• My Book
  • Hire Me
  • Shoe Thing
  • Blog
  • Contact

In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

  • Home
  • Family
  • My Life
  • The World
  • Feminism
  • Blogging
  • Creative Writing
  • Reviews
  • Blog
You are here: Home / review / Hidden dangers of the workplace

Hidden dangers of the workplace

August 13, 2017 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

‘Elf and safety – common sense in a high-viz jerkin. I am not one for paying too much attention to health and safety. In fact, I’m a reformed rule-flouter. No longer reckless, reck must have arrived at some point.

But today began with me trying to clean my teeth with some fancy facial scrub that also comes in a white tube with green writing and lives on the bathroom windowsill. Phew, I thought eyeing the Deepheat, that was close.

It really doesn’t take much for calamity to reign. A staple carelessly squeezed onto earlobe rather than report (easy mistake), running with scissors (so tempting) or, a recent danger, whiteboards collapsing under the weight of Post-it notes.

My own work-related catastrophes include looking daft on numerous occasions. These include arriving in a meeting room (new office post baby) and asking what the thing on a table was (obvs, a conference all do-dah, but I’d never seen one before), tweeting about a wardrobe mishap on the way to an interview and then being retweeted by the interviewer, realising at home-time that I’ve had odd shoes on day and finding a small child’s tiny pair of pants stuck to the Velcro of a jacket (again all day). Probably numerous others too shameful to recollect.

Some incidents have been life-changing, like the day I met the Panther of News. Who knew where that would go?

But, seriously folks, it’s worth taking a bit of care in the office to make sure that a red face is the worst thing to happen to you.

See if you can spot the office hazards in this interactive puzzle.

 

 

Filed Under: review Tagged With: things I've learned, work, working parent

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

◄ Is the Thought Really the Only Thing That Counts?
New term, new things to think about ►

Connect

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Categories

Archives

Subscribe to our Newsletter

TOTS100 - UK Parent Blogs
TOTS100 hotter blogger badge

Copyright © 2021 · Lifestyle Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

This site uses cookies More info