Bizzare accident

[CDNSushi]

A P.O.S. digital Korg that weighs about as much as a sumo wrestler... It was on a keyboard stand that was designed to hold something a quarter of the size (and weight). Problem was, that the knob adjusting the stand's height wasn't tightened all the way, and the saw-teeth just slipped under the piano's weight.

What kind of piano?

Would it be as heavy as my O1W/proX workstation?

[Big Mikey]

This incident wasn't a call in but I did get sent home.....................after poking myself in the eye while putting on my safety glasses.

[McMurdo]

I was on a bike run to Chillicothie Ohio for the Easyrider Grand National Bike Rodeo, it's about a ten hour ride from Toronto to Chillicothe if you're really pushing the motorcycle, anyway we had a great long weekend but woke up on the Sunday morning to the sound of a hurricane outside the tent. We packed up the tents and I got on the motorcycle and the ex and her daughter got in the car.

A pack of us rode until we got to Erie PA. still a long enough ride to the border but a bit closer. So we get to Erie PA. and decide to rent rooms for the night as the weather was not getting any better, however we have to go out to eat so the pack of bikes leaves the holiday Inn parking lot headed for downtown Erie, I'm on the inside so we take the turn, it's dark mind you, and I hit the island/median and the motorcycle goes down on top of me.

I pick up the bike with the help of the ex, and we find out that a week earlier a racing bike had knocked down the reflective sign on the island. Well I get the bike up it's not bad no real damage, and I'm a bit hurt but still hungry so we take off to for the food. In the morning I'm stiff and sore and a good 4-5 hours from home, so I called in and said I would not be there, my boss says
"You better get in or else"
so I tell him
"I'm calling in out of the country"

Well he was fuming but there was nothing he could do I was in a different country.

[Southern Breeze]

Back in 1992 I called in due to a hurricane. I was visiting a friend who lived in Homestead Florida. Well, hurricane Andrew was inbound and we decided to stay and have a hurricane party. I figured that missing a days work wouldn't be a big deal. After the storm it was nearly two weeks before could leave and come back to Ga.

[Jerry]

There was a guy who worked at the chemical plant where I worked that hated to be called in to work. He wouldn't answer the phone on his days off, getting his wife to answer instead. Problem was that his wife refused to lie for him and, he'd get forced to come in and work anyhow. He solved his problem by naming each of the rooms in his home after nearby locations. The plant would call, his wife would answer, look to see which room he was standing and then say, He's in Petersburg or He's in Richmond.

My shop called everyone in to work on Christmas day after a power failure and loss of steam in the plant froze everything up. It was an emergency situation, everyone was told come in now or don't come back until we call you. One guy, the shop chief, said he was drunk(a real possibility) when he answered. The foreman said, you sound sober to me, get your butt in here. Of course, he didn't come in. When he did finally come in, the next day, he was called into the office. We all heard what was said. It went something like this:

Foreman, "You were told to come in or else"
The chief: "When did you tell me that?"
Foreman: "When I called you yesterday. "
The chief: "Did you call me yesterday? I was so drunk that I don't remember a lot of yesterday."

That was the end of that. Of course, our union people were of the opinion that if the chief was really drunk, the foreman was assuming the responsibility for anything that happened if the chief had been forced to drive in to the plant.

[Mark Keeney]

A P.O.S. digital Korg that weighs about as much as a sumo wrestler... It was on a keyboard stand that was designed to hold something a quarter of the size (and weight). Problem was, that the knob adjusting the stand's height wasn't tightened all the way, and the saw-teeth just slipped under the piano's weight.

This one won't drop anything.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--QLKWS550

[ScottEPooh]

As I was about to get married, I worked for a call center that had "Black Out" dates from November to February, meaning that no one could request time off during these times. We had planned our wedding for Dec 28th, and a small honeymoon after, before I started working for the call center. So, I did the only thing I could do. I called in every day and proudly told my supervisor that I wasn't coming in because I was on my honeymoon!

[Tetley]

I feel for you, I really do. Reminds me of that old joke about the father and son removal men carrying out a piano to the van.

Mark

[CDNSushi]

I don't know that joke. Please do tell!

BTW, It's 4 days later now and my foot's doing much better. I still don't enjoy putting on SHOES though...

[Bob C]

I don't know that joke. Please do tell!

BTW, It's 4 days later now and my foot's doing much better. I still don't enjoy putting on SHOES though...

I empathize. Over the summer, a five-pound hammer fell off an eight-foot ladder and landed on my foot. Didn't miss any work, but it hurt for weeks.

My boss said I was lucky it didn't hit me in the head. I told him that would have been only a two-foot drop.