I had an experience this weekend that made me consider that there may be a God and he must hate me. On Saturday I was foolish enough to think to myself, possibly for the first time in my life, "Hey, I've finally got my act together". I felt pretty good about that barring the fact that I am 61 years old and should have done so much earlier in life. So on Sunday, I had food poisoning so bad that my doctor told me to go to the ER. I have never had anything so horrible come upon me so quickly. I've had food poisoning before, and it was miserable, but THIS food poisoning had me contemplating my mortality. So if there is a God, he waited until I had my act together and then made me so sick I thought about dying. What am I thinking? This is just one more more data point indicating that there really isn't a God.
I have only had food poisoning once, but it was a ghastly experience where I feared I might die, but also felt like it might be better than what I was experiencing. Got some bad spaggetti and meatballs from a grocery store deli that had been at room temp for too long. I came back there after I was ok with my receipt and complained about my experience. They believed me and said I had not been the only one, so they gave me a refund for the meal.
That would be the absolute least they could do. I got food poisoning from Subway in January 2013. It was the only time in my life I felt I was close to death (I didn't know your entire body could scream out that you need help NOW...or that's it). I didn't bother to get a refund, but I've never been back and have told hundreds of people this story. lol It's like ANTI-advertising.
@greyeyed123 I hear you. I guess I was younger and more forgiving back then. I had a young co-worker who got sick from some bad chicken at a local Hawaiian place a few years back and she damn near died. Her kidneys shut down, she had to be airlifted to the state uni hospital because it had the best trauma unit in the state, and was on dialysis for a while. The doctors said the only reason she lived was that she was really young and had always eaten such a healthy diet. Her family tried to sue the resturarant, but they denied that it was from their place even tho she had kept the receipt, because they said it could have been something else she ate that day. You can bet that I, her, her family, and her co-workers put out the word about that place, tho it's still in business from what I can see.
@TomMcGiverin Subway was the only thing I ate that day. I do remember all the doctors at the hospital steering clear of all my negative comments about Subway, lol. They probably thought I was going to sue and looking for expert witnesses. All I really wanted was confirmation of the cause. (I actually must have had five doctors ask me if I drank river water! And every time, I had to say, "No, I ate at Subway." )
@greyeyed123 Yeah, doctors and food places get very nervous once they hear the word lawsuit. In reality, about the only way most of us can make them pay is to go to the city health inspection folks and complain to them, hopefully getting them sanctioned or shut down at least for a while.