mitunnelrat
12-15-2012, 02:39 AM
I just came way too close to retching and gagging all the way home tonight... 'Round about an hour ago I recalled I had heard my 5 gallon bucket full of rebar stakes, steel traps, and steel tools (to include a 4 pound sledge hammer) tip over when I went full retard on my throttle - while rounding a curve at work - because its really gonna look better if I reach the time clock 2 minutes prior to my shift starting instead of just one minute, right?
Yeah...
Better yet, none of this is really a big deal with my job, as I have a 5 minute grace period before I'm considered late.
However, I had two extenuating circumstances today. First, I came in 8 hours early, and second, I was still a little sleep addled since I'm rarely in bed much before that time of morning on a normal day.
So, when that bucket tipped, it registered, but only enough that I remembered the rebar does make the bucket top heavy, so I dismissed it and got on with racing myself for nothing.
And went almost 15 hours before it hit me:
I'd been given two GLASS jars of some very putrid concoctions to use as a lure and bait for the wild canines hell bent on terrorizing me at night, and my little dog too!
Now, I'm no genius, but I figure I'm smart enough to know a glass jar won't do too well if a 4 pound chuck of steel falls on it. I also don't figure a substance capable of gagging me in open air is going to smell too great in my car - especially after its been soaking into my fabric interior for 15 hours...
Realizing this prompted an immediate and vocal reaction that terminated with flinging a car door open, ready to stop breathing upon any hint of trouble - only to find nothing wrong!
Whew, I dodged a bullet there. One jar had rolled out and away from everything, and the other fortuitously stayed on top of that mass of metal.
I still think its time to revamp my transportation methods. I don't want to plan on getting lucky again.
Yeah...
Better yet, none of this is really a big deal with my job, as I have a 5 minute grace period before I'm considered late.
However, I had two extenuating circumstances today. First, I came in 8 hours early, and second, I was still a little sleep addled since I'm rarely in bed much before that time of morning on a normal day.
So, when that bucket tipped, it registered, but only enough that I remembered the rebar does make the bucket top heavy, so I dismissed it and got on with racing myself for nothing.
And went almost 15 hours before it hit me:
I'd been given two GLASS jars of some very putrid concoctions to use as a lure and bait for the wild canines hell bent on terrorizing me at night, and my little dog too!
Now, I'm no genius, but I figure I'm smart enough to know a glass jar won't do too well if a 4 pound chuck of steel falls on it. I also don't figure a substance capable of gagging me in open air is going to smell too great in my car - especially after its been soaking into my fabric interior for 15 hours...
Realizing this prompted an immediate and vocal reaction that terminated with flinging a car door open, ready to stop breathing upon any hint of trouble - only to find nothing wrong!
Whew, I dodged a bullet there. One jar had rolled out and away from everything, and the other fortuitously stayed on top of that mass of metal.
I still think its time to revamp my transportation methods. I don't want to plan on getting lucky again.