Ate bad food - what should I do ?

[Mikey]

Did you thaw it first?

Actually no ...

I eat them frozen with coffee --- I know, i'm weird

[MegoSteve]

Seriously, are you sure that the expiration date was July 2009 and not July 9th? Or maybe it's just a code with numbers that happen to line up like a date but aren't actually a date?

Knowing how quickly inventory turns over at a grocery store, especially frozen food and produce, I just have a very hard time believing that bagels could be hanging out in the freezer case for over a year. I mean, it's possible, but really, really unlikely.

The problem with the whole "I want compensation" issue is that the store probably won't offer you anything beyond a new bag of bagels, and even then it's more just to be nice. I think you'll have a hard time getting any more than that. Even though you think the bagel made you sick, you really can't prove it short of sending the bagels off to a lab or finding other people who were made sick by the same lot number of the same product. People get weird stomach bugs all the time and it could just be a total coincidence that you got sick after eating a bagel... for all you know, someone's germy kid could have been riding in the grocery cart and getting his slimy little mitts on the handle, or maybe the person that paid before you in line gave the cashier some filthy money and you got it back in change, or maybe somewhere in your travels, you touched a disgusting doorknob. Or maybe some microscopic insect landed on your toothbrush. Who knows?

Hope you feel better soon. It sucks to be sick like that.

[Mikey]

The expiration date is stamped on the baggie and it clearly say's "JUL 13 09"

[Bill]

Eat another one and see if it makes you sick.

[toys2cool]

Eat another one and see if it makes you sick.

or give it to your neighbor and see what happens

[toys2cool]

I always do too...I'm obsessed about expiration dates...especially on stuff like milk.

I always reach for the cartons on the back...they are always the freshest...

I do the same, and I'm obsessed about the smelling the milk every time I reach for it even if it's only been a couple of days...I had a bad experience once

[Zemo]

Take Hershey's syrup and pour in your pants right before you go in there with the old bagels, go to the customer service desk and say W T F.

[VintageMike]

Because they're 4 times cheaper than fresh bagels

Try a trick my mom uses. Go to a place that sells fresh bagels in afternoon. They've already made their morning sales and many are happy to unload whatever they can at that time.

[txteach]

The ole "I want compensation" is too rampent in our society. As long as there is no lasting affect getting your money back should be enough. Why should you get something extra for not checking the date on a product? No offense Mike but we as a society always want more than we deserve.

[Brazoo]

Actually no ...

I eat them frozen with coffee --- I know, i'm weird

DUDE! I think we need to revoke your license to detect what tastes weird.

[wayne foundation 07]

I always do too...I'm obsessed about expiration dates...especially on stuff like milk.

I always reach for the cartons on the back...they are always the freshest...

Thats how I shop,I'll move a bunch of stuff to get to the stuff in the back row.

[wayne foundation 07]

Take Hershey's syrup and pour in your pants right before you go in there with the old bagels, go to the customer service desk and say W T F.

[toys2cool]

Take Hershey's syrup and pour in your pants right before you go in there with the old bagels, go to the customer service desk and say W T F.

lol

[4NDR01D]

I eat them frozen with coffee

This would make me feel queezy too.

[Hector]

The expiration date is stamped on the baggie and it clearly say's "JUL 13 09"

Then you should have CLEARLY stayed away from that product.