana347 23
Shit man. I hope you don't fall behind from taking so many breaks.
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Comments (47)
Steve95401 49
I hope you're near the Porta Pottie during the work day.
doubledee8 16
Not to be that guy but, that sounds pretty shitty
doraquiexplore 13
Never be that guy
hardcorefan16 22
Wow I actually didn't know cough drops did that. You learn something new everyday.
MikaykayUnicorn 36
This sounds like a Today I ****** up I read about someone consuming too many mints and it having the same effect. Pretty odd.
brezzyanna 17
I'm not completely sure, but I think it's only sugar free cough drops that do that. I read it somewhere.
christge1beast 17
If they were honey coated or made with honey, that could be why. Honey in large quantities acts as a laxative.
littlekellilee 45
This is so good to know! *goes out and buys as many mints, cough drops, and honey as I can find* What? I've uh... I'm having a really bad week.
fuckpotato 12
#35... What?
littlekellilee 45
1) joke. 2) Why would I be excited to learn about a laxative when I'm having a really bad week? Probably extreme constipation! Sorry the joke wasn't obvious enough for you. I'll stick to knock knocks in the future to not confuse you.
theblondeone 16
If I remember correctly, it's due to the artificial sweetener sorbitol. Human digestive systems don't tolerate it well.
Taolan 23
"sugar free" candies aren't actually sugar free, they just use sugars that our body can't process such as certain alcohol sugars. These collect in your lower digestive tract and once they hit a certain concentration, boom. Poop time.
gosh_mate 30
That sounds terrible, but it does have a warning on the packet if you read it ...
MadJessTic 29
Who the hell reads the fine print on the back of a pack of cough drops??
Dale_shackleford 13
The same people who read the terms and conditions.
TheMathMajor 26
Cough drops are medicated. Like any other medicine, you should definitely read the package before you take any. It tells you on the bag not to exceed a certain amount of drops per day.
MikaykayUnicorn 36
#28, so I definitely shouldn't eat an entire bag of cherry cough drops because they taste good? ****.
bella_nana347 23
Shit man. I hope you don't fall behind from taking so many breaks.
SecundusSecunda 27
Sounds like his behind is already falling off, though
Muhubi 9
Anything that is sugar free (like cough drops) can have this effect. Sugar free products like gum and stuff use xylitol as a sweetener, which in excess quantities can act as a laxative
Allornone 35
it's true. Certain brands of sugar free gummi bears especially have a reputation for the havoc they wreak on your intestines
koijj 14
@ sugar free haribo gummy bears. destroyed my ability to control my *****.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
winter is coming
devans00 14
Been there, done that. I feel your pain OP.
iMuffinKat 16
Try not to have cough drops. What about honey and tea? Or cough syrup?
MikaykayUnicorn 36
Yeah, I'm sure OP can just stop everything they're doing on the job to make tea with honey or take cough syrup.
The_ghetto_mango 25
oh, well. You'll live. I have the same thing, except with breathmints.