In Slow Motion
At work, I had a pallet of beer on the jack and I ended up taking the corner too fast and then it all went sideways. It was one of those moments where you know exactly what you did wrong and there’s nothing you can do to end the inevitable conclusion of your actions, so you just have to sit back and watch it all unfold right in front of you and await the consequences. When it fell, it seemed to go in slow motion and when it landed, the noise was incredible. It’s hard to even imagine the sheer destruction of that event unless you’ve witnessed something like it firsthand. In the end, I think they salvaged like 12 boxes with an estimated total of $2,000 in wastage. I had glass in my hands for days and my work pants still smell like stale Waikato Draught. OmarGuard