another bathroom post

our bathrooms now have automatic soap and paper towel dispensers. this is pretty cool, except that it breaks up your whole bathroom flow!

1. soap (automatic)
2. water (not automatic)
3. paper towel (automatic)

so then you feel stupid because you put your hand into the sink, and the soap dispenser attacks it with foam, and then you move your hand a little to the right, thinking that the water will come out automatically, and then you realize you're staring at the faucet and nothing's happening. 

this automatic soap dispenser is feisty, too. as soon as you turn the water on, it attacks your hand again! and then, while you're washing your hands, it tries again! 

but i think it's ok. i figure, it's like the fire swamp in The Princess Bride -- it makes a noise before it tries to get you, so you know it's coming. at least there's a warning. 

dog name of the day: foofoo (might be spelled fufu, but i don't care enough.)

i'm really tired. my drive axle is in the processing of breaking, and it's going to cost almost $500 to fix. i got ok'd for overtime, but these 10 hour days are killing me -- and i've only done two in a row! my plan for tonight after dinner is to make a good cup of tea and settle down with a novel that doesn't make me think too hard. 

Office moment of the day: discussing dress code in a meeting, one of the supervisors started laughing and said, "sorry, i just got an image in my head from The Office!" to which the COO responds, "we are not having casual fridays." 

i really do like the people i work with. 

the injury

this morning, i came in to work and heated up water (in the hot pot that sits on the credenza in my office) for tea. i went out to say good morning to everyone, and when i came back in to my office, the water was boiling. i don't even know what i was doing or how i did it, but i reached my left hand behind the hot pot (i think i was setting something down behind it) and burned my wrist from the steam coming out of the hot pot!  how in the world these things happen to me... i guess i'm really just that clumsy.

quick story: before this nice, cushy office job, i worked in a factory manufactured coaxial cables. one morning, i went to reach behind a solder pot to get some papers, and i let my right hand fall onto the opening of the solder pot. and burned my palm on some liquid solder. you know, for fun. my only real injury, my only real ER trip, and it was really stupid.

anyway, i held my wrist under cold running water and then put some ice on it.
please don't tell HR.


The Office quote of the day:

Michael Scott: Pam you want to rub butter on my foot?
Pam Beesly: No.
Michael Scott: Pam, please. I have Country Crock.