motherfucking ouch
So since Tuesday I've been doing afternoons at the ironing place. I need the money and its only four hours, and since my mother isn't forcing me into it i'm pretty happy to do it. It goes really quickly since I put my ipod on and jam to epic tunes, whilst the others all gossip (I have no interest in this, like AT ALL) about people.
The machines we iron with are highly pressurized steam chamber things, with an ironing board that sucks the steam down through the fabric of whatever you are ironing, so it makes ironing really fast. The thing with these machines, is that they need refilling every few hours or so with boiling water. So you have turn off the power (so the remaining water stops boiling) and undo the top cap juuust a little, so the BOILING HOT STEAM can depressurize and then you can refill the machine. I'm pretty good at judging when the steam has done its thang and I can undo the cap all the way. Sometimes theres a tiny bit of pressure left, so the cap will pop off in your hands, and fly away, but nothing too major since theres like no steam left.
WELL. Today I was put on a machine with a dodgey cap. It sounds like its empty, but its a lie, and its actually really fucking full. So I was emptying the steam so I could refill it and then go home, and since it sounded done, I undid the cap all the way. My hand was then absolutely covered in boiling hot steam, so now I have burns all around my thumb area, wrist and palm. Apparently the machine has done it 3 times in the last week, so it wasn't my bad judgement, it was actually the machine, but FUCK it hurt so much. I ran it under a cold tap when I got home, but it didn't really help. Typing hurts like a bitch, my hand just feels like its on fire. My dad just went to get me some ice as he just got home and was like D8 I'LL GET YOU SOME ICE BB, STAY THERE.
Oh, I'm going back in tomorrow, since I really need the money, and she really needs the staff. My poor hand has gone through so much this week lmao. not only is it bruised from a previous injury I did early this week but now its burnt too. HOW DO I STILL HAVE IT ATTACHED TO MY BODY?
On the plus side! I got my new pair of glasses today~ They are the same as the old pair, but boy does it feel so good to wear glasses that dont induce headaches. My mom also bought me another pair in a different colour (so i'll have red and blue and a pair thats purple and blue /o/) but they haven't arrived yet.
The machines we iron with are highly pressurized steam chamber things, with an ironing board that sucks the steam down through the fabric of whatever you are ironing, so it makes ironing really fast. The thing with these machines, is that they need refilling every few hours or so with boiling water. So you have turn off the power (so the remaining water stops boiling) and undo the top cap juuust a little, so the BOILING HOT STEAM can depressurize and then you can refill the machine. I'm pretty good at judging when the steam has done its thang and I can undo the cap all the way. Sometimes theres a tiny bit of pressure left, so the cap will pop off in your hands, and fly away, but nothing too major since theres like no steam left.
WELL. Today I was put on a machine with a dodgey cap. It sounds like its empty, but its a lie, and its actually really fucking full. So I was emptying the steam so I could refill it and then go home, and since it sounded done, I undid the cap all the way. My hand was then absolutely covered in boiling hot steam, so now I have burns all around my thumb area, wrist and palm. Apparently the machine has done it 3 times in the last week, so it wasn't my bad judgement, it was actually the machine, but FUCK it hurt so much. I ran it under a cold tap when I got home, but it didn't really help. Typing hurts like a bitch, my hand just feels like its on fire. My dad just went to get me some ice as he just got home and was like D8 I'LL GET YOU SOME ICE BB, STAY THERE.
Oh, I'm going back in tomorrow, since I really need the money, and she really needs the staff. My poor hand has gone through so much this week lmao. not only is it bruised from a previous injury I did early this week but now its burnt too. HOW DO I STILL HAVE IT ATTACHED TO MY BODY?
On the plus side! I got my new pair of glasses today~ They are the same as the old pair, but boy does it feel so good to wear glasses that dont induce headaches. My mom also bought me another pair in a different colour (so i'll have red and blue and a pair thats purple and blue /o/) but they haven't arrived yet.