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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Ok_East9198 on 2025-11-25 01:53:53+00:00.
Sorry for formatting issues I’m typing this on my phone. I (23 f) work as a part time zookeeper at an Australian zoo. This zoo is pretty popular in my area and we frequently have school and other groups attend. Now for some back ground I’m on some medication that makes me sensitive to the heat, and makes me loose my appetite. So it’s the middle of the day 38 degrees Celsius I haven’t eaten since the night before, my colleague is doing a koala show and I’m making sure to hose down some of the animals around her to get them to cool down while the kids and visitors are all distracted. BIG MISTAKE. All the sudden in the kangaroo paddock I start to get light headed and the next second BOOM I’m on the ground in full view of everyone. I’m surrounded by kangaroos licking sweat off my arms, fallen in shit and scraped the back of my arms, shoulders and back. It gets worse… Who but to run and help me but my work crush let’s call him A, a ripped 34 year old guy who looks like Hugh Jackman in that Nicole kid man movie welcome to Australia or some shit like that. He picks me up I insist I can walk but nope just full on fireman carries me to the sprinkler system for me to cool off. I thank him and he makes comments about how it was no issue, I’m light as a feather and he carries his nieces and nephews through the sprinkler systems when they all play at home like that all the time, fucking great being compared to one of his underage family members. About 5 minutes later I walk to the staff area, everyone’s laughing and making jokes about it (made sure I was okay first) and I got called into the bosses office for some health and safety training relating to hot days and heat exhaustion. So yeah a bit rough. TL;DR Fainted in a kangaroo paddock in front of work crush, very embarrassed, now need to do mandatory training.