At first I didn't know where to post but thought this would help provide inside for our grocery store workers and what they have to endure.
I'm currently hurting financially, to the point of food insecurities. The rent eats up 70% of our monthly salary, we've had to put some bills before food (like electricity and phones to do our jobs). I am also 15 weeks pregnant and the morning sickness has caused me to also not eat much due to the fear of uncontrollable vomiting.
So, TIFU. When I was presented with a big free breakfast, I gorged hard. It tasted so amazing and I couldn't believe I ate everything! I didn't feel uncomfortable afterwards but when I got home, I took a 5 hour food coma nap. I woke up and knew I needed to do grocery shopping before the sales end for the weekend (we have a shopping rotation that follows store promotions to save on food, buy in bulk, etc). I still felt full but not horrible, yet. I grabbed a cart and headed toward produce when it hit. My stomach turning, the horrible torture of what my body and what it's growing was thinking about doing next was absolutely traumatic.
Luckily I made it to the employee bathroom… sink. When I caught my breathe, I finished getting sick in the toilet. I locked the door after I heard rustling and just stood there drenched in sweat.
I tried my hardest to clean what was left in the sink but knew, it needs to be sanitize. Especially during a pandemic. I stood by the bathroom for 20 minutes trying to track down a passing human of any kind but couldn't find anyone. I found my cart that I ditched and headed to customer service to explain my mess and apologize. Before I made it, they called for the clean up..
I felt so embarrassed and horrible. Knowing that some poor kid is probably stuck cleaning my mess for only $15/hour. Dealing with my mistake.. it's saddening and I wish people were paid better to deal with shit like this.
TL;DR
I over ate while still dealing with morning sickness and puked in the employee bathroom sink. I tried to clean up and get help but was unable to. I feel embarrassed and horrible that our employees aren't paid enough to deal with shit like this.
Note: When I worked in retail, we also had to clean up messes like this. Corporate just doesn't understand that humans, are fucking sacks of meat- processing energy and sometimes have accidents with our physio functions.