Griffs Jobs

The big game hunting trophies were busts of animals which were common
back in the day, but unheard of in today’s world. In addition to being
in Management I was also able to reel in a few accounts of my own
with permission of Management and worked with Toyota USA which
was based in Torrance Ca and printed a very unique Envelope for them.
Our Major Accounts were Union Oil 76 and the So Cal Edison company.
Our warehouse was full of envelopes we shipped on a daily, weekly
and monthly basis to our accounts throughout So Cal and Beyond.
The Accident
While things seemed to go well at Gilmore at least I thought, it was a
home accident that may have caused my job to end at Gilmore. It was a
beautiful weekend in So Cal and I was waiting for my wife in the backyard
of our home in La Verne, CA. before heading to a barbeque at a
friends house. We had a swing with a heavy wood seat hanging from our
large tree in the backyard of our home. We also had an exercise rebound
machine positioned in the back yard next to the swing. Well me being a
bit of a show – off while waiting in the yard with my son watching I decided
to stand on the swing on the heavy wooden seat and start swinging
standing up which was no big deal. What was stupid was that I noticed
I was swinging close enough to the rebound machine and if I jumped
off the swing I could land on the rebound machine and get catapulted
off the machine I thought. Big mistake. I said to my son Brian who was
about 4 at the time watch this. In flight standing on the swing I jumped
off but somehow my foot slipped as I jumped and it shot the heavy
wooden bench at least 8-10 ft. in the area over my head as I fell onto the
lawn. You guessed it the swing bench came down with a thud directly on
my head and within seconds blood was squirting from my head as a laid
on the grass somewhat stunned and semi knocked out. Well thanks to
my wife, 911 was summoned and the ambulance came and whisked me
away in a stretcher and within a few hours I was home with probably 25
stitches on the top of my head and lucky to be okay other than having
received a concussion. Believe it or not we still went to the barbeque.
Well come Monday I reported to work and of course let my employer
know about the accident. On Monday driving home from work my
world did a complete somersault as my brain was still being rattled by
the blow I took over the weekend. Luckily the somersault was for only a
few seconds and I could safely drive home. I just was not feeling right.
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