There’s plenty of things you might get told when you turn up to a hospital appointment – ‘you’re in the wrong place’, ‘it’s been rescheduled’ or ‘you’re going to be in for a bit of a wait’ are quite popular retorts.

But imagine strolling up the reception desk and being informed that you are already dead.

Now, that’s a new one.

Poor Susan Johnson said she was left ‘shaking like a leaf’ after staff at the Bridlington Hospital in Yorkshire explained that according to their records, she was supposed to have been six feet under for the last four months.

The retired housekeeper, 62, told how her ‘angry’ husband Bob had to take her for a strong coffee to settle her nerves following the bizarre mix-up.

Discussing the alarming conversation she had before her hospital appointment was set to take place in March last year, Susan told BBC News: “I gave them my letter and their first words were, ‘ooh you’re dead’.

Susan Johnson was left stunned when hospital staff informed her she was supposedly dead (BBC/Susan Johnson)

She continued: “I said, ‘Pardon?’ I was in shock.

“Then they put something on the computer so I could have the scan and then they just said, ‘bye’ and that’s it.”

Despite the fact her scan still went ahead, the mother-of-two realised that being wrongly listed as dead is quite a complicated pickle to claw your way out of.

Because of the barmy error, Susan’s carer’s allowance – which she receives for looking after Bob, who is disabled – was briefly stopped.

The mum, from Sheffield, explained that she was forced to get in touch with her GP to inform them that she was still alive and kicking, who told her that the mistake had been rectified.

But when she later contacted the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the puzzled call handler is said to have told Susan that she was still listed as deceased on their system.

Her husband Bob had to take her for a hot drink to calm her down (BBC/Susan Johnson)

The frustrated mum then had to explain that she was in fact still breathing and responded by saying: “I’m not [dead], I’m still talking to you.”

Although her benefits were reinstated, Susan explained that the mix up really took a toll on her life.

“I shut down completely,” she recalled. “I didn’t talk or anything, I was in my own little bubble. It was very hard, there was no one to talk to.”

Now, over a year after the incident first unfolded, Susan still doesn’t feel at peace with the situation as she hasn’t received any answers – although she is determined to get to the bottom of it.

The BBC reported that Scarborough Medical Group claimed to have received an electronic instruction from Primary Care Support England (PCSE) indicating that Susan should be removed from their records.

They said that her GP surgery took immediate action to resolve the issue after they were alerted, while NHS England said it was aware of an issue involving an incorrect civil death registration later rectified by the patient’s GP.

Online dating has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for those looking to find love – but some lads still don’t have a lot of luck on the apps.

A lot of blokes reckon that the game is somewhat rigged for them, as even if their profile boasts all the bells and whistles, they can still struggle to get matches.

But if you asked the average female how well they think the opposite sex do on dating apps like Tinder, they’d probably think that fellas have a lot success when swiping.

Which is exactly what this woman thought – so she was left absolutely stunned when she took control of her male friend’s Hinge account and realised the grass isn’t greener for gents.

Construction engineer Joanna, who goes by @ok.jo.anna on social media, explained that her pal named Pete had been complaining that finding love online was ‘incredibly difficult’.

In a TikTok video detailing his dating dilemma, she explained: “I was like, ‘Pete, you must be doing something wrong’.

“So, he gave me permission to create an account for him and just run the account.”

Joanna couldn’t believe how hard it is for lads looking for love online (TikTok/@ok.jo.anna)

And after spending just 72 hours posing as Pete, Joanna revealed she was ready to throw the towel in.

“I’ve been a virtual boy for three days…and I’ve never felt this bad about myself,” she said. “I feel like a freaking loser trying to get these girls to like me, and I’m starting to hate women.

“Pete is about a six, but I’m so desperate I’m liking the twos and the threes, and even they won’t like me [Pete] back. “

She later clarified that her mate ‘thinks of himself as a four, so he was very happy with a six’, for those who thought she was being a bit harsh when rating his attractiveness.

In another clip, she shared some screenshots of the conversations she had with women while masquerading as Pete – and they didn’t exactly flow well.

Essentially, women would match with him and exchange a few messages, before ghosting poor Pete and not responding.

This could have been down to Joanna’s flirting techniques, or in the opinion of some social media users, her lack of them.

She didn’t have a lot of success while posing as Pete on Hinge (TikTok/@ok.jo.anna)

But either way, the TikToker based in Houston, Texas, came to the sobering realisation that it’s not as easy for lads to online date as she thought.

After putting herself in Pete’s shoes for a few days, Joanna shared her final thoughts on whether men have it easier on dating apps like Hinge.

She added: “What level of delusion has entered women’s heads? Like what is going on? It is so difficult dating as a boy!”

A lot of women were also astounded by the results of Joanna’s so-called experiment, but most men said they weren’t surprised at all.

One person commented: “If you’re losing it after 3 days, imagine 30 years.”

Another added: “Cool little social experiment. Thanks for your honesty!”

