I don’t know what to do about this simply because it’s so bizarre. It ranks up there on the weirdest shit that’s happened to me, even above the ghost stuff.
I got two Chick fil a original chicken sandwiches, no pickles and two pods of ketchup as I always do when I get dinner there. I went home and got settled in to eat. I ate about half of the sandwich and realised that the chicken was sliding out the other side, so I started to push it back. I accidentally touched some ketchup and holy shit, it stung like a mofo. I yelped. I wiped the ketchup off my right index finger but noticed I wasn’t getting it all because there was a circular red place, which I mistook as ketchup for a moment. I then saw that it was bleeding. I freaked. I took pictures and sent them to mom. I washed it with soap, then blood started coming out in beads, like it does when pricked by a pin. The small area was pink and raw. Like, the very top layer of skin was just gone. It wasn’t peeled back. It was a very shallow place, and it seems more like a small burn than anything. I washed it again and quickly squeezed a glob of neosporin on and then a band aid. It still stings. Mom called chick fil an and told them what happened. They said “oh, it must have been hot. Our food is very hot out of the oven.” I didn’t eat it immediately, I did a few things before eating. It was nowhere near being hot. Mom showed them the pictures I took (I don’t know how, maybe they gave her a way to text them?) and one of the two managers she spoke to said that the blood was ketchup. They said there was nothing they could do and that they wouldn’t even look at their stingy bitey sandwich to find out if something might have been put in it, like a needle or whatever. They did not seem concerned that their sandwich took the skin off my fucking finger. I know it sounds absurd but it happened. My finger now has a tiny, raw pink place and is still stinging. My finger was perfectly fine before whatever the hell that was. Mom said she was going to go through it, slice by itty bitty slice. With gloves of course.
I was really concerned that someone else would get a boobytrapped sandwich and might bite into the stabby part. I’m glad I started on the other side, and I’m kinda relieved that my finger got injured rather than me biting into it. 😅
I forgot to mention that I tried searching for anything similar on Google, phrasing it every way I could think of. All I got was basic instructions on how to treat a mild burn, and stupid meme references. 🤨
Here are the pictures I took. My phone won’t focus well if something is the least bit close to it.
WARNING for anyone who doesn’t like seeing blood!
That was not a good experience. Figured I’d document it, if for nothing but the sheer weirdness of it.
When I was a kid, mom always warned me not to touch things people left on the ground because it could have a needle or drugs hidden in it. She never said anything about being stung by delicious chicken sandwiches though.
Welp. I’ll update if we find anything in it or not. It has to be something physical. Cold ketchup doesn’t just take skin off. Neither would a lukewarm chicken patty.
I’m a bit nervous about eating my berry parfait but I really want it 😑
What’s sad is that I don’t think I can eat anything solid from Chick fil A again. Drinks and parfaits? Yeah. My parfait was tasty and totally normal….as far as I know lol
Edit hours later- I feel okay so far. I started feeling paranoid about if it was some kind of needle, what if there was something gross on it like a terrible disease?? My stupid Contamination OCD brain took that one thought and ran with it. It’s been like that my entire life with cocd. I’m probably being a complete dork about it. I just really don’t want to end up as one of MrBallen’s medical mysteries stories…
I just spent hours opening packages from Etsy, eBay and Temu. They all decided to show up at once. It was all dolls (one small lot of three), a Xian Xian Princess Supermodel (or whatever the exact name is) which is my second one, some crafting tools, miniatures mostly for dioramas but some for a dollhouse room, and muthafuckin’ doll clothes. The clothes I got from Etsy were all fabulous. The clothes from Temu are usually a hit or a miss. I think there were more hits this time. I got two sets of generic Ken outfits. Looking for clothes for Ken is a minefield. I’m talking about generic non-Mattel stuff. It’s difficult, at least for me, to find clothing I actually like for Ken and friends. Mattel has almost only put out some fugly male outfits for a while now. I try to find the old packs but those can be expensive, so I sometimes try the generic packs, not knowing if they’ll fit. I always ask Rufus the AI bot what the general consensus of reviews are and even that can be mixed and contrary. Whoops went off on a rant.
A number of the clothes look nothing like the image on Temu. I got one dress out and did not remember buying it. I thought for a moment and said “This had better not be the fuckin’ cheongsam. It was indeed, the cheongsam. It didn’t look like any one I’ve ever seen. I was so disappointed. It wasn’t even the right colour 🙁 Another one was probably the ugliest ones I’ve ever gotten. I was using my brand new doll to model the clothes. The pants sort of fit. The top… was huge. And ugly. Another one looked way different from the picture. It was a cute sort of academic look, like a uniform. Making it look anything like the picture was impossible. The under shirt was sewn weird and the collar was not in the right place. The collar is supposed to be pulled through the sweater (which was literally sewn inside out) but it wasn’t possible to do that. The skirt was just weird. The next one could be my fault. I got a beautiful goth set which was listed as being for 1:6 scale bjds. It almost fit, but the lace up corset top was way too big. I keep wondering if there’s some way to take it in? I’m a very novice seamstress and I haven’t sewn in 25 years. It’s too pretty to lie there and collect dust. I think they meant something else by bjd. Nothing about 11.5-12” fashion dolls. I think it was made for a bjd with slightly different proportions than a Barbie or regular 1:6 doll. Sucks. Maybe I can do something with it…
The majority of the miniatures were fine, but two seriously catfished me. Real bad. I’m not even going to rant because I have run out of energy. I will be making a huge post about my various hauls and other things related to dolls, miniatures and diorama ideas. It will of course be posted at RainyDay Dolls.
I forgot to mention that one of the dolls in the lot from eBay is a Kira! For some reason, she’s more expensive. The Christie dolls are even worse. Christie is actually the only one of Barbie’s friends I didn’t have growing up.
Well, I’m gonna lie down, cuddle my dumb orange kitten and watch videos. Night all.