Hello fellow anti workers. Long time subscriber and first time poster. I’m a maintenance guy at a school who’s trying to use the skills he’s acquired to become a contractor at some point or go into some kind of trade, just so I can be my own boss as much as I can.
So today at my school, I had an incident with a kid where I bumped into him with a ladder that I was moving throughout the hall. Mind you, I had asked the kids around the area to move, and the kid that I bumped is honestly one of my buddies there, but because he is in middle school, he’s incredibly immature and will often jokingly try and block my path sometimes. I genuinely don’t think that’s what happened today and think that even though I said to move a few times, I didn’t stop and bumped him.
I asked if he was ok, and he started complaining about a spot above his eye, so a PE coach went to get ice while I sat with him. We talked and honestly it seemed like we both could have done things differently. So that’s pretty much that.
So now I’ve told the story, this was the fallout. I was told by one of my supervisors that I would be suspended without pay for a day for my negligence. Mind you, in the 1 1/2 years I’ve been there, this is my first safety incident I’ve had. While I was already looking for a change, this just sent me to another level. Im just wondering how justified I should feel, because rn I’m not doing so hot. Just looking for encouragement and perspective. Thank you all