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What did Daryl from the walking dead miss a zombie and hit you?
His name was Greg and he was drunk
Pulled a classic "Hey, check this out" and nailed me right on the collarbone
Fuckin' hurt
Ouchies...did you have to go to the hospital?
Oh yeah, had to get stitches because the bolt hit the bone, glanced off and tore a big gash across my front shoulder region
Went to the ER, gave them a fake name and address and snuck out without paying
Hid it from my family until it healed and never hung out with Greg again
It sounds a lot more impressive than it was
I literally was told to walk down the hallway to the billing desk and I just didn't stop
You are an Elder Scrolls playable character.
I do be walking around, eating cheese and stealing stuff
"Free medical care with this one simple trick!"
Hospitals hate him!
Watch how this millennial (idk) is singlehandedly destroying the healthcare business empire
You would be correct
Smooth Criminal
Oh no the humanity, won't anyone think of the precious healthcare ceos and their crusade to paywall life saving care
Did that with a therapist I hated once, never went back
Hell yeah
Homie I owe my last therapist like $700 but he was a dick about me leaving him so lol good luck getting that money. I paid off one therapist that got sent to collections, so when it ultimately goes there, its net 0
I wonder if they noticed like 10 minutes later "hey, shouldn't we have seen that one person with the crossbow injury stop by here?" or if they were just so disorganized that no one ever noticed.
I've been in hospitals where I'm pretty sure they'd have caught me before I reached the door, and in other hospitals that I don't think they would ever notice
It was actually a fairly busy night at the hospital
Had the fortune to be injured the day there was a big fight at Summerfest
Plan your next hospital visit during shift change and they'll never even know