Hazards of Working at a Pest Control Company

At work, there are these rat traps just chillin on some peoples desks. They are not loaded or set, they are there for the people to play with. Well yesterday one of these was on my desk. I was super tired that day, so not really paying attention to what was around me. Like half way thru the day I notice that one of those traps is sitting on my desk, and I had never played with it before, so i decided to open it and see what the big deal was. I open it a little, but then couldnt keep it open because it was too strong, so smart me, I stick my left hand in the mouth of it to see if I could open it with both hands. Well it slowly closed on my left thumb, which hurt quite a bit. I think I had an adrenaline rush or something because I opened it all the way to where it set and then I set it on my desk, because I was done playing with it and I needed to go copy things. ell, while I was gone copying I totally forgot about it, and went back to my desk. I didnt notice it there again, and put the papers down with my left hand and somehow got my right thumb in the trap to where it set it off and......yep thats right, it snapped down on my thumb!!! These things are designed to snap rats, not mice, rats necks in half!!! Now saying it hurt is a HUGE understatement!! It like killed my thumb!!

Yeah, needless to say, my eyes started to deffinately water! There was only me and the permanate secretary there, but we just started cracking up!! So I am laughing so hard I can hardly breathe, crying lots so my shirt is wet, and my thumb is throbbing and already like twice its size!! Oh but even thinking about it now I am laughing!! We didnt have any ice at the office, and there were only two of us so we couldnt leave to go get some, so I filled up a water bottle with cold water from that sparklers jug thing, and stuck my thumb in water! => Later that night I went to the temple, and it was interesting changing clothes with my thumb hurting that bad! But luckily the swelling has gone down a TON today! It is almost back to normal size! And it still does hurt, but its good enough to function somewhat normally. (Have you ever tried typing without your thumb? Its kindof tricky) =>

So thats my little pest control office adventure! Oh and this is that happened to that poor little pen I demonstrated the devils rat trap with. The picture is not so clear, but this pen was torn up! It had chunks missing and cracks everywhere!Moral of the story, dont work at a pest control company! And if you must, Never touch the rat traps!! They aim to kill!!! =>