Hi, BOZ!
Teflon Billy said:
[Hijack back on]
What is this accident that Mrs. Sniktch had?
*Sigh* She was a cook at a hotel restaurant. Their steam cooker was malfunctioning, but no one bothered to label it or let her know - she wasn't at work the day it broke...
So she came in, lit the match, turned it on and
BOOM!
Damn near blew her face off. I wanted to cry and cry when I saw her - her long hair that had hung to her ass for ten years was fried, and she had a scary big hole melted in her forehead that I never thought would heal. 2nd degree burns over 30%of her face and right arm, which she got up quick enough to block a lot of the flames...
The restaurant had someone come in and fix the table the very next day.
I wanted her to pursue negligence - she had plenty of friendly witnesses, etc. But her recovery was nothing short of miraculous - some very minor mottling that you can't even see on a big day. And with the crap going on with our son, I guess she just didn't have the energy to pursue it, so she settled for the $450 from workmen's comp and let it go.
In the end, her hair looks awesome cropped short and she's as sexy as ever, her self esteem has gotten better, it wasn't as bad as it could have been, and she seems happy, so I guess I'm happy too.