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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/iamnotdownwithopp on 2024-10-23 03:35:07+00:00.

But not really eating anything. I choked on the first bite at a fancy restaurant, like $140 per plate, during a work gathering for high level management. This was the first and probably last time I will be invited. I’m not technically at their level but there’s no one above me in my department, so I’m the default director. The bite got lodged in my throat and I started coughing. I managed to get away from the table and into the restroom, which was dark and dingy, and spewed the bite into the toilet. After that, every bite I took did the same thing, even sips of water. My esophagus seized on everything and I kept burping up the one seltzer water I had before we sat down. I played it off OK and no one took much notice but I didn’t actually eat or drink anything and made several trips to the bathroom. All I wanted was to leave but I couldn’t go first and draw attention to myself.

TL;DR Couldn’t swallow the first bite at a work dinner and spent most of the time gagging up a fruity seltzer instead of networking with the people who could get me a raise.