Injuries and illness at work

[flapsforty]

Hey Tart Why do you want to know? Not sure if my list is of interest, but hey...
Most of them my own fault anyway, wanting to do things too fast or not backing out of tricky stuff.

• Numerous burn scars from hot oven skids and from pouring boiling water over my hands instead of into teapots.
• Endless backaches from lifting little old ladies' 10 tonne handbags into luggage bins
• Tennis elbow from elegantly serving heavy meal trays with porcelain across a wide business class seat
• Battered face from getting in between a "tired & confused" passenger and the object of his desire.
• Depression from being 100% neglected by the company afterwards.
• 6 stitches in my forehead after walking full speed into the short side of the loo door when a pax flung it open.
• Malaria tropica
• Assorted 3rd world "bellies"
• Broken rib from stumbling while trying to step over a 1st class' paxs outstretched legs while he decided to retract them.
• Severely bruised ego after dropping a tray with 18 glasses of fresh orange juice over a minister of the crown.
• Sniffles most of the winter season from drafty & freezing cold AC in the early mornings and from standing at the door welcoming pax while freezing my b*tt of in my oh so charming and totally useless uniform.
• Temporarily useless leg after being attacked by a meal trolley coming down the aisle at full speed after a colleague had forgotten to put on the brakes.

errmm... rather boring... yes, there's lots more but I won't tax your patience.
As I said, mostly (but not all )my own fault because we generally work with good catering material, and I really could take it a bit slower without the company grinding to a halt!