Offering a female perspective, a third wrote: “Okay but like as a girl it is so difficult! I have 100 messages a day! I can’t respond to them all and just can’t even open the app because it’s too overwhelming.”

A fourth joked: “Have you tried using a picture holding a fish?”

And a fifth chimed in: “Now make a female account and you’ll remember what women have to go through!”

Others pointed out that Joanna’s experiment somewhat echoed the ‘human project’ conducted by journalist Norah Vincent, who authored the 2006 book Self-Made Man: My Year Disguised as a Man.

Over a period of 18 months, the writer disguised herself as a bloke and worked her way into ‘male-only’ venues – and by the end of it, she had a newfound appreciation for her gender.

A US woman has caused an uproar online after revealing that her husband didn’t clean the house while she was unwell.

Hannah Misra posted a video to TikTok of herself cleaning her filthy kitchen, showing the sink overflowing with dirty dishes and rubbish thrown across the countertops and table.

She said: “It’s been seven days since I cleaned my kitchen – in fact it’s been that long since I stepped foot in it,” explaining that she’d been forced to isolate after catching Covid.

Both Hannah and her son, who also had the virus, isolated on the top floor of their house for a week while her husband, who tested negative, stayed on the ground floor.

However, during the isolation period, Hannah’s husband didn’t clean the kitchen once.

She continued: “The kitchen is so much worse than I could have imagined.

“I don’t even want to look in the sink. A huge part of me knows how bad it’s gonna be because the entire kitchen smells like vinegar. That means there is rotting food hidden somewhere.”

TikTok/@healing_saddie

Hannah admitted that she didn’t want to know what some of the ‘sticky substances’ left on her dishes were and even threw out a cup because there was ‘no saving it’ from mould.

“A huge part of me wants to feel shame over how the kitchen looks. The entire bottom of the sink is filled with old food.

“Every time I think I’ve seen the worst of it, I’m proven wrong.”

The clip has since gone viral on the platform, raking in 4.5 million views and more than 19,000 comments, many of which expressed disgust over the fact her husband hadn’t cleaned while Hannah and their son were in isolation.

TikTok/@healing_saddie

One person wrote: “I’m confused. What did your husband do that whole time?”

Another said: “Thank you for reminding me I’m better off single.”

And a third added: “Girl. The conversation my husband and I would be having. A WEEK.”

When another user asked Hannah why she was cleaning it, she simply responded: “Because it needed to be done.”

Others told her that she ‘deserved the space to recover‘ without having to deal with the mess.

“You deserve so much better in your teammate,” one person commented.

“I appreciate you reminding me of my worth, but I don’t share this story because it’s not mine to tell,” she responded.

“We’ve both been through a lot. We’re both growing, but you’re right. He should have done better.”

Staff working at a funeral home in America were left horrified after discovering that a ‘dead’ woman released to them was actually very much alive.

Finding a living person instead of a dead body inside a funeral home sounds like the stuff of nightmares or horror film plots – however, for staff at a Nebraska funeral home, this turned out to be a terrifyingly real incident.

Constance Glantz, 74, had been taken to the funeral home after staff at the hospice she was receiving treatment at believed she had passed away.

Following her arrival at Butherus-Maser & Love Funeral Home in Lincoln, Nebraska, an undertaker who’d been tasked with preparing her body discovered she was breathing and immediately called 911.

Emergency services attended to the scene and performed CPR on Ms. Glantz before taking her to hospital, where further updates on her condition were not made public.

Following the incident, Lancaster County Police Department hosted a press conference, in which Chief Deputy Ben Houchin answered questions from the public.

Staff at the funeral home got quite the shock after learning the supposedly deceased woman was, in fact, alive. (Getty Stock Images)

“It’s a very unusual case,” he said, before going on to explain that staff at the funeral home realised Ms. Glantz was alive after placing her onto a table to begin preparing her body for burial.

“[An employee] noticed that she was breathing,” Houchin explained of the situation, adding that she is still alive and that an investigation has been opened into the case.

He added that police have not ‘been able to find any criminal intent by the nursing home’ but added that the investigation is ongoing.

For anyone reading who might now be terrified that they could one day end up in a funeral home while still alive, the Chief Deputy was keen to stress that this case was extremely ‘unusual’ and had happened due to the a coroner not being called to the scene.

Chief Deputy Ben Houchin told press an investigation was ongoing. (Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office)

He explained that it is usually common practice for a coroner to be called out to examine a body before it is released to a funeral home.

However, in Ms. Glantz’s case, it was not deemed necessary as she was in a hospice.

It is not known if a doctor had signed a death certificate before she was moved.

“It did not fall into those perimeters to have to call us to do a coroner investigation,” he said, revealing that her death was anticipated and she had been seen by a physician in the previous seven days.

Houchin went on add that her family has since been notified about the case.

“[I’ve] been doing this 31 years and nothing like this has ever gotten to this point before.”