Got Nailed.
April 28, 2008 – 11:28 amAt the company picnic this year, I was running down a soccer ball when I tripped, fell, slid across a concrete path and into a pallet. The pallet had a nail sticking out of it. Tab A, slot B, and it's ER time for me. The nail basically embedded itself head first (That's the flat part) into my hand. I could not pull my hand off the pallet. Others came beside me and tried to ascertain my condition, and I told them I was stuck. It was clear I was going into shock. A sense of calmness came over me. It seems very odd to say that as you are stuck to a pallet by a nail. A few people came over and noticed that it was bad. Their response to it was one of shock and disgust. I knew it was bad, but I was disconnected from that. I was talking to one of the guys who came by. After ...