This happened earlier today, and honestly, I’m still annoyed with myself.
I was chopping onions for dinner. Nothing fancy, just trying to make a decent meal instead of ordering takeout again. (For context, I’m actually pretty good at cutting onions. I’ve practiced enough that I can dice quickly and cleanly, and I usually feel a little proud of how efficient I’ve gotten with a knife in the kitchen.)
All of a sudden, the knife slipped. It was not even while I was cutting. I nudged the cutting board to wipe something off the counter, and the knife just slid right off the edge.
Without thinking, my hand shot out to catch it. Total reflex. No hesitation, just pure “I got this” instinct. Unfortunately, what I “got” was the blade. Right across the side of my index finger.
It wasn’t the worst cut in the world, but it was sharp and deep enough to bleed like crazy. I stood there at the sink, bleeding and muttering to myself about how dumb it was to try to catch a falling knife like that.
I applied some pressure and antibacterial cream. Dinner ended up being bread, eggs and some cut fruit with my non-injured hand.
TL;DR: I cut my finger with a knife while chopping onions. Not because I’m bad at cutting onions, i’m actually really good at dicing and making small slices really fast but the knife fell down and reflexively I tried to catch it.
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When a knife falls just step back and let it fall. Never try to catch sharp or hot things in the kitchen and it’s always a good safety measure to assume everything in a kitchen is sharp and hot.
Now you know from experience !
At least the onion juice will prevent infection!
Harden up abit
That knife is probably laughing at you in the corner
It’s too late but a falling knife has no handle. I once almost used latent soccer reflexes to try and catch a knife before my brain called me an idiot so I’ve been there two