Glenn

Sometimes experience is the best teacher.

A lesson I learned the hard way was to be extra careful when driving across railroad crossings.

I hadn't had my driver's license long and I was about to cross a set of tracks and looked away for some reason and didn't notice the crossing arm was down and the lights were flashing. I hit the lowered arm with my windshield wipers and windshield. I didn't realize what happened until I was across the tracks.

I just missed getting hit by a train.

This was a while ago. I have had a ton of similar lessons along the way.

Does anyone have an experience they'd be willing to share?

Deafness

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jillio

Just about everything that is valuable.

Loghead

How to stand up for myself. I learned how to do this after coming face to face with ignorance at my first summer job.

Glenn

I think I read about that in here somewhere.

Loghead

Yes, I made a thread about it. It took everything I had to work up the confidence to confront her. She later got fired. I never once told human resources about the incident and regretted it, so when I was asked to come back to work this year via email, I responded with "yes, but..."

I briefly explained what happened (all I said was that some rude/uneducated remarks were made about my hearing) and asked that they ensure the managers understand their expectations. The human resources coordinator responded telling me that my comments would not go unnoticed and that I should approach her with any future conflicts. At first I thought it was some bogus email sent just to please me, but from what I have heard, they're in the process of making quite change with regards to my department's management.

Bottesini

When I was five, I learned to get a blind dog's attention before you pat it on the head.

I think it was the first time I ever noticed the dog and considered a friendly action towards it. It bit me and I got about ten stitches in my palm.

I really love dogs , but I know the exercise a lot of caution around them now. Especially since I love rescuing abused dogs.

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Glenn

Wow, ten stitches wasn't a little nip.

Glenn

Good for you.

posts from hell

Not to gamble all my money away

LDNanna

Who my real friends are and what a real friend is. When my hearing left so did a lot of bogus women. I have better values and better friends now.

InfamousMacBook

I just noticed your in Texas and have seen a few of your posts. Are you in San Antonio? I want a deaf friend. I am deaf now but, due to a drug called Deberox. I wear only one HA because my other side doesn't hear sound. I talk like the rest of the hearing population but, rely on verbal cues along with my HA in my right ear.


I learned to cherish every moment in life and be thank for the good and not to dwell on the bad.

Loghead

My "like" was directed at the last two sentences. It's nice to see so many dog lovers! I'm sure you spoil yours, Botts.

KristinaB

I learned, when I was 10, to not have your hand in the way when a van sliding door is being closed. Got my hand smashed, but luckily, no broken bones.

Also learned to make sure my fingers and the web space at base of thumb is out of the way when sewing with a machine. I have sewn my hand to the fabric at least 3 times that I know of.

Reba

Wow!

Beach girl

Ow, ow, ow!!!! That sounds awfully painful!! I think I'll stick to knitting and crochet - no injuries yet.

rockin'robin

My grandfather was the one that told me...."a hard head makes a soft a--"....I never knew the true meaning of that until I got older! ...and he was quick to whip out his leather razor strap that he used for disobedience....

I was a hard-headed kid...learned everything the hard way. I rebelled at everything....had to have the "last word", etc....

Once, I flicked a lighter on and held it under my fingernail to see if it would hurt.....drove my car without any oil...and it blew up....smoked cigarettes, sneaked out at night...cut school just 1 time....got suspended for wearing mini skirts toooo short....dyed my hair green (when green wasn't cool)....the list goes on and on.

Beach girl

You've got the memories that will keep you smiling when you're rocking in front of the fire in your old age, though. So there's always that.

posts from hell

Make sure car painting equipment is sealed before you apply pressurized pneumatics to it. You might go blind for two weeks.

(Yes, this happened to me.)

Beach girl

You are the winner of the "pain and suffering" award. Yikes!! I bet you were terrified. That's quite the lesson to learn!

Beach girl

When I was 5 - learned it really is not a good idea to go exploring with your brother and follow the railroad tracks to wherever they take you. Mamma doesn't like it when you are missing for two hours.

posts from hell

It was painful, but I wasn't too terrified.

I don't register emotions much generally, it seems.

Beach girl

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. I would have been terrified.

Glenn

Two people I know lost their jobs due to (perceived) attitude problems.

One of them owns a house, so her position is kind of scary. She knows she was not in the best frame of mind for her job, but they just gave her a huge pay cut.

The other one didn't take much of the responsibility for the situation.

Beowulf

Not to approach too closely to trees with monkeys in them.

jillio

I'm sorry, PFH, but I had to giggle at the visual.

~*Kaelei*~

I've learned quite a bit of lessons.

First one was when I was about 6.... Never leave your hand on the door frame when the door is about to shut.... I was distracted, talking to my friend that I left my right hand on the door frame and the door has slammed onto my fingers... resulting a broken finger.

Second one is when I was 14... Never say something that you'll regret as it may be your last word to them.... I said awful thing to mother who was sick with cancer... on the next day, she passed away, never heard me to apologize what I have said to her.

Third one was about three years ago... Never go into kitchen lights off middle of the night... I got up middle of the night to go to the kitchen to get something to drink. Somehow I knocked the glass onto the ground and while I was trying to find the switch for the light, I stepped onto big glass, resulting having to have glass pulled out of me and not walk without pain for almost two weeks.

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deafskeptic

Some things that I've learned the hard way not to do: do cartwheels in the dark. I broke my hand doing this when I was 9.

I recently learned why I should not drive under the influence of pain killers. I left the ER cuz there was no one to take me back home and I didn't want to stay in the ER for six hours. I don't see well in the dark nad I went over the curb and blew out two front tires. Better my car than someone else though.

Learned the hard way why papers should not be lying on the floor. I broke my knee a few years ago when I slipped on a piece of paper in the grocery store. They paid for my trip to the hosiptial. I had bursitis in my right hip for two years after I broke my knee as a result of my fall in the grocery store.

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deafskeptic

I learned that I should not throw a lit match into the trash can if I decided to smoke up after getting drunk. That was when I was in my late teens.

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whatdidyousay!

I learned that old firecrackers are not safe to use! I took one if my brother old small firecracker to use on Halloween. I was out with my girlfriend and I lite the
firecracker and when it throw it but it was stuck to my fingers and I could not get it off fast enough!! The firecracker when off in my hand and SHIT did it hurt like HELL! I did not dare to look at my hand as I thought my fingers got blown off! I wearing swearing my ass off ,[ someone posted this stop pain] and it not true my hand hurt like hell!
I was also very stubborn as a child and did not like my older sister telling me what to do all the time!! My sister was trying to make rock candy and warned hot to touch the hot sugar! Boy this was one time I wish I listen to my sister! That hot sugar burned like hell! I found out the hard way ! I do not think I heard
my sister say it was really hot !

MidnightSun

I learned a lot the hard way, like most of you have said..an it does teach us.

I learned people may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel when you said it...

and my personal favorite...please remember I was a younger women when I learned this lesson.....Mixing Tequila and wine..DOES NOT ..laughing make a yummy fruity drink....thought I was gonns die...I quit drinking shortly after that..smile....Midnight♥♥♥