I once had to go to the ER to get stitches on my finger because I cut myself at work.
How did I cut myself? What did I have to tell the lady from corporate who was handling my work incident claim?
I reached into my pocked to get money for a Diet Coke, and my razor blade (for cutting open boxes, not killing coworkers, however tempting) was just ever so slightly open.
So basically, I sliced my finger open, and had to file reams of paperwork because I put my hand in my pocket.
When I was a child I sliced my foot open because I was swinging on my hands between a chair and the bench and hit the bench corner with my foot…
My little brother and I both got the same injury within days of each other, both from somersaulted on our parents bed too far and too fast that we hit the dresser on the other side with our eyebrow ridge; he got stitches, I didn’t (I got salty about that. I’ve still never had external stitches)
We recently had two ambulances at work, one for someone who had sliced their finger on a microtome knife and the second one for the person who fainted after seeing the accident.
The best thing about the cream canister incident was that it was also all my fault.
I have a very strong twisting wrist. I can often open jars my brothers and father cannot. I turn off taps too tightly. I screw on bottle lids too tightly.
It tends to break the taps and annoy people even when I do it unintentionally.
I used to work in a cafe which had one of those automatic whipped cream things which had liquid nitrogen capsules attached to it to whip the cream for you if you shook it.
I had to change the nitrogen canister but I’d done up the lid too tight.
It can open all of a sudden with all my force behind it and my thumb spun round and hit- I’m still not sure what but I think it was a sharp steel edge to the squeezey lever for letting cream out, split open my right thumb right along the knuckle. I may have hit bone, idk.
I couldn’t use my thumb properly for several weeks.
Gosh @sicarius you made me wince just at the thought.
Take care of your hands. Talking of which, I miss your drawings. Is there such a thing as ShitDoodle? DB had those during Level 7 Civil Servant days, they were hilarious.
๐๐โ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia โ ๐๐
June 23, 2019 at 10:13 PM
Remember when I sliced my thumb open on a cream canister? Wow fun times.
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 23, 2019 at 10:25 PM
I once had to go to the ER to get stitches on my finger because I cut myself at work.
How did I cut myself? What did I have to tell the lady from corporate who was handling my work incident claim?
I reached into my pocked to get money for a Diet Coke, and my razor blade (for cutting open boxes, not killing coworkers, however tempting) was just ever so slightly open.
So basically, I sliced my finger open, and had to file reams of paperwork because I put my hand in my pocket.
blnmom
June 23, 2019 at 10:28 PM
My roommate sprained her thumb pulling up her underwear. She had to explain that to the nurse at the ER.
๐๐โ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia โ ๐๐
June 24, 2019 at 12:35 AM
When I was a child I sliced my foot open because I was swinging on my hands between a chair and the bench and hit the bench corner with my foot…
My little brother and I both got the same injury within days of each other, both from somersaulted on our parents bed too far and too fast that we hit the dresser on the other side with our eyebrow ridge; he got stitches, I didn’t (I got salty about that. I’ve still never had external stitches)
UmbrellaMan
June 24, 2019 at 9:06 AM
I got 4 staples in my head from a rose bush.
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 24, 2019 at 10:15 AM
I mean, roses are kind of thorny.
UmbrellaMan
June 24, 2019 at 10:40 AM
I wish it had only been a tiny thorn that got me instead of the plant itself. lol I have like a 2 inch scar from roses! 😑
blnmom
June 24, 2019 at 10:48 AM
Rose bushes are evil. I’ve been attacked more than once by mine.
UmbrellaMan
June 24, 2019 at 10:57 AM
@blnmom took the words right outta my mouth – attacked I was!!!
RenOIshi
June 24, 2019 at 6:19 AM
Hahahah! Goodness. That is insane. A story that her next generation can share. What a legend 😂
Possum
June 23, 2019 at 11:08 PM
We recently had two ambulances at work, one for someone who had sliced their finger on a microtome knife and the second one for the person who fainted after seeing the accident.
๐๐โ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia โ ๐๐
June 24, 2019 at 12:32 AM
The best thing about the cream canister incident was that it was also all my fault.
I have a very strong twisting wrist. I can often open jars my brothers and father cannot. I turn off taps too tightly. I screw on bottle lids too tightly.
It tends to break the taps and annoy people even when I do it unintentionally.
I used to work in a cafe which had one of those automatic whipped cream things which had liquid nitrogen capsules attached to it to whip the cream for you if you shook it.
I had to change the nitrogen canister but I’d done up the lid too tight.
It can open all of a sudden with all my force behind it and my thumb spun round and hit- I’m still not sure what but I think it was a sharp steel edge to the squeezey lever for letting cream out, split open my right thumb right along the knuckle. I may have hit bone, idk.
I couldn’t use my thumb properly for several weeks.
Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)
June 23, 2019 at 11:22 PM
I’ve already posted my embarrassing trip-over-my-cat-and-get-12-stitches story.
http://www.dramabeans.com/members/lordcobol/activity/234594/
Waadmay
June 24, 2019 at 12:11 AM
Take care and administer proper dressing or pororo aid bands 😂
outofthisworld ไธๆงๆฏๆ ๐
June 24, 2019 at 12:51 AM
Gosh @sicarius you made me wince just at the thought.
Take care of your hands. Talking of which, I miss your drawings. Is there such a thing as ShitDoodle? DB had those during Level 7 Civil Servant days, they were hilarious.
๐๐โ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia โ ๐๐
June 24, 2019 at 1:07 AM
Don’t worry this was like 5 years ago. My thumb did ache for like a year because if it though. Woops.
I’m tryyniiing. Getting an ultrasound in a week. Then nerve testing before the special-ist.
There… Might be… *Has an idea*
outofthisworld ไธๆงๆฏๆ ๐
June 24, 2019 at 1:13 AM
*eagerly waiting*
loveblossom๐ธ
June 24, 2019 at 9:20 AM
What’s up with these injuries. I just sliced my thumb from the cutting edge of a saran wrap box yesterday. -__-