Excuse me for getting sick

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So today I've had a crappy day. I work at a certain chain of donut/coffee shops for a measly minimum wage, and today during one of the rushes I started feeling sick to my stomach. I continued to help customers until I realized it wasn't going to pass and ran to get my manager. When coming back the next customer in line gave me an incredibly dirty look because I took 30 seconds out of his busy schedule to go get my manager to cover the register for me so I could run to the bathroom. I think it was due to the fact that I ate my sandwhich incredibly fast, you see even though by law we're supposed to get mandatory 30 minute meal periods if you work 6 or more hours (which I qualify for, 430am-11am) we never actually get one. So we have to eat when there's no customers, and at the same time find a way to get everything else done. I personally don't get a break until around 9am, sometimes not until 10am. As a smoker, this already gets me pretty peeved. The excuse as to why we aren't given breaks earlier (I haven't asked about meal periods yet, as I just finished looking up the state law) is because we're too busy. But back to the point at hand, the customer who gave me such a vile look because I had the nerve to delay him from getting whatever he wound up ordering in order to get my manager so I wouldn't throw up on him, the counter, and the food/coffee. It's a lose-lose situation, if I had just stayed there and been sick, he would've been upset then too. Seriously people, if fast food is so important to you, leave early enough to get it, especially in crappy weather, and even more so during the rush periods. That, or ~gasp~ make your own food and coffee! Then it's guaranteed to be exactly the way you like it, and ready when you want it, and if you mess up you can only blame yourself. Imagine that. But don't take your crappy mood out on me, I'm there to try and make ends meet and collect my meager minimum wage especially in today's job market and financial situation. All the while the higher echelons of management sit at their computers, tell us we need to cut back hours and employees, and then not give us required breaks because we don't have enough people, while they collect their overpaid salary.