Rant 150 29/5/12 Subject: Pain through clumsiness

Rant number 150


I thought I'd save the rest of the olympics bashing for later. There is a whole summer of this to go after all.

So whats bugging me?

This week at work, I'm covering for the mechanic who is having a well earned holiday. I don't do it often, but it's within my capabilities to do the repairs and checks that need to be done.

The only problem with doing it really, is that I am surrounded by sharp things, heavy things, scrapy things and hammery things - and I really am quite clumsy.

After two days so far this week, my hands seem to have half of their usual amount of skin, some very deep scrapes and some small cuts - I'm pretty sure that that's not a good thing.

Why do I have to be so bloody clumsy - in fact, why does anyone have to be? Is it bad luck, lack of concentration, lack of perception or something else that causes me to be clumsy?

In the office at work for instance, I knocked my knee into a desk that has been in the same place for several months. It's not moved, I know where it is - so why do I have to bang into it? It hurt, I didn't like it.

It's like all these cuts and scrapes. I think that I just don't notice them when I am concentrating on what I am doing.  It's only later when I try and do something less complicated - like pick up a cup that I feel the pain

I really should work on paying more attention and avoiding some of this pain!

Stupid bloody clumsiness!

Rant over.

Rant 56 - 25/2/12 Subject: Clumsiness

Rant number 56


This week at work, I head-butted a heavy duty metal bike rack.

This was not a deliberate act on my part and - to be frank hurt like a bastard.

I now have quite an swollen egg shaped patch on my head. What a pillock.

Today, a good friend of mine, as if in sympathy has broken her poor toe (much sympathy goes out to her, my head will fix itself much quicker.)

There is little to connect these events together except... clumsiness.

The human race, the animal kingdom & doubtless even the insects (and fish, why not?) share this trait. I just don't understand why its not gone by now with all the evolution that has happens thus far.

I have reasonably good hand eye co-ordination, I am reasonably good on my feet, but I am pretty bloody clumsy. I have, on more than one occasion cut myself folding labels at work (although in my defense, the backing paper is waxed - which makes the edges quite sharp,) I have stubbed my toe more times than is possibly quantifiable, I have bumped my head enough times to consider having my head permanently wrapped in bubble wrap and countless other stupid things.

I just don't know why this should be. Maybe its my brains compulsion to think of higher things all the time, leaving my body to fend for itself (its probably not that. In fact its almost certainly not that, I rarely think of higher things - except for possibly things above me when I am below them. Yes I suppose I do infrequently think of higher things.)

Maybe, its simply just the way we were designed? I mean - the way we are designed is quite complex isn't it. Robot designers have been struggling with the whole biped thing for ages, because its just hard to balance all the stuff above on two flat feet. If we were to walk on 2 legs and 2 arms, maybe accidents would drop quite a lot.

Stupid clumsiness (wondering when this lump is finally going to go)

Rant over.