Appropriate or no?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I'm now in my hotel room in Jackson, WY. I have a loft bed!

We stopped for lunch at a Wendys in Utah. One of the cooks was wearing a wallet chain that hung loosely and close to his knee.

Am I the only person who thinks this is potentially a Very Bad Idea?

[Slayer]

It does sound like a horrible idea. Carry something hot, snag the chain, boom, hot food all over you and/or someone else.

[PepperElf]

indeed. but some people have to learn from their mistakes.

[CoffeeMonkey]

So this one time a coworker had the register keys in his back pocket. They are on a lanyard type thing. He leaned against a counter. Under that counter was a shelf. On that shelf was a tub of chocolate syrup with a pump.

Under the shelf was the floor. After the lanyard hooked the chocolate pump, the chocolate was on the floor. All two quarts of it.


Did you know that chocolate syrup is/was used in black and white movies as stage blood? The consistency is just right. Somewhere I have a picture of me sprawled on the floor next to the puddle with another coworker crouched over me with a big knife.

[rose_metal_nz]

Somewhere I have a picture of me sprawled on the floor next to the puddle with another coworker crouched over me with a big knife.

Hahaha awesome - pics please!

[Jay 2K Winger]

Hahaha awesome - pics please!

Agreed.

Post the pictures. POST THEM.

[Jetfire]

I usually have a walkman with headphones on while at work and going to/from work... and I can't begin to count the number of times I've gotten that cord caught on the chair arm, drawer pulls, etc... and either ripped the headphones off my head, or knocked the walkman to the floor. At least I'm just a software developer so I'm rarely doing anything dangerous when that happens, but I know the risk. (At least once a month I'll be getting some hot chocolate from our kitchen area, and the cord catches on the garbage cabinet handle, usually causing a stumble and the headphones to be yanked askew.)

[CoffeeMonkey]

Ask and ye shall receive.

Death by Chocolate



You can see the low shelf with the pumps on it. that was what Ben hooked with the lanyard. Michelle just happened to be in the store at the time.

[Victory Sabre]

I'm in the bad idea camp on that one, Irv.

[Kogarashi]

I managed to completely snap two pairs of headphones just by the cord hooking on the cuff of my jeans while I was crouched down changing out wastebaskets on a custodial job. I've since learned how to arrange the headphones cord to not snag like that, plus I got a different set of headphones that will just fall out instead. And now I have an iPod Shuffle, which I keep clipped to my shirt collar and the cord wrapped around my neck (loosely!) so there's no snagging at all.

I'm in favor of labeling it Bad Idea too.

[Pixilated]

Thanks for posting the photo, CoffeeMonkey!

And here's another vote for "Bad Idea Which Might Even Morph into a Darwin Award."

[wolfie]

I usually have a walkman with headphones on while at work and going to/from work... and I can't begin to count the number of times I've gotten that cord caught on the chair arm, drawer pulls, etc... and either ripped the headphones off my head, or knocked the walkman to the floor.

Reminds me of a Tank McNamara comic from MANY years ago. "There are two headphone jacks on my Jogman, maybe at your heartstrings I'll tug. (man and woman jogging next to each other, both listening through headphones - next panel shows both headphones plugged into same device) If you must leave I won't mind it - just DON'T FORGET TO UNPLUG (man and woman trying to jog in opposite directions, about to fall on their butts - portable stereo hanging between them due to tension in both headphone cords)."

[greek_jester]

Given the number of headphone replies, am I the only person who just drops the excess down the front of my shirt?

[dalesys]

Given the number of headphone replies, am I the only person who just drops the excess down the front of my shirt?

And when it does get snagged...

Instant wardrobe malfunction!

[Gizmo]

Given the number of headphone replies, am I the only person who just drops the excess down the front of my shirt?

No. I somehow kill all the left hand sides of my headphones and usually end up gaming just using a pair with a right one in and the left trailing. Any guesses as to where the left ends up? Yep, right down the cleavage or tucked under a bra strap! otherwise its pulling downwards and dragging the right out of my ears.

No wardrobe malfunction however Dalesys. Sorry.