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How do you react to accidents?

Asked by longgone (19553points) March 13th, 2020

In particular, I’m thinking of clumsiness resulting in spilled milk or plates being dropped.

My dad is a bit of a nervous character, and he used to get startled – and startle everybody else through his frantic attempts at repair – whenever there were accidents.

As a result, my sisters and I are purposefully calm. It’s probably a bit freaky to watch all of us turn into sleepy sloths whenever something drops, but it certainly makes for a nice and quiet dinner.

How about you? Do you swear? Freeze? Yell? Clean? Does it make a difference whether you’re the culprit, or someone else?

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