By tatertotes13 - 05/04/2016 17:37 - United States - West Bridgewater

Today, I was trying to fix a stapler, but it turns out it wasn't broken at all. It wouldn't staple a small stack of papers but had no trouble stapling through my finger. FML
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OP here. Apparently this requires more explanation than I thought. The stapler was jammed so I opened the top to see if the staples were stuck. When I went to close it, the top took a lot of force to close again. My hand slipped and it sent a staple into my finger. It was an accident. I wasn't "testing it out on my finger." At the time, I was in school. I was using the only stapler in the library and it's not like I could leave school in the middle of the day to "go buy a new one." Have a little more faith in me.

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wheresmymary 22

That's why we don't test out staplers on our fingers

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ForeverAnArcher 20

Oh my gosh, OP! That must have really hurt! I hope your finger gets better soon!

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ForeverAnArcher 20

Oh my gosh, OP! That must have really hurt! I hope your finger gets better soon!

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ChocolateScyther 19

I physically cringed reading that. Hope your finger heals up OP, but you should probably get a tetanus shot

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shiba10 26

I don't think it's that serious, you'd expect staples to be clean and not rusty haha

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UserError94 18

Maybe he was running his injured finger on a rusty pipe after..?

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tzuri4 11

Omg you almost gave me a heart attack that's like my worst fear

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syki 22

You forgot that paper beats stapler but stapler beats finger.

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Zelphoric 25

Thanks, I'll be sure to remember that the next time I play rock paper stapler with my friends.

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wheresmymary 22

That's why we don't test out staplers on our fingers

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Joisan 20

OP probably was trying to open up the stapler to check if a staple was jammed and the stapler fired by accident. Highly doubt they were deliberately trying to staple their finger.

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phantomxbg 17

I'm sorry, not much advice but I'll pray for you

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xChaos 29

Dear lord, please have mercy on our beloved op and give him a speedy recovery from his life - threatening stapler injury.

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sciencebitches 11

I'm a little worried as to why your first instinct was to test the stapler on your finger...

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yerawizardlizzy 27

I highly doubt OP was like "I'm going to test this on my finger!" They probably thought their fingers were out of the way.

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wasliedtoasakid 22

Maybe try opening up the stapler and seeing if a staple got stuck, next time. Or just don't staple your finger.

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