Kitchen Accident--How Would You Handle It Alone? (tuna, breakfast, leftover)

[maggie2101]

I was putting some leftovers away and opened the upper cupboard that contains glass containers we use for leftovers. As soon as I opened the door a container fell out onto the granite counter top and shattered into a bazillion pieces with the larger pieces falling to the hard tile floor and shattering. Naturally, I was not wearing shoes as I very rarely do in the house. Looking down at my feet I saw huge chunks and small chunks and slivers of glass surrounding my feet.

Luckily, I had hubby and son nearby and yelled for someone to come and bring me some shoes. I can't imagine what I would have done if I had been alone. It took Son and me 30 minutes to clean it up. There was glass inside the silverware drawer, and all the way into the breakfast nook.

How would you deal with situation if alone in the house?

[High_Plains_Retired]

If folks have to pass through the kitchen at night going to the bathroom, just be prepared for screams in the night! That sort of glass breakage seems to go everywhere. Lucky thing though the container didn't fall on a glass stove top.

I find a vacuum works best to get up most of the tiny pieces of glass but at least one stray piece always seems to end up in my foot some days after the accident.

[maggie2101]

Yeah. We used the dust buster on the counter and stove and the stick vac on the floor. I think I still have little bits of glass stuck in the sole of my slippers.

[sskink]

My kitchen is fairly large, but regardless of where I was standing I'd have access to either potholders, dishtowels, paper bags, or, worse comes to worse, fabric shelf liners, any of which I could use to put under my feet to shuffle off to escape. Happy to hear you didn't cut yourself.

[missik999]

I cut a raw potato in half and use it to pick up small shards of glass. It works really well when you press it to the floor.

[maggie2101]

I guess I would have thought of something, but fortunately I was able to yell "Connor!!! Mommy needs help!"

[Ceece]

I'd probably take off my shirt and use it to sweep my way to safety. LOL I do worry about being alone when something dreadful happens. I fell off a step and broke my ankle several years back. I was laying on the garage floor and couldn't move, fortunately my 13 year old son was home and he called 911 for me.

[maggie2101]

Originally Posted by Ceece

I'd probably take off my shirt and use it to sweep my way to safety. LOL I do worry about being alone when something dreadful happens. I fell off a step and broke my ankle several years back. I was laying on the garage floor and couldn't move, fortunately my 13 year old son was home and he called 911 for me.

I was at the Arkansas State Fair in 1995 and broke my ankle getting off the ferris wheel ride. I had my 2.5 year old son in my arms when I fell...that was a nightmare.

[Ohiogirl81]

I'd panic. And then do something really stupid, like try to leap across the broken glass.

"Mommy needs help!" is absolutely an appropriate response!

[rohirette]

I cut inside of my arm pretty badly a few years ago, when I was alone. I shoved the cut under cold running water, then held the sides together while I figured out what exactly I planned to do about it. Another time I walked directly into a pair of sharp tipped scissors sticking out of a workbasket in the corner of the basement, and they sunk in a ways & opened a deep gash (idiot, didn't want to turn on the light.) Did the same thing.

Had it cut a large blood vessel in either case, I would have seen that with increased blood spurt and while inspecting it under the water, and could pack the would and apply pressure. In any case, I stay quite calm and react well.

In the case of the OP, the shirt removal idea sounds exactly like something I'd do. Otherwise, I have some large roasting pans in my tiny kitchen that I could grab and toss halfway across the mess as a stepping stone. Honestly, just not picking your feet up and very cautiously nudging the glass as you shuffle would likely get you out with nothing more than abrasions/tiny cuts, since you are starting off with feet already contacting patches of clean floor.