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Ok... I stink. {solved already, please lock}
Jaded
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Pumping gas this morning and I am watching the dollar amount roll by on the pump.
Not really paying attention to the gas but trying to nail the cash figure onto the nearest dollar value.
As I am watching the dollars roll by (38 - 39 - 40... wtf) i think to myself... "This little car should have stopped around 36$ when it was at 1/4 tank.
So I look down... and to my dismay the gas tank has over filled, gas has pooled around my boots and run down my jeans. I go in, tell the attendents so they can spread their absorbing powders and close off the pump that should have shut off... call work, tell them I will be late as I have to go home and change.
I took my boots off at home (steel toes, warehouse worker / some clerical duties) hosed them down, changed my jeans and washed my hands... but the over powering stench of gas is still clinging to me...
1) I am sure there are adverse health effects for breathing in heavy gasoline fumes, how about trace amounts?
2) Will skin absorption do anything funky to me for trace amounts of gasoline left on my boots, potentially my boxer briefs (they weren't wet when I pulled off my original pants).
Basically, I think I shouldn't be worried, aside from the fact that the lady I share an office with (she sits behind a partition, about 10 feet away) says I stink of gasoline.
Heading home really isn't an option as my girlfriend has the car at work (she drops me off) which is about a 35 minute drive from my work and I really don't want to pay 30$ in cab fare to go home, shower, change and come back to work.
Long story short...
- sit it out and hope the smell goes away?
- pay 30$ to go home and come back to work? :x
- last til later in the afternoon and take the last couple hours of the shift off? o_O
Not really paying attention to the gas but trying to nail the cash figure onto the nearest dollar value.
As I am watching the dollars roll by (38 - 39 - 40... wtf) i think to myself... "This little car should have stopped around 36$ when it was at 1/4 tank.
So I look down... and to my dismay the gas tank has over filled, gas has pooled around my boots and run down my jeans. I go in, tell the attendents so they can spread their absorbing powders and close off the pump that should have shut off... call work, tell them I will be late as I have to go home and change.
I took my boots off at home (steel toes, warehouse worker / some clerical duties) hosed them down, changed my jeans and washed my hands... but the over powering stench of gas is still clinging to me...
1) I am sure there are adverse health effects for breathing in heavy gasoline fumes, how about trace amounts?
2) Will skin absorption do anything funky to me for trace amounts of gasoline left on my boots, potentially my boxer briefs (they weren't wet when I pulled off my original pants).
Basically, I think I shouldn't be worried, aside from the fact that the lady I share an office with (she sits behind a partition, about 10 feet away) says I stink of gasoline.
Heading home really isn't an option as my girlfriend has the car at work (she drops me off) which is about a 35 minute drive from my work and I really don't want to pay 30$ in cab fare to go home, shower, change and come back to work.
Long story short...
- sit it out and hope the smell goes away?
- pay 30$ to go home and come back to work? :x
- last til later in the afternoon and take the last couple hours of the shift off? o_O
I can't think of anything clever.
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Besides. you've got an interesting story to tell, and its not like you've shitten (im dane cook I make up words) yourself. Embellish the story and use it to your advantage =D (You want me to do WHAT? i almost DIED saving a kitten from a terrorizer!)
(obviously kidding for the most part)
Thanks for the tips guys, feel free to lock!
Yeah, the material safety data sheet says it's most likely not going to do any damage. If I were you, I'd take a nice thorough shower when you get home, just in case there's any left over. It's not like you're going to melt or get blood poisoning, but it can start to itch if it remains on your skin.
Went home, had a hot shower. Leg was red and there were a couple mosquito bite like bumps on my leg that were slightly itchy. A good lather up with body wash and a nights sleep and the issue is gone.
See how many books I've read so far in 2010
Agreed. But I just don't see an "oh fuck I just spilled gas on my pants" as an "OH FUCKING GOD WHAT THE FUCK AM I GOING TO DO HELLO, ER, DO YOU HAVE ROOM FOR ME?" moment. But yeah, carcinogens aside, I'm very surprised it produced any sort of rash, or did anything more than just smelled like gas, from a small spray back of gasoline on your pant leg.