myeviltwin

So I missed work yesterday and today b/c of my little injury. When I called my boss this morning he didn't seem to really understand why I thought I couldn't work. His argument is that the doctor says that I have a five pound weight limit on that hand, so I should be able to come in and do something. So, lets think on this, I'm on vicadin, which I need to take about every 4 hours, or life becomes REALLY painful. I can't drive while on vicadin. There is no other way for me to get to work. I have to keep my hand elevated to keep the swelling down. So if I made it to work somehow I would have to walk around ( or after the vicadin kicks in, lay around) with my arm up in the air like the statue of liberty, and hold something that weighs no more than 5 pounds. What could I do?!?!?! I work in production! I work with machines! I NEED the full use of BOTH hands to accomplish ANYTHING at work! I'm sure that my boss is just trying to cut down on the amount of time the company will have to pay me for being out. ( even though I have this feeling that they are going to try to find some way of getting out of paying workers comp. They should know better. You don't try shit like that with me)
So, I think tomarrow I shall give my employer a demonstration of just how little I can do right now, and just how serious this injury is. I'm not going to take the vicadin when I wake up, I'll drive to work, take the meds, leave them on my bosses desk so that he can read for himself what I can't do according the the bottle, the walk about with my hand in the air and see if they find something useful for me to do one-handed.