Definition: In this task, you are given a Reddit post as a text. Your task is to generate a title for this text. The title should start with "TIFU by", followed by a situation that caused humor. The title should contain 7-12 words, ideally.
Input: Text: this actually happened several years ago. we had a problem with the scrubber on an hydrochloric acid (hcl) tank. the scrubber neutralizes fumes from the tank to allow expansion within the tank without leaking hcl fumes. for some reason it would go bad after 2-3 days and had to be replaced. the consequence was an acid cloud that would sink to the nearby road.

the person responsible was our health and safety manager, who for some reason would not fix it. he was not local, but would visit the plant once a month or so. the guys knew to stay away from the tank, but one day the wind was right and it blew the cloud to a more active area. one of the guys said it was like those gaseous clouds in star trek trying to chase him down.

so i confronted the health and safety manager, said someone would get hurt if they didn't fix it. he told me he'd fix it when he got to it so i told him i'd talk to his boss. he was 6'6, maybe 275# heavy weight lifter and an academy graduate, so he wasn't used to people threatening him in any manner. he got really mad but he did finally bring in an engineering firm to fix the problem. we fixed the scrubber again in the morning that they arrived, he asked me to show them the scrubber.

so i went to the walkway above the tanks, opened the door above the hydrochloric tank and stepped out. my lungs instantly froze when i began to breathe in the fumes. i turned around to waved my hands to try and stop the health and safety manager from going out since i couldn't talk as my lungs had seized, but he tried to go around me. i put my hands on his chest to try and stop him and he starts pushing me like i was trying to pick a fight. so i let him step out and stopped the 2 engineers from going out, who looked confused as to what was happening.

i'm bent over, wondering if this is how i die and the health and safety manager comes back in. he's right across from me with a scared look on his face, watching me. my lungs started to work after maybe a minute so i got behind him and patted him on the back to try and get his to work as well. which they do and we both are coughing. i told him that was why i was so concerned about the situation. he gets a look on his face like he came to a realization and said oh, you were trying to stop me from going out there. i pointed out, did he really think i'd suddenly turn around and start a fight?

 

edit: wow, more than doubled my post karma. i should do one about the time i almost died from breathing cyanide next :p.

edit 2: thank you to whoever gave me gold, my first ever.

to the people who think i made this up, if i was the sort that made up stuff to gain karma i would have reposted something from the front page before now. i only had 23 karma going into this, and have been a reddit user for several years.

TIFU Stepping into an Acid Cloud