• Landless2029@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    American here.

    I was tapping my palm on the bottom of a 1 liter glass bottle of pomogranate juice to loosen the lid and it popped in my hands.

    So in the rhythm of the motion I stab myself fully on my wrist with the broken bottle.

    My SO calls the ambulance while I rush to the sink to see if I nicked anything. No squirting blood but I got a nice deep gash.

    Medics arrive in good time and I head out. They give me the once over and wrap it up. Tell me to get stitches that day. Not life threatening.

    My very next question? So how much do I pay you guys?

    They thankfully explained that you only get charged if they give a you a ride to the hospital. So I took a taxi to the ER to get my stitches to save myself the $1k+ fee.