Today, I was on a ladder at work, fetching some stock from one of the storage shelves. Some teenage kid thought it would be fucking hilarious to grab the ladder and violently shake it. He hadn't bet on me being startled enough to fall off and fracture my elbow on the floor. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I spotted an elderly man trying to use the ladder at work. Knowing customers aren't supposed to use these, I went over and helped. Not only did I fall from the ladder, but I landed on the old man's foot, breaking my elbow and fracturing his toe. FML
Today, I was standing on a desk at work to run wiring in a suspended ceiling, since we have no ladder. My phone rang, I rushed to answer it, tripping and smashing my leg. It was my boss, calling to tell me he was bringing over a ladder. FML
Today, I was standing on a step ladder to reach the batteries on top of my fridge so I could change the ones in my TV remote. My sister thought it would be funny to shake the ladder and see what would happen. I now have a broken leg and a TV remote with dead batteries in it. FML
Today, while working at Walmart, I was walking the sales floor and passed the end of an aisle. I saw a customer coming at me from the corner of my eye, so I jumped backwards. I hit a display case, and watched it topple over before turning to apologize to the customer. It was a ladder. FML
Today, I was working on a client's roof. Some neighborhood kids thought it would be hilarious if they knocked over my ladder. I was stuck on this roof in serious heat. I caught the attention of a pedestrian to come to my rescue. It was a little old lady. She gave me the finger and left. FML
Today, as I was pulling wire for an addition to my boss's house, I was on a ladder drilling a hole when my coworker kicked the ladder out from under me and left me hanging from a rafter twenty feet in the air. To make matters worse, I had to pee. I'm now in my car with dead arms and wet pants. FML
Today, at work, I went to place a small item on a shelf. The shelf fell on me, trapping my hand. While lifting it, the top shelf fell against my chest and the products all dumped on my face. I then realized the shelves were only held up by zip ties. FML
Today, while I was on the floor stocking a bottom shelf, a man walked up behind me and humped the back of my head. He ran away laughing. This kind of shit happens all the time. I hate my job. FML
Today, at my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML
Today, I fell and impaled my leg on a steel rod at work. The first guy to respond to my agonised cry for help must’ve been a total moron because he thought it was a prank and yanked on the rod to see how it worked. Then he asked if I did it on purpose to get a day off. FML
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CheeseTron 15
Fracture his ballsack
TatMan15 10
hopefully you can make him liable for your injury
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badbadkitty 5
File a work comp claim and let your employer punish the little shit. :)
Shmatterhorn 38
Yes. Let the company's lawyers do the work for you. You can always file a lawsuit yourself, but the teenager is not likely to have a lot of free cash.
zango1 15
60 - True but if he's still a minor then OP could sue his parents.
Big_Money_27 7
1 word.. Lawsuit!
Sir_ND_Pity 35
Those are my favorites kinds of suits! I like them better than tuxedos :)
rockbandaddict85 22
should've made him pay the doctors bill.
brackaman 18
He's a teenager. He's unlikely to have enough money for lunch, let alone a medical bill.
rockbandaddict85 22
hopefully he will think twice before pulling a dangerous stunt like that again....hope he at least showed remorse and made sure u were ok.....
laden_swallow09 35
You have way too much faith in humanity. Also, one period will suffice to end a sentence.
Sandsh8rk 36
I hope security beat the shit out of him.
oj101 33
Keep calm and carry on.
fluffykhan_23 4
Umm, NO. If some idiot did that to me I'd flip shit.
Joe9024 20
How do you keep calm after some idiot shakes you out of a ladder for laughs?
outoftown 27
17 has a point, to not make the injury worse. Let security, police, and the lawyers give that little shit his due.
whostolemylama 12
How could someone keep calm with a fractured elbow. If it were me, I'd slap the girl dog.
Connect 10
A shame you didn't land on him instead.
DanielleinDC 34
I was going to say the same thing. It would have been less painful for OP if she'd broken her fall on that shitheel teenager's body. It would have been even better if some of the stock she was fetching landed on his head and knocked him out. Hope you recover soon, OP, and hope you can sue the snot out of that bratty little teen's parents.
Sandman366 6
That'd really solve everything actually. Any medical bills are the kid's fault anyway, OP probably wouldn't have a fractured elbow, and the idiot would have his lesson learned before anyone even mentions the medical bills.
redmnky21 8
I'd press charges and teach that kid a lesson
windfuelsfire 10
If that kid didn't learn from this lesson through feeling like crap by doing such a stupid act, he's one of those people that make my blood boil
finnrambo 13
what he think would happen? even if you didn't fall you could still come down and beat him and since you did fall he's probably going to get a suit filed against him, it's a lose-lose situation
OhDearBetrayal 25
Well you know, a teenagers frontal lobe, the part of the brain responsible for decision making, isn't fully developed until they reach adulthood. It's really no wonder why he choose the wrong thing to do.
AllieCat21 21
23 I know MANY teenagers, many children as well, with enough common sense not to do something like that.
OhDearBetrayal 25
38- Mixed in with peer pressure and experience, of course. I'm not sure, but I somehow doubt that I implied that every teenager would choose to do what that teenager did in that given situation. The part about the frontal lobe is still true.
OhDearBetrayal 25
The prefrontal cortex, the part of the frontal lobes lying just behind the forehead, is often referred to as the “CEO of the brain.” This brain region is responsible for cognitive analysis and abstract thought, and the moderation of “correct” behavior in social situations. The prefrontal cortex takes in information from all of the senses and orchestrates thoughts and actions to achieve specific goals.1,2 The prefrontal cortex is one of the last regions of the brain to reach maturation. This delay may help to explain why some adolescents act the way they do. Taken from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
AllieCat21 21
Yes, I understand how the brain's lobes work. "It's really no wonder why he chose the wrong thing to do" Implying that that's the sole purpose behind his action.
AllieCat21 21
Reason* is probably a better word choice, not purpose.