Originally Posted by
Mick
Just wait till the screwdriver slips off the screw head and you run the blade into your finger. The level of pain is related to how hard you were pushing to loosen the screw. Not so much with phillips (+) as with slot (-) head screws. I would love to see a CT scan of my finger that has had hundreds of jabs with a screwdriver. Of course it makes you wonder what makes up the green gunk that was on the screw driver that is now embedded in your finger.
A reprint of a post I put in the "tips" thread.........
Do not hold a frame in your hand while tightening or loosing a frame screw, then slip and embed a reversible screwdriver blade into your hand/finger, then freaking, pull the handle only to leave the reversible blade in your hand, then yell to me "George! I put a screwdriver through my hand!!", and hold it out to show me and make me pull it out for you, the whole time telling me, " You told me to never, never do that, and I did it George, oh I'm so sorry...". ( It ain't my hand stuck...) Then I have to take you to the emergency clinic to get a tetanus shot....
Work backs up....... DO NOT hold a frame in your hand while tightening or loosening a frame screw.
On a related note; I've seen seasoned opticians do the above (the stabbing of themselves, not the rescue of pulling a blade out of someone..) At times, I think we (opticians) are like dogs you gotta put a shock collar on..Some of us, knowing the above consequences, do it, only to be reminded that it hurts to do that..
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