I have another one!
When I was trying to break into contracting I had an interview with a large investment bank. Got through the phone interview, team leader interview, technical interview and then the final interview with the department manager. He was slack jawed, awkward, seemed to say 'hmmmm' for almost 50% of the time he was talking and was as sharp as a razor with deep technical knowledge about C++, banking, telecoms and Viking history.
Everything was positive. Spoke to the team leader (he gave me his number so we could make sure the agent was playing straight) and he said that, subject to the HR paperwork, I was in. First contract at £650 a day for 6 months. I was very happy.
Then someone else contacted the department manager who had just come away from doing the same job for a different bank so I got dropped.
That was painful.
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Previously on "What is the worse pain you've experienced"
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Acute pancreatitis. Literally doubled-up in pain to the point I couldn't walk.
Insertion of the nasogastric tube used to empty my stomach was no fun either.
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Having my 2 broken arms manipulated in the X-Ray room after a motorbike accident, in 2005.
Margaret the X-Ray nurse really didn't seem to care and I was nearly on the ceiling.
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possibly an ear infection, followed by a wasp sting on finger tip
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostAn unknown (and never diagnosed) bout of what the A&E staff called "Severe Abdominal Pain". It hurt so much that there were moments were I thought it had stopped, but apparently your brain does that to you. The Morphine did nothing, but eventually they put me to sleep with something and I woke up fine. 2 days of observations later and they sent me on my merry way
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostAn unknown (and never diagnosed) bout of what the A&E staff called "Severe Abdominal Pain". It hurt so much that there were moments were I thought it had stopped, but apparently your brain does that to you. The Morphine did nothing, but eventually they put me to sleep with something and I woke up fine. 2 days of observations later and they sent me on my merry way
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An unknown (and never diagnosed) bout of what the A&E staff called "Severe Abdominal Pain". It hurt so much that there were moments were I thought it had stopped, but apparently your brain does that to you. The Morphine did nothing, but eventually they put me to sleep with something and I woke up fine. 2 days of observations later and they sent me on my merry way
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Exploding eyeball syndrome when descending for landing in planes. Happens now and then - must have dodgy sinuses.
Most intense pain ever - and i've had a u-bend in my arm, managed to rip my tibial spine out (attached to my anterior cruciate ligament), broken nose (i think this is the cause) etc - not that they are bad compare to lots of things, but bad for sitting on an aeroplane. Luckily it's so localised in a pinpoint (like someone sticking a knitting needle through your eyeball) and only lasts 20 minutes tops that it's tolerable. normally have a headache for a day or 2 after.
Apart from that I was once forced to leopard crawl about half a mile through gorse bush with no trousers on. Wasn't an intense pain, but the hurt to my pride added some.
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Mine was when I was on the Nostromo and an alien burst out of my stomach and ran across the room.
I didn't remember eating that.
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Giving birth did smart a bit.
I've fainted with pain twice - once when I banged my funny bone on the kitchen door handle, and once when I trapped a nerve in my neck.
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