Swollen face - sacking offence?

Nick1978

Whilst cycling to work this morning a wasp wedged itself under my wrap around galsses and continued to sting my eye in the 1.23 seconds it took me to grab my glasses and rip them off my face. It f*ckin hurt. I then crashed in to a bush on the other side of the road and it now looks like ive been fighting and have a wrecked wheel. Im expecting my P45 at work. Has anyone else ever been disciplined for coming in with a swollen face?

Cleat Eastwood

mmm wasp sting swells things eh.....time to stick a nest down me bib shorts.

capt_slog

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

mmm wasp sting swells things eh.....time to stick a nest down me bib shorts.

"Doctor, can you get rid of the pain but leave the swelling?"

slowbike

Nick1978 wrote:

Has anyone else ever been disciplined for coming in with a swollen face?

What on earth would they discipline you on ?

Only issues I could see is if you were unfit to carry out your job (can't see or customer facing) - and then at worst you could get sent home sick ...

If you often turned up with (visible) bashes and bruises then it may be cause for concern - but not sure you can get sacked for your activities outside work - unless you manage to bring the co into disrepute ..

smidsy

I assume you are not being serious and it is a retorical question.

You can not be sacked for getting stung by a wasp - no matter where it has stung you!!!

jordan_217

Erm no. Have you been drinking at lunch time?!

I had a mosquito bite (I think it was anyway) on my eyelid. Within 12 hours my eye was completely closed and swollen. Looked like I'd been battered, but without the bruising.

I had four days off on sick leave as I couldn't drive and needed to go to hospital on each day. I sent a pic to my boss so he knew I wasn't taking the wee wee. He was fine and told me not to rush back till it was sorted.

dw300

I got stung in the lip in the last week .. wasp are c*nts!

Just tell your boss that it happened at fight club, but you cant talk about it.

GavH

Reminds me of a story (as part of a lesson) about leadership and management I was told once.

One of the lecturers employees would come in at the end of every month, just after payday, black and blue and stinking of alcohol. He assumed that he was getting his salary, hitting the pub and getting into fights and thus sat him down to explain the discipline process that may lie ahead if he did not amend his ways. That was when the bloke admitted that payday coincided with the wife's monthly PMT, this would cause her to beat the living shoot out of him and the only way to numb the pain was to drink. The interview apparantly changed direction at that point...

smidsy

Don't tell me - they said MTFU!!!

Wulz

sounds like someone forgot to record x-factor and the wife was less than pleased!

Wasps get a bad press, im quite sure the only reason they appear so angry is for getting used so often to cover up domestic abuse.
Here`s to a speedy recovery.
I know its not exactly fun to poke fun at domestic abuse but it is Friday lets not forget.

Have a good weekend

fossyant

I've been at a new job, and within the first month had two black eyes and a bandage on my nose - took some explaining ! Was hit smack bang on the nose by a rock flicked up by a car whilst cycling on my way home, blood everywhere. Ambulance job to get patched up. Looked a right mess.

Dmak

fossyant wrote:

I've been at a new job, and within the first month had two black eyes and a bandage on my nose - took some explaining ! Was hit smack bang on the nose by a rock flicked up by a car whilst cycling on my way home, blood everywhere. Ambulance job to get patched up. Looked a right mess.

Ouch!!!

Got stung on the leg because a wasp got stuck in my leg hair, then I shaved them.

I drove into a flying warning sign on the motorway once, I should have seen it coming.

Ginjafro

Nick1978 wrote:

Whilst cycling to work this morning a wasp wedged itself under my wrap around galsses and continued to sting my eye in the 1.23 seconds it took me to grab my glasses and rip them off my face. It f*ckin hurt. I then crashed in to a bush on the other side of the road and it now looks like ive been fighting and have a wrecked wheel. Im expecting my P45 at work. Has anyone else ever been disciplined for coming in with a swollen face?

Many years ago I was asked, as a union rep, to represent some poor sod who was up for disciplinary on sickness absence. This guy actually turned into work black and blue, swollen eye, cuts and bruises after being involved in a hot air balloon crash the previous day. He was lucky not to be killed. Work sent him home saying he couldn't face the public looking like he'd been in a brawl, never mind the fact he felt and looked like shite. After taking a week off he returned only to be summonsed for a poor sick record!

craprider

after many years of rugby i can tell you customers love a story.
this is a great one to tell if you are customer facing!

Frank the tank

Vince Cable will sort you, you shirking get.

AchillesLeftKnee

GavH wrote:

One of the lecturers employees would come in at the end of every month, just after payday, black and blue and stinking of alcohol. He assumed that he was getting his salary, hitting the pub and getting into fights and thus sat him down to explain the discipline process that may lie ahead if he did not amend his ways. That was when the bloke admitted that payday coincided with the wife's monthly PMT, this would cause her to beat the living shoot out of him and the only way to numb the pain was to drink. The interview apparantly changed direction at that point...

I wouldn't sack him either, but I'd seriously want a word with the manager who fell for the idea that the menstrual cycle adhered to calendar months

OffTheBackAdam

Looking like Bear Grylls?

Secteur

Nick1978 wrote:

It f*ckin hurt. I then crashed in to a bush on the other side of the road

Is it bad that I would love to have seen this happen!

Seriously though, good luck mate! Hope you're ok.

donkykong

I remember turning up for work on a monday morning a few years back. with a cracked pelvis and road rash, after a tumble on saturday on the bike, sunday in A&E, the boss congratulated me for getting there and said he would give me a raise for putting my work first, rather than laying in bed.

ben@31

craprider wrote:

after many years of rugby i can tell you customers love a story.
this is a great one to tell if you are customer facing!

+1. I went to work last monday morning with a black eye from rugby, somebodies foot made contact with my head as I was laying at the bottom of a big pile of players. You soon heal and everyday look more and more normal. One guy I work with gets beaten up for fun doing martial arts and I've lost count of how many injuries work mates have had from snowboarding or MTB.

I can't see how they can sack you if you tell them what happened, it was an accident after all. You didn't put on a kamikaze headband and get yourself stung on purpose and deliberately steered into the bush. If you work with customers (like a hotel or restaurant?) surely you can take a few days leave or employ you for a few days in a back room doing something else, where the customers don't get scared by your mangled face.