I have this fear, completely ridiculous but none-the-less I think about it a lot, daily even. When I get a cup of coffee at work, where it's an open cup. As I was back to my desk careful not to spill the full cup. I have this fear that someone will be running to get something/do something and right as I get to a blind corner, BAM! We collide and hot hot hot coffe spills all over me!
I once spilled a cup of hot coffee on myself. I was in the back of my friends car. The car hits a big bump the cup slips, I try to grab it, but it explodes open and pours all over my lap. There is a moment of shock, it's a wave of realization that there is an ubber hot liquid on you but there's no way to stop it. I can't take off my pants "real quick"... at least not in the back of a small car. And one hand is still holding the remaining 1/4 cup of coffee. All you can do at that point is suffer as your mind races to think of some way out of the pain. There is none, the heat dissipates in about 5 seconds, 5 long seconds.
The ruined cloths for the day isn't the worst part, but it does play into the whole fear. It's mostly the burning.
If you're ever in a pinch, coffee is a better weapon than you may think.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
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