Why, as a general statement, I am not a plant-lover

On my lunch break today, I went to the supermarket.

Nothing unusual about that.  I wandered about with a colleague.  Bought a salad for my lunch.

Began a conversation with said colleague about how the woman with the newborn behind us looked really unhappy and that of late all the women with newborns I've seen looked unhappy and how I was noticing a pat...

At that point, I was interrupted by a tree branch.  Which hit my just on my hairline.

I should have been looking up, not down.  I shouldn't have worried about tripping on the funny metal grate at the bottom of the tree.

Initially, it was all quite amusing.  My colleague laughed a lot.  I laughed too.  That was while the adrenaline was surging.

5 minutes later, back at the office.  No more adrenaline.  Red mark on my head.  The shakes.  MAJOR headache, worsening by the minute.

Pathetic reason for coming home early, I know. I'd expected my pride to be most dented but it wasn't, it was my forehead.

I now have to try and not sleep until the headache goes, apparently I have to be careful I don't have a concussion.  I don't think I do.  I just have a new-found loathing for trees.  Or possibly the people who plant trees right outside supermarket exists, I'm not sure which.

Comments

[David]

Plus, it seems that only birds with diarrhea seem to use it's branches. Another reason to hate those tall leafy-looking things.

[Bob]

They need to branch out their plantings more and not leave them where they can hurt people, I mean they shouldn't be so rooted to doing something one way that people get hurt and we have to bark at them for being such saps!

[Beth]

David - Fortunately, I avoided any fresh bird-shit on that particular branch. I think I should be counting myself lucky!

Bob - Nice work... :)

[clarissa]

Ouch!

And I thought I hated plants for all that fucking they do (making me a generally miserable person in June).

[Deb]

Wow. Wonder if you have an allergy there on top of the injury.

[Beth]

Clarissa - I'm one of the lucky few who doesn't get hayfever except when I walk past one plant in particular (at which point my eyes sting like there's shampoo in them and my nose runs - what a foxy look). I don't care if they screw, I just care if they're planted in peeople-dense areas. Like right outside supermarket doors.

Deb - Nope, no allergy. Just a hatred of branches now.