Today, I was making a shake at work when the cup fell off the blender. I went to catch it, and instead caught the teeth of the still-spinning mixer. When my hand was still bleeding five minutes later, my supervisor told me to clock out until it stopped. I lost money for getting hurt on the job. FML
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Today, I was getting ready for a party when I accidentally knocked my blender off the counter. After taking a half an hour to clean up all the glass, I went upstairs to get the spare blender I keep in the closet. I tripped, and broke the blender. I just applied for a waitressing job. FML
Today, while making milkshakes, I was pouring and the blender's blades all fell out somehow. I don't know what's worse, that I sliced my finger open when the blades fell out and now there's blood all over, that there's now melted ice cream all over my counter and floor, or that I just wasted an entire tub of ice cream. FML
Today, I was at work, nonchalantly spinning my keys around my finger when they flew off and hit a glass cabinet. Broken glass showered passing customers. I don't think I'll have a job to go to tomorrow. FML
Today, I cut my hand on nothing while at work. It bled so much, I began to feel woozy, and everyone kept brushing me off when I asked where the first aid kits were. FML
Today, I was polishing a ring I made at a jewelry shop I intern at. The ring flicked off my fingers and smashed me in the eye. It only took a single trip to the emergency room to make me pretty sure I won't be getting the job. FML
Today, I was washing the dishes when I gave myself a nasty gash on my leg from the open dishwasher door. After five minutes of cleaning up the blood and wrapping it up, I came back to finish the job only to drop a plate and send broken shards into my foot. FML
Today, at work, I managed to hit myself in the face with a large sheet pan. The force made me back into a shelf, which knocked a box off the top, which hit me in the head and knocked me out-cold. I now have a fat lip, a sore head, and bruises all over from the fall. FML
Today, during a workplace safety exercise at work, I managed to cut off the tip of my thumb. FML
Today, I woke up earlier to food prep for lunch later. Just as I was preparing the ingredients, I dropped a thick glass saucer on the kitchen counter and it shattered like a hail storm - everywhere in the kitchen. I ended up spending more time cleaning it out and obviously logged in to work later than usual. FML
Today, I was at work, when I got bored and started spinning around in my chair for a little fun. As I was spinning, I went to grab my phone. I missed and sent my phone flying, hitting my coworker in the face. My boss witnessed the whole thing. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Your milkshake brings the lawyers to your yard!
RichardPencil 32
I could represent you, but I'd have to charge.
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tmj25789 23
Did the supervisor have you fill out an incident report? You need to go above your supervisor to HR and explain the situation. You could get workers comp.
mooman36 15
You got hurt, whilst doing non work related tasks, after being clumsy and then doing something stupid. And for that all these people are saying you deserve a pay out? Seriously?
catlady4eva 9
Her job might be to make shakes? Didn't think of that did you? Ignorant
TaoShaman 24
It sounds like they probably make shakes for their job, like a juice place or anywhere that makes blended drinks. As in they got injured doing their job. A lot of those places have blenders where they just put the blades in the cup and mix it inside. It sounds like a very honest mistake, not like they just put their hand in a blender.
InfiniteSunshine 32
Like the other 2 said, for all you know, making the drink was was part of her job. And the accident was just that, an accident. She wasn't doing something stupid, an item was falling and it was probably just an automatic reflex, because that's what you do when something starts falling, you try and prevent it. You've probably done something similar, most people have. Mistakes happen, get over yourself.
mooman36 15
Nah I don't. I drop a knife to the floor, or spill hot liquid i get out of the way and fast. Frankly it baffles me that you'd be so stupid to try and catch something like that.
SataySticks 13
People don't have to react the way you do. For example, I work around a conveyor oven and things regularly get pushed off the edge onto the floor so my immediate reaction is to grab the roasting hot dish of food (regardless of it burning me) instead of letting it fall because I have to pay for dropped food. So now my reaction whenever I drop anything is to always try to catch it. My reaction would be different from yours so don't assume everyone would react in the same way.
klutzyduck1 24
Is part of your job making smoothies or were you just making one for yourself? For Workmans Comp to apply, it has to be a work related injury (I checked Texas specifically). Not a very understanding boss either way. Seems a little petty to have you clock out if you were able to return a short time later. I hurt myself at work about once every two years and even though some of them have been for stupid reasons, they were work related, so I was covered. However, it's kind of expected in my line of work. I hope your hand is feeling better. And you can't sue unless it was willful negligence on their part.
mariri9206 32
You shouldn't work if your hand is bleeding and they got cut by a blender. Their hand was still bleeding five minutes later. No one had any way of knowing when it would stop bleeding. Should they have just let OP stay, unable to work, to wait and see when/if it would stop bleeding so OP can go back to work instead of having them clock out, go home, and be able to actually get it looked at?
yerawizardlizzy 27
Except you can go get your wound taken care of without worrying about clocking out. It's not a mutually exclusive situation. No one is saying stay clocked in and not tend to the hand. They are saying don't worry so much about the clocking in and worry more about making sure the situation is handled correctly.
justfrofro 7
Isn't that Worker's Compensation? Isn't it illegal to not pay you?
mariri9206 32
It would be illegal to not pay compensation for getting hurt on the job while doing a job related task or getting injured on the job due to the company's negligence but it is not illegal to not pay your employee if they are not working/cannot work.
sarcasmismyno1 22
A follow up is needed OP. For instance, if you work at a smoothie shop and got hurt while doing your job, that's totally illegal. But if it was your lunch break and it was for personal purposes, your boss may have been within his rights.
stoneybadger78 6
They can't make you clock for that and they have to pay for all injuries sustained in the job, it's the law.
empeterson23 11
I would definitely go to HR or a higher up manager because you are supposed to get paid for the days you miss because of a work related injury. It's kind of a frustrating process if you are dealing with idiots but it's worth it.
pbarnhart 2
Workers Comp is not required in Texas.
Tortuga594 14
OSHA is federal
Quasita 26
OSHA is in regards to safety regulations at work, and nothing in this post implies that there were unsafe working conditions in the first place. The injury was caused by a blender; unless they can prove that the seating of the blender was broken and they were forced to use it after citations were made or that they were required to use non-OSHA approved step stools or some such, it's rather irrelevant to say "OSHA is federal"
arauzfernando1 14
Do u happen to work at Denny's?
nykeldorgirl 7
Legally they can't have you working while bleeding from a deep wound.