Today, I found out how acidic some of the chemicals I work with are. After a chemical shower, minor burns, and having to throw away my clothes due to a biohazard, I had the pleasure of running across the parking lot to my car, wearing only a lab coat around my waist. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to be treated for chemical burns, because my mother got the bright idea of using paint thinner to clean me up after I'd painted our living room. FML
Today, my OCD manager sprayed my hands with chemicals because I'd touched the bin while throwing away a piece of paper. My hands are now covered in itchy, unattractive rashes. FML
Today, I bought shampoos and household chemicals and was heading home on my bike when it started to rain. I felt a weird burning sensation down my back so I stopped and got off the bike. My backpack and jeans were covered in foam. FML
Today, I had to take out the grease traps from our fryers. A very rude co-worker cut me off, so I had to abruptly stop and try to prevent as much spilling as possible. Luckily, it only spilled on me. I'm here for six more hours with burned, smelly, greasy spots all over my skin and clothes. FML
Today, while helping my wife clean the bathroom, I stepped in a puddle of neat bleach she'd randomly left by the shower door. I washed it off straight away but now an hour later I have burns on the bottom of my foot and can’t put weight on it. FML
Today, I was at work in a lab. I spent all day growing a large bacterial culture. I went to retrieve it, only to find that someone had turned the incubation shaker up too high, and my flask had flown off and shattered. Not only did I lose all my work, but now the whole room is a biohazard. FML
Today, I was working as a paramedic when my patient's colostomy bag exploded all over me. I was covered in fecal matter, with 5 hours left on my shift. FML
Today, I was stuck in the bathroom with no toilet paper in a family member’s house. I looked around and found baby wipes. I was saved! Unfortunately, they were actually Clorox wipes. The bleach gave me a chemical burn in my ass. FML
Today, at the microbiology lab, I discovered that the guy who took the shift before me didn't sterilize the work space very well. I am now blowing chunks from both ends from a very nasty strain of E. Coli. My company blames me. FML
Today, I had an allergic reaction to my deodorant. My armpits wouldn't stop itching, and by the time my shift was over, they were raw and bloody. FML
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Top comments
cheyennefresh 11
Why didn't you just wear the lab coat normally?
barfingcat21 18
Safety is important.
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barfingcat21 18
Safety is important.
charleslaatz 7
What's so bad about the lab coat around the waist? If your F I could understand why you wanted it to cover other things
nodeathtoall 19
Ops a male, says so in the gender identifier
yerawizardlizzy 27
I don't know how many times it has to be explained that some people have an updated version of the app that doesn't have gender or location listed on the posts.
saudmx3 10
Mine is the latest version and has both
mattzawesome 28
Even if he did say that, it still makes sense for him to say "if op were a F" as in, what if? Don't be a douchenozzle.
rldostie 19
Mine is the updated version but only has location. You'd think they'd fix that by now.
ImTheAlpha 30
I have the latest version and I only see op's user name, no gender nor location.
fuckfuckityfuck 16
I'm confused because I can see Op's gender and location on both my android and IOS devices. Both say that Op is a male from the United States of America.
fuckfuckityfuck 16
The IOS version has it, I just updated the android app and Op's gender and Location is gone.
Wizardo 34
I would think most people would know how dangerous chemicals they're working with are, cos you know, you're working with the chemicals.
dragoongirl90 34
Exactly what I was going to say.
False_Stupidity 42
It's one thing to know the chemicals in theory, it's another thing altogether to experience their effects first hand.
PhoenixChick 26
It's a figure of speech. Like, "I found out how hot the stove is when I sat on it naked." Obviously the idea of the stove being hot, and there being ways to measure that, are not new. It's first hand experience driving it home.
jbuiel123 18
At least you're making most likely good money.
cheyennefresh 11
Why didn't you just wear the lab coat normally?
theblondeone 16
Not all lab coats are long. My lab coat goes to roughly halfway down my butt. Certainly not long enough to cover the nether regions.
NotGabe 28
Even then, if the spill is bad enough, they'd have you strip down and chem bath for safety precautions.
Welshite 40
As a chemist, I'm not quite sure what you were expecting. Knowing the hazards of your chemicals is part of your job. I work with lethal substances, high/low pH solutions, carcinogens, etc. and we are trained for proper measures in the case of exposure for each chemical. Also, I highly doubt you would have been allowed to return home without being monitored by medical services.
ShannonBitt 29
My first thought was that he was running to his car to get another set of clothes.
rldostie 19
I agree, probably has more clothes in the car. And sometimes being aware of how dangerous something is mentally isn't the same as being reminded physically.
Welshite 40
#24: I hate to be a realist, but sometimes you don't have a chance to be reminded physically. One of my chemicals will kill me with a skin exposure the size of a quarter. We actually had a near miss last week (dude is extremely lucky to be alive), and a death in the industry last year from this particular material. I use it often. Another of my chemicals is so corrosive that it'll eat my skin to my bones. Another will give me cancer. Chemistry isn't a game, and many people underestimate the danger.
Ricrad 11
That bone-eating chemical you mentioned; is it hydrofluroic acid by any chance?
extrasnipes 22
Welshite man that sucks
KittyLahv 27
Why is Welshite being downvoted?
PhoenixChick 26
I'm sure they really were aware. It's a figure of speech. "I found out how sharp kitten claws are when they lacerated my cornea" doesn't mean someone didn't know previously that they were sharp, or wasn't being careful. It means that they now have first hand knowledge. Because accidents do happen, even in labs with dangerous materials.
manofmerr 27
You mean aside from "chemistry, the board game," chemistry is not a game. The board game is fun. Especially when we squirt each other with H2SO4. Or guess which hat has mercury in it by feeling around. I always loved playing that game. Now i haunt the fml site. Because im a ghost. I cant seem to remember how that happened though....
Comments_Galore 16
The most important thing is, You're Alive. Sure burns hurt, but in time, they'll heal. It's unfortunate to hear you had an accident, hope the pain goes away. I'd recommend a cream, but alas, I cannot think of any off the top of my head.
Taolan 23
Chemical "burns" are a little worse than regular burns, and even minor ones can leave gnarly scars. This post makes it sound rather frivolous, but hopefully the situation was handled with a higher degree of seriousness.
ThreeSheets 14
Be safe, be prepared. Keep a change of clothes in your locker. Sweatshirt- sweatpants-underwear- socks.
ryan9395 12
You should have done it Walter White style, tighty whites and an apron would have done the trick
thesmeagol 22
I believe a msds could have told you that, not sure if this is outside US or not ( damn app update) but US its a legal requirement for your employer to keep that info onsite.
ollygollymolly 6
I'm on the website and it definitely says US. -_- some people just don't care until bad things happen.