a list of times I fell down the stairs at work
Most recent time was today! I was helping out with Halloween decorations when I tripped on the steps, fell down, and hit my knee. Had a couple of students help me up and ask me if I was okay 💜 I’m feeling my knee, but can walk and there’s no blood so: VICTORY.
(I started working at this school in 2023 and this is my first falling down accident.)
First time I ever fell down the stairs at work was during my second year teaching. It was raining. Steps were wet. I was not wearing appropriate shoes. I put my foot down on a wet patch and slipped in such a way that I fell on my side and kept going. Got a huge bruise on my thigh and left some of the skin around my ankle on the stairs. There was blood involved and no help. At least the principal let me go home (had to take the bus all messed up).
Another time, at another school, one student thought it’d be a good idea to grab my backpack as a way to call my attention as we were leaving? Except my backpack held my entire life and was heavy as hell. Gravity did its job by pulling me backwards and so there I went, butt first on the steps, and kept hitting them until about midway down. I didn’t take the student with me! And they helped me up and apologized.
My favorite time falling down the stairs at work was when I was going up with a coworker and her foot slipped. I tried to hold her up, but she grabbed my arm and was much much stronger than I was. She took me down. I was holding a stack of essays and it all went up around us like confetti. We laughed so hard that our supervisor came to check what all the noise was about. We were both okay! Just a little bruised. For a while, we linked our arms together whenever we had to go up and down the stairs to avoid accidents (and also because we thought it was funny as hell) 💜