Perils of Office Supplies

Ok I know that I haven't blogged for a very long time, but I'm not going to make excuses or dwell on it. Stuff happens and gets in the way of your best intentions, let's move on.

I had a painful accident at work a couple days ago involving normal office supplies. Who know how dangerous a simple 4" 3-ring binder could be! I was cleaning out old files as we were in the process of moving offices, and we use these binders for some of the larger order files. These were old, old files, extra copies, not originals, so were being thrown away, while saving the binders for future use (yea, thinking green and recycling!) I had finished cleaning out one of the larger binders and pushed up the release to close the rings without realizing that my arm was in the way. The thing clamped shut on the edge of my wrist and I couldn't get it off - and MAN it hurt. I said a choice bad word or two, struggled with it and managed to get free of it. Already blood was starting to run down my arm a little bit, so I grabbed a tissue, wiped if off, and put some pressure on the stinging wound. OUCH! Since I was still moving and unpacking boxes, I tried to put a band-aid over the area and go on with work, but it wouldn't stick well. After a while, once the bleeding had stopped, I got a new one and some ointment and that one did stick better. As the day went on, I noticed how sore the area was, particularly when I bumped it or tried to type. By the next morning, it wasn't really hurting all that much but it's swollen and very bruised - and the marks from the little ring "teeth" looks like an insect or snake bite.

My caution to anyone who reads this - beware the danger of your "normal" office items!