SAP CEO McDermott loses AN EYE, almost his life in horror plunge SAP boss Bill McDermott lost an eye in a freak accident that almost killed him, it emerged on Wednesday. The 54-year-old CEO was walking down stairs at night carrying a glass of water in his left hand when he slipped and landed on the tumbler. McDermott, who was staying with his brother in the US at the time of the spill in …
I think "freak" is more accurate than "unfortunate".
Still, a sobering thought as to how an apparently minor incident could be so bad. Guess its up there with folk who die having tripped and fallen on dishwashers with the knives packed pointy-end upwards.
People die all the time and statistically this is most likely to happen where you spend most time - in your own home.
The cynic in me would suspect maybe alcohol had played a part in this? Or possibly even a second party and violence. I'm sure that's not the case though. Get well soon chap.
Yeah, that canned statement sounds as if it has been lifted straight out of a corporate motivational seminar. To my mind it lacks authenticity to say the least. Sad that certain types cannot drop out of character even for a moment to demonstrate that they share emotions like the rest of us.
"... why did his system need hydrating at that hour, to the point that after having access to water, he felt the need to carry a glass downstairs?
Most of us have a plastic bottle of water on the bedside table ..."
Due to medication, I end up peeing several times a night, and if I don't rehydrate, I'll be as dry as a dead dingo's elbow by the time the morning comes.
That's why some of our systems need hydrating "at that hour". I go through between 2 and 5 litres a night, but that's just me.
And before I'm downvoted for "stop drinking so much and you'll stop peeing", you may wish to know that if I maintain a healthy level of dehydration (drink like normal plebs like yourself), I'll lose my kidneys in a few years through medication damage. So there.
Such accidents are usually far more mundane than you might expect, I'd go for catching a toe in PJ trousers, missing a step in the dark, slipping in mule slippers, or a child's toy on the stairs.
Keeping a bottle of water by the bed doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me, and what happens if you need more, I guess that's a trip downstairs as well.
A speedy recovery to you sir.
"Keeping a bottle of water by the bed doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me"
Er, plastic bottles don't self-destruct after you've finished your first use, you know. They can be refilled and - gasp - used again!
Also, they have screw tops so don't spill in case a flailing arm wipes them out during sleep. And of course are not made of glass, so can't shatter and go through your eye socket.
The scarring and the eye-patch would announce a true German gentleman who went to the very strictest and most traditional engineering schools - where they, to this day, still practice Mensur Fencing - a.k.a. cutting each others faces up with real swords or be called a poof.
The wimmen will love it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_fencing
And did to a friend of mine recently who also slipped on some concrete steps but carrying