I often read stories about people getting a sandwich at a food truck or eat at a Mexican restaurant and then get an upset stomach, diarrhea and spend the next two hours in the restroom shitting their guts out.
Is this actually a common occurrence, or are these just extreme stories that make it to the internet?
For context I live in Germany and literally never had any food related illness (stomach problems, diarrhea, food poisoning) in my entire adult life. I also rarely hear stories from other people here about it. Maybe we are just less exposed because we go out to eat less often than Americans.
It might also help that I have been a Vegetarian for over a decade, I suspect many symptoms are due to bad meat.