As above.
A part of me hates to document these moments but they serve as constant reminders to myself that we must learn to laugh at ourselves. And that grace does not come with age.
The running joke is that the K in my name stands for Klutz. Unfortunately, this seems to hold true since I have the centre of gravity of a pinhead.
in this week’s moment of fail, i managed to fall down within the space of 1 m – between my workspace and my fellow intern’s workspace. basically attempted to get up and walk over after sitting down for a long time and crumpled like a noodle on the floor since my leg had turned numb. had to pretend all was well even though pride and ankle were both casualties. note that i am in heels and a skirt. i had to wait until everybody had left before I even attempted to stand up again.
So what they say about interns hold true – less useful than the tealady since the tea lady actually makes something useful. me, i only make a fool of myself.
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