What was the worst thing that ever happened to you while you were on vacation?
Last week, we
went to Cape Cod for a long-weekend getaway. We were there two hours and
my fiance had a heart attack and had to have four stents put into his
heart. The entire weekend was a nightmare beyond belief. Thank God with
a change of diet and lifestyle, he'll be okay. Yes, I suppose that is
the worst thing that has happened to me during a vacation. (*winking at
Reba as she knew all about this*)
Fisch,
47
Preston, CT USA
I was in southern
Oregon where it's hot as hell and I had pneumonia and a 103 degree fever.
Yeah, no good. At least I was just 8, so I've had a lot of time to get
over it.
A-Dog,
20
Eugene, OR USA
Totalled my car
:(
Talia,
25
Tallahassee, FL USA
I got a scorching
sunburn, probably a first or second degree burn, and my dad didn't even
take me to the hospital. In fact, he actually just yelled at me as though
it was my fault.
Melodi,
19
Gahanna, OH USA
I stayed at a relative's
apartment in Hong Kong while his water was unsafe to drink and there wasn't
always enough water for a shower.
Cathie,
53
Novi, MI USA
Going touring with
an immature, insecure companion.
Jill,
61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
Vacationing with
my aunt and cousin. At the last minute my aunt said that it was ok for
my cousin's boyfriend to come along (my cousin was 14 at the time). By
the middle of the week my aunt realized that the vibes between her daughter
and her daughter's boyfriend were more than friendly and she got really
mad and kicked him out, took the cigarettes away from him, at
4 am she was outside our hotel room yelling at him at the top of her lungs
and we almost were kicked out of our room. She took out any anger she
felt at me too even though I had nothing to do with this and she brougt
it on herself.
Em,
16
Harrisburg, PA USA
I can't say that
I've ever had a worst vacation. Things have not come off as planned. Stresses
and strains have occurred. But all in pleasant moments always exist and
adventure can always be
found. And a bad experience always turns into a great story in the future.
Felicia,
37
Lowell, MA USA
I guess getting
sick. I don't have any horror stories about losing money, or locking myself
out of my car or whatever. Having a full-blown cold at the beach was bad
enough.
Cindy,
41
VA USA
Usually my one
children gets sick. On Vacation, he always orders chicken tenders for
dinner. I don't know if it is being in a different environment or what,
but at night he usually gets sick to his stomach. One time we were staying
in a small little room down the shore. My son woke up and
didn't feel good. He was confused and couldn't remember where the bathroom
was. He
proceeded to vomit everywhere, all over the blankets and sheets. I was
rinsing the covered blankets in the shower at 3am. No bathtub in the room.
And then going out into parking lot and to the main house/building to
run the offending foul stenched blankets thru the laundry washing
machine. No soap but it did help. Needless to say the room reeked. And
on every vacation that involves swimming, my other son gets a raging ear
infection. The type where the ear drum bursts and the ear is oozing. I
have been in Medi-Merges in several states and have cut my vacation
short to get back home to our pediatrician.
Janet,
45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA
I totaled my car
about nine hours from my house. I was forced to leave it at a junk yard,
and return home by a train.
Ryan,
29
Riedlingen GERMANY
I went to China
with my family about 6 years ago, and my eldest brother (who was 17 at
the time) was never very keen to go. For the whole time we were there
he did nothing but bitch and moan at me and my other brother, and made
me quite miserable. But nothing too bad's happened yet.
Aly,
17
Cardiff UK
I got really, really
sick and stayed sick the whole way home. But even worse than that was
when I was out of town looking for a job (does that count as vacation?)
and found out that my frog had escaped & died while I was gone. There's
other stuff, too. Like trying to decide whether it was safer to ride with
someone who'd been drinking or drive a huge van myself, before I had my
license. And some slightly embarrassing stuff that I don't want to share
with the whole list.
Karen,
23
Ames, IA USA
I don't really
recall anything BAD happening... When I was very young, we went on a camping
trip and the dog that my aunt and uncle had got skunked. That was gross,
but kind of funny and not
really BAD.
Doug2,
30
Kansas City, KS USA
What vacation?
I think I've gone on vacation exactly two times in my entire life and
that was many moons ago with my parents. Probably getting tired/cranky
and/or running out of money.
Keri-Jade,
23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
An ATM machine
screwed me out of $400 but the bank straightened it out after I got home.
Another time I was with someone who doesn't hike very well, kept complaining
that we should have had a map or something. Not a fun person to get lost
with.
Alias
Irrelevante
I was hospitalized
for alcohol poisoning.
Laura,
38
Lowell, MA USA
We took my grandmother
to England for her 85th birthday. We were staying with friends at the
start of the trip, and Gramma missed a step and tumbled down a long flight
of stairs. I was horrified both for her sake and at the thought of trying
to explain a broken neck or hip to my mother and her sisters. Luckily,
the damage was not that severe. After excellent attention
from the National Health, including a house call on a holiday eve, she
gamely carried
on the trip, despite a broken wrist, a badly bruised face, and assorted
contusions.
Jane,
63
West Linn, OR USA
Strange you should
ask because JUST LAST WEEK I took a short vacation that didn't turn out
exactly as I would have liked. My husband and I drove to Mystic, CT to
visit the aquarium there and spend some time with a friend. We had AAA
map out a driving route for us and prepare a little TripTik, showing details
of each leg of the journey. Foolishly, we didn't bother to look
at the map until we were well on our way. While driving through New Jersey,
we got behind a truck that caught fire and burned to the ground. We waited
in a long line for over an hour while the Police and Fire Department cleaned
up the mess. Then we discovered that AAA had mapped us RIGHT THROUGH NEW
YORK CITY AT RUSH HOUR! What Mapquest.com said was a 6 hour trip
took us 12 hours! And I think my husband and I were yelling at each other
for about 6 hours of that. When we got to our destination, I found that
the hotel we were staying at was located on top of a hill with absolutely
no advertising telling where it was. The man behind the desk looked like
a character straight out of the Addams Family. The hotel had three stories
but only three people were staying there! Is that weird or what? I called
my friend, Fisch, and she had an even worse story than mine and it was
doubtful whether we would be able to even see one another. Then
to top it off, the weather was awful - cold, windy, overcast with occasional
rain. I had to buy a
sweatshirt at the aquarium to keep from freezing. This vacation turned
out to be a real bummer.
Reba,
57
Gaithersburg, MD USA
Having major cramps
and bleeding heavily the entire time - a full week.
Cristin,
25
Frisco, TX USA
I got food poisoning
my last day in Morocco. I wasn't sick at all during the vacation, but
the 9 hour flight from Casablanca to New York was absolute HELL! It was
"coming out from both ends" (sorry to be vulgar)...and let me
tell you, those little airplane bathrooms are not the place for that kind
of
stuff!
Tam
I
instantly think of years back when my husband sent a then 9 yr old boy
to the car's trunk to get something out while the rest of us were in the
motel unpacking. My son locked the keys in the trunk when he laid them
down to get what he was after. I remember his Dad's temper. One of the
reasons we divorced. I can't remember how we got the trunk open.
Laney,
60
TX USA
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