Incident Report

"The Tea...It BURNS!!!" by unnamed co-worker. However, 95% of the people who read this blog know her personally and have probably already seen the email version of today's incident, which I witnessed firsthand. This particular co-worker is known for her style, grace, poise, intelligence, and spectacular workplace mishaps (which happen about once every three months or so).

This is an early edition of the incident report seeing that the last report was roughly 45 days ago.

I know first hand how it feels to be set on fire -- not exactly but it was darn close. The printshop maintains a steady temperature of about -10 degrees and I've gotten accustomed to consuming more coffee than usual to stay warm. This day, however, I opted for a hotter substance to warm me up. That hotter substance was boiling water to make tea. As I poured the scortching water into my cup I immediately thought, "Wow, this liquid could send me to the burn unit at Bridgeport Hospital. I'll need to take extra precaution as I drink this." I'm not fond of the lids that are used to hold the hot substances here as they don't secure properly and my previous experience with leaking coffee (sigh) made me believe that it was in my best interest to leave the lid off and sip carefully. Ten minutes in I was doing great. I was sipping slowly, keeping my eyes on the cup at all times and making sure not to lean more than an inch or two in either direction. On top of the deep focus I had on my cup of tea I tried to multitask and engage in conversation at the same time. Big mistake. Let's just say that the subject matter caused me to become a little animated and flare my arms around like a crazy person. My arms continued to flare like a crazy person once I realized that I had spilled the tea in my lap and subsequently on my forearm and hand. I immediately thought I was on fire and started running around the lounge room in circles stomping and patting myself. Oh, and there was a ton screaming. I ended up at the medical office to soak my hand in ice. I'm fine.

Stay tuned for Q4 edition of the incident report.