That’s right, I caught a cold all of a sudden last night and got a second degree burn from scorching water used in a rice pan at work an hour and twenty minutes into my shift today— which then lead to an hour wait at the nearest urgent care center. I don’t know how to exactly feel; I’m grateful for the burn to only get to my arms and not my face/ eyes, but I feel like an idiot and I’m super scared that my boss will see me as irresponsible. :/ it was so sudden… I’m pretty sure that if one of my bosses didn’t tell me to “wash wash wash” I would’ve stood still in shock with hot water all over my body, and as I’m throwing cold water onto my cherry red arms I hear “open the door.” I open it to three concerned faces that are just staring at me, and all I can think about is dang… I’m leaving Hugo all alone to close all by himself on his very last day because I got nervous when everyone was demanding white rice from me and didn’t check if the rice was actually cooked before I decided to yank out the pan— I ALWAYS CHECK. I learned: fuck everyone and their whining, I’m not putting myself at risk just so people can stop nagging. Nope, a job is just that: A JOB. It isn’t a reason or place in which it is okay to mistreat my health/ well being for the sake of the business, no. I have to be more aware of little things to prevent harm.
Everything will be better, it always gets better.