too bad, s'never been my DS, it's my Owner's, i just play it. and i'm recovering. i think.

You're such a tease

My pleasure.

The really sad part is that the employee has to be the one to stand up for themselves in a situation like that. The fact that the employer tries to push past the incident and gloss it over is a sad testament to the state of the human condition.

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twitchiness and spastosity !!!!

I really like the word spastosity!

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whoa! They can't tell you to do that, that's a violation of your employee rights. If you get injured on the job like that they are liable PERIOD and depending on the severity (which this is severe!) you are supposed to immediately stop what you are doing and go to your job's primary health facility.

Any type of numbness is a sign of serious damage that must be looked into to prevent any sort of permanent damage to your nerves. If you get any sort of permanent numbness out of this, your boss and the company are 100% liable for what happened to you and you are entitled to compensation for the damages rendered upon you.

The unfortunate thing is because you didn't go to a doctor and/or write an incident report, you now will have an extremely hard time proving you were injured at work. I really hope nothing bad happens to you, but from now on if you get injured like that and you know you're not feeling right, fuck your boss and get medical attention.

I worked for the City for a year (and quit because of better opportunities) and we had stuff like this happen every so often. More often than not, people would get cuts or something of the like and it was almost always a minor thing where they get the first aid kit, apply a bandage, and I get to write out an incident report. The incident report covers both parties, the employee and the company because if they get an infection in the cut, the company's insurance will cough up the money for their treatment and the company itself won't get sued out of their pocket for not taking the proper steps.

I will say though, we had several incidents of major injury where a guy cut themselves bad and said "I'm OK, I'll work trough it" and I said "No, you're going to the hospital" and it turned out to be the right thing because on the way there he passed out. It doesn't sound bad but if you pass out on your feet working, you have no idea how you're going to fall or what you're going to fall onto that could cause your more damage. He got stitched up and is ok now but what I'm trying to say is be smart about workforce related injuries. It's your life, not your boss' and you have every right to protect your quality of life.

Sorry for lecturing I really really hope you get better soon!

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i'm fine. only lingering effect by second evening is that i burnt my tongue on comfort food while it was numb. and yes, i'm already infamous there for putting my foot down when i think it's serious. first instant of dizziness is such a moment. and if it had ever been more than tiny mobile numbnesses, i'd have called it on them for that, too.

plus i'm also used to the ways i'm chemically abnormal. haven't had roving numbness before, but i'm used to being hypersensetive to chemicals.

as to injured at work, no, i won't have problems with proving it if need be because i made sure to discuss it, repeatedly, while i was bleeding, on camera. luckily my first job was file clerk at a Worker's Comp/Personal Injury lawfirm, i do have a bit of knowledge about how to get other bits on there when they say no... such as being able to quote and state time and witnesses to a junior manager saying "oh shit, that looks nasty, you'd better be given comp if there's any complications"

so yeah, they said 'keep working' and said it didn't warrant an incident report. so i sidewaysed the same result.

expressive word, innit?

*nods* i've stood up, figuratively, before. one time when i was down in the basement cage getting a display box other boxes fell and pinned me by my ankle. i called for help (futilely) for about 5 minutes, then wriggled and wrenched my way free, twisting my ankle in the process. had to lean on the wall and hop to get back upstairs. put through that one sale, then said "i'm sitting here and icing this until i can put weight on it." then 20 minutes later "er... i'm calling a taxi and going to the doctor." "aw, it's just a twist, stop being a baby" "have you got scar damage in every bone and joint below your waist?" "er, no..." "would you like some?" "...fill out the incident report then go to the doctor."

seriously, people die to mild poison DoTs where you're from?

Indeed it is!

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