Something that is possibly irksome.

I saw this on LFMF:

From Learn From My Fail:

Whenever you have a red substance in your stool, remember that you had four helpings of spaghetti and a cherry slush drink for dinner last night before you rush to the ER with "internal bleeding". It will save you from the extreme humiliation you will receive. #LFMF

Now, he didn't say what the "extreme humiliation" was.  It may just have been whatever tests they ran before finding out that it was just from food coloring (probably the slushie), because I can't imagine that the tests that would have been done for suspected bleeding from that area would be all that dignified.

And I hope that's really all he means by that.  It probably is.

But if he did overhear any of the staff chuckling/laughing, well...it isn't necessarily something that would encourage him to come back if, next time, he suspected a heart attack (but wrote it off to heartburn).  If you really do want folks to get to the ER *pronto* if they have symptoms that may indicate something serious (but may also be something fairly harmless), then folks MUST feel that they can make a mistake without ridicule, and should be reassured that their mistake was understandable (even if from a medical POV it may not be all that normal a mistake to make), and given better information if necessary on how to tell if they are experiencing the suspected issue.

Again, not saying the medical staff in this situation were overheard having a laugh at his mistake.  He may well have felt humiliated simply by having tests done only to find out it was from his food.