Luckily it didn’t happen but like… my hand be shaky at times and like… I wonder what is one supposed to do if they ever drop their phone in them lol
Like… do people just freeze right there be be like “FUUUUUUU”
Also what about like the gap in subways?
Or like the gap in the elevator?
Do people actually lose stuff like that?
🤔
Working around the stuff I do (boilers and turbines) there are constantly terrible things I think about accidentally dropping my phone in. I’ve dropped my leatherman in a few different problem things. I always just stand there looking at where I dropped it for a second before I take action. Kinda like when you fall and lay there for a second processing what just happend.
Used to work for a company that maintained sewer lift stations. Had my earbuds in one day when we walk into the little shack over the station. I scratched an itch by my ear, my earbud popped out and I watched it fall into the slurry. Just stood there for a moment as there was literally no action to take.
On another occasion one of my glasses lenses popped out. My coworker saw it happen, and managed to grab the lens. Unfortunately, it was a plastic lens and contact with the slurry destroyed the surface, so I had to get new glasses anyway. I was able to get a payday loan for new glasses, thankfully, so I invested in 2 pairs of prescription safety glasses!
Edit: As a rule, we all left our phones in the work truck while on site, for obvious reasons.
Slurry is scary. Half of a family my family knew when I was growing up died in a slurry pit. The dog fell in, so the father jumped in to rescue it, then the son jumped in to rescue the father
Damn. That is awful.
Never even so much as consider entering a slurry lagoon without a tether and protective gear.
You forgot ‘and a friend to pull you out in case’.
True. Better to have at least two - the suction from the slurry will make it hard to get you out.
In fact, we never entered a lagoon without a second team on site, and one or more from the leadership team would almost always be there as well.
That’s just how dangerous it is.
It’s a genuinely good reaction to have when dropping something, especially something small.