February 10, 2004

"ointment, 2-3 weeks, sorry your show got cancelled"

an update from yesterday... pinky asked me to explain more about the hydrogen burns. so ofcourse i will. an unnecessary long narrative version, of course.
you'd think working in a bank wouldn't be all that risky, unless you get robbed, but we have the most interesting accidents. there was the time tia got stuck in the closed door of the elevator, i locked my shirt in my cash drawer (which is embarrassing and uncomfortable) and now bizarre chemical burns. we have a rather ancient emergency kit, housed in this huge red duffle bag. inside it there is a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, which according to our caltulation is about 6 years old. i've used said bottle many times without incident. but yesterday after i put the inside contents on another work related injury, the ouside of the bottle turned my hand all white and burny. the actual cut i was trying to clean was fine and not at all weird. everything turned out ok, the stain started disapearing and the burning faded to an itch. we couldn't figure it out. mary's husband said that happens with old hydrogen peroxide. annie said we should call the local chemistry teacher. mary and i were discussing whether we could have gotten workers comp., but i think we'll have to settle for a new bottle of hydrogen peroxide.

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