Irrational FEARS

[curiousa2z]

^actually that's not that irrational now, Seph...

 

[Seph]

it is irrational that i keep going up them, nearly killed myself bout a month ago.

 

[curiousa2z]

yeah, that behaviour is irrational, not the fear of getting clouted again....
do they not make you wear hardhats at theses sites? It's against the law around here to be on a worksite without one.

 

[Dirk Funk]

^ That's what I was thinking. In my job I have to wear one at all times, even when I'm not on a ladder or under a house/in an attic.

 

[Seph]

yer same here but nothing ever happens to u till u take your hard hat off for two mins to rest or do something fidly then "POW" right in the kisser

comonly called sods law.

 

[Seph]

i stess fractured my skull last moth and got a bruised brain, had to have catscans and stuff they thought my brain was bleeding and stuff good times.

and im apparently still at risk from having a stroke.

 

[curiousa2z]

That's what I was thinking. In my job I have to wear one at all times, even when I'm not on a ladder or under a house/in an attic.

They even made us wear them when we were striking the set at the Little Theatre - first time that's ever happened. Pressure from the insurance companies, I believe.

 

[Seph]

Sets can be dangerous places...

 

[curiousa2z]

esp when you are up on ladders with crowbars, and someone behind the flat yer dismantling has a drill dismantling something on the other side..yeah I'm sure stuff has happened.

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

My life is just a series of irrational fears tied together with yarn.

But after 9/11 I decided that they weren't irrational anymore. For about 2 years they were all overtaken by a constant need to scan the skies, and look for unattended gym bags (and guys in turbans) on the subway. Also walking through Grand Central Station at a much brisker pace.

So I now have a fear pyramid, similar to the basic food groups.