Today, I went to a fast-food joint and ordered off the $1.00 menu to save money. Five hours later I go to the hospital with food-poisoning. After a whole day of not eating, crapping, puking, having tests, and a bunch of IV fluids, my $1.00 burger ended up costing me $2,000 in bills. Really. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went out to eat to celebrate getting over the stomach flu. I hadn't eaten solid food in over a week, so I was really excited and ordered my favorite dish. It gave me food poisoning. FML
Today, I had a stomach bug, but despite it I swallowed a mouthful of habanero sauce on a dare. I ended up projectile vomiting on a wall outside, lost my sense of balance and fell over on the sidewalk, almost blacked out from the tightness in my chest, and had to refuse an ambulance that somebody had called. All for $5. FML
Today, I wrecked my car on the way to work, all because I could get free food from a restaurant for my team winning a game. My husband suggested it. Now I’m without a car, with massive hospital bills, all for the most expensive fast food. FML
Today, I went to the Cheesecake Factory and treated myself to an appetizer, an entree, a dessert, and some cocktails. The bill was higher than I expected and I was $50 short. I faked having a food allergy and had the staff call 911 so they could take me to the hospital, so I would get out of paying. It worked. FML
Today, after months of avoiding fast food, I decided to eat some McDonald's french fries. Though the fries were delicious, they were not worth the agonizing 15 minutes I spent on the toilet afterwards. FML
Today, after struggling with anorexia for months, I got food poisoning. FML
Today, I had horrible pains in my stomach area so I went to the doctors. They couldn't find anything wrong and sent me to the Emergency Room for X-rays. After spending the entire day in the hospital, they tell me I'm slightly constipated. I had to pay $400 to find out I had to take a shit. FML
Today, I didn't feel like cooking when I got home from work, so I decided to go to the local restaurant nearby and do my part in supporting small businesses. Long story short, I woke up later feeling like absolute shit. Hello, food poisoning. FML
Today, I took my boyfriend out to dinner to an expensive restaurant. He overate, and now I have to nurse him through food poisoning. FML
Today, I was fired from the restaurant I work at because I missed my shift. I missed it because I was in the hospital for food poisoning from the meal I ate at work last night. FML
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Top comments
Shaiath 0
Ouch, that must really suck. D= Was it from McDonalds by chance?
seventeen_fml 0
sue the restaurant :)
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mayhembaby 0
wow LAWSUIT. do it, you'll get your medical money back and a little extra.
Kitty34_fml 0
Move to Canada. It's free. BUT why would you go to the hospital for food poisoning? I've had food poisoning twice before and I didn't go to the hospital.
Majormaxo 0
WOW just sue them.
ConSeannery 0
Move to Canada or Europe! The states needs nationalized healthcare, like the rest of the civilized world. It's a basic civil right, and no matter what your conservative news network tells you, it works great and everyone loves that their brother/parents/grandparents/best friend is taken care of when they get sick or hurt. We have health insurance too, and it takes care of the stuff that nationalized (basic) health care doesn't. You know what happens to junkies who get admitted to the hospital? They're given drugs that make them not high, instantly. They HATE it. And doctors control other orders -- people aren't taking advantage.
Guiseppi 0
Bullshit. It did not cost you $24,000 dollars, unless they had to do a stomach transplant. Either way, get some health insurance.
GubuntoidOSX 0
Is this going to teach you to eat healthy food? Probably not. YDI for eating at a fast food place. Yes, the US does need free health care, but people need to learn to stop eating like retards and stop relying on doctors to fix all their problems. Besides a sprained ankle and a school-required physical, I haven't been to a doctor in about 3 years. Healthcare does not equal health. Eat healthy. Live healthy. That way, you don't screw yourself up like this.
bayybee 0
#49. youre supposed to write "today. blahblahblah. fml" to post an fml. he didnt mean it literally happened today
mouseintern 0
Yeah except I lived in Oxford for a while, and the UK's socialized health care actually doesn't work great at all. I had a friend come down with a horrible, horrible cough. She couldn't barely sleep for a whole week because she was coughing non-stop. Finally got a doctor's appointment, and the doctor wouldn't even look at her. She was just asked what medicine she wanted and was booted out. Now that's great if you just want some medicine, but not so good if you have a real medical condition that must be treated. Then of course there was the guy who couldn't get cancer treatment because his local administrative body didn't cover it. And then we all know the problems with their dental care (doesn't exist). Canada? Waiting lists for months, even years. The ones who can come to the U.S. for treatment. Does the U.S. system need overhaul? Absolutely. But blindly doing it just like Europe will replace our cost problems with the time, coverage, and quality problems Europeans, Canadians, and Australians experience. Anyway, the restaurant should cover the tab even without having to go through a full lawsuit. Hopefully you can get this settled out of court. Don't pay for it yourself.
bunnybunny12 0
That sucks.... This is why I don't trust fast food.
Heidi_fml 0
I agree people in America go way overboard with the suing left and right... BUT I cannot believe food poisoning caused this much trouble. That's insane and it might not be a bad idea to sue...