I demo products at Sam's club, mostly food. I always have accidents, one of which I got wrote up for, which was handing a coworker not baking tray and burning him. Anyway, here's the following:

Flooded maintenance room trying to dump mop water down the drain
Handing coworker hot baking tray and burning him
My cart hit the pole and I fell
Burnt myself on over twice
Electrocuted myself on outlet when unplugging appliance
I "wore" my kook aid b4 I had a chance to demo it
Smashed my hand when something fell off my cart
Dropped my skillet and continued to use it

It affected my performance. Just yesterday, I accidentally spilled iced tea on the salesfloor and created a flood that took a while to clean up. My lead accused me of always having accidents and told me I could get wrote up for that again. Oh well, it used to be worse. I used to forget the supplies I need and have to leave my cart to go get it. Now I remember everything. But I been accident prone all my life and idk if that's gonna change any time soon. So tell me what's gonna happen.

Also, the lead said it makes more work for others every time they help me clean up my mess that came from my accidents. But I just keep having them regardless. I can't go longer than a month and a half without them. Those accidents I listed above happened in the 5 months I was with the company.

[Leed]

Oh dear ~ I hate to tell you this, but anywhere I've worked, YES you would get written up for this. I know none of this is what you would call "your fault" but they dont' know this. I'm afraid they would write you up. I'm sorry.

I hope nothing bad comes of this. I know you need your job. Best wishes and keep us informed, ok? God bless. Hugs, Lee

Yes, accidents generally require a write up, particularly if someone could have potentially been injured and definitely if someone is actually injured. Work injuries are serious, serious business for companies. They can't afford to have them happening at all much less on a regular basis.

[bretd]

Originally Posted by ruby2011

I demo products at Sam's club, mostly food. I always have accidents, one of which I got wrote up for, which was handing a coworker not baking tray and burning him. Anyway, here's the following:

Flooded maintenance room trying to dump mop water down the drain
Handing coworker hot baking tray and burning him
My cart hit the pole and I fell
Burnt myself on over twice
Electrocuted myself on outlet when unplugging appliance
I "wore" my kook aid b4 I had a chance to demo it
Smashed my hand when something fell off my cart
Dropped my skillet and continued to use it

It affected my performance. Just yesterday, I accidentally spilled iced tea on the salesfloor and created a flood that took a while to clean up. My lead accused me of always having accidents and told me I could get wrote up for that again. Oh well, it used to be worse. I used to forget the supplies I need and have to leave my cart to go get it. Now I remember everything. But I been accident prone all my life and idk if that's gonna change any time soon. So tell me what's gonna happen.

Also, the lead said it makes more work for others every time they help me clean up my mess that came from my accidents. But I just keep having them regardless. I can't go longer than a month and a half without them. Those accidents I listed above happened in the 5 months I was with the company.

hang in things will get better

Originally Posted by Leed

Oh dear ~ I hate to tell you this, but anywhere I've worked, YES you would get written up for this. I know none of this is what you would call "your fault" but they dont' know this. I'm afraid they would write you up. I'm sorry.

I hope nothing bad comes of this. I know you need your job. Best wishes and keep us informed, ok? God bless. Hugs, Lee

That's the thing. They know I ain't do it on purpose. Oh well, just bracing myself. Lol.

[IceCreamKid]

Have you had your vision checked lately? My poor vision crept up on me and I dropped things, fell down, slammed things down because I couldn't tell how far away I was from the surface, etc.

[scorpiosis37]

Originally Posted by ruby2011

Flooded maintenance room trying to dump mop water down the drain
Handing coworker hot baking tray and burning him
My cart hit the pole and I fell
Burnt myself on over twice
Electrocuted myself on outlet when unplugging appliance
I "wore" my kook aid b4 I had a chance to demo it
Smashed my hand when something fell off my cart
Dropped my skillet and continued to use it

But I been accident prone all my life and idk if that's gonna change any time soon.

Also, the lead said it makes more work for others every time they help me clean up my mess that came from my accidents. But I just keep having them regardless. I can't go longer than a month and a half without them. Those accidents I listed above happened in the 5 months I was with the company.

It sounds like you are working hard and doing your best. But do you enjoy your job? Do you think it's a good fit for you? Do you feel you have the potential to succeed there?

Since you say that you have always been accident prone and that you can't go more than 1 1/2 months without having a safety accident, it sounds like you could be putting yourselves and others in danger. Your job requires you to work around hot, flammable, electrical cooking equipment. If you are frequently burning yourself and others, you've electrocuted yourself, and you've sustained other injuries, it sounds like things might not only continue but escalate. What if next time, instead of electrocuting yourself, you electrocute a customer? Or a customer's child? Is there any other line of work that you might enjoy more or be better suited for? It's one thing to have accidents that involve jamming the printer, losing the bathroom key, or forgetting to file a memo. But when you're having safety accidents that jeopardize yourself, your co-workers, and your customers, that's a different story. I don't want to sound like I'm blowing things out of proportion, but I think this is relevant: my dad's best friend was recently killed in a work-related accident in which another employee failed to follow safety guidelines. The employee had been written up twice before for safety violations. Three writes up = termination. Now, not only is my dad's friend deceased, but the company is being sued and the employee is being sued personally for wrongful death. The employee will most likely be held liable and have to pay a significant sum of money in damages. Worse, she has to live with knowing that her accident cost someone else their life. Safety violations and burns may seem minor now, but what if something worse happens? And, even if nothing really bad happens, it sounds like other co-workers are getting frustrated with having to do extra work and clean-up after these accidents. They probably think it isn't fair that if you have an accident, then they have to do extra work that they are not paid for, and it slows them down and lowers productivity. That could lead to an unpleasant or hostile work environment. I think most of us have had jobs at some point that maybe we were not ideally suited for. (I did!) Often, it takes a little trial and error to find our ideal career path. But the good news is that we're all good at something and when we find what we're good it, it feels really good to be able to excel. It feels really good to be "great" at something and love going to work in the morning. Because it sounds like you're unhappy with having these accidents. So, if you are feeling unhappy at your current job, maybe you could start exploring what other opportunities might be available? What do you really love doing? What have you always been really good at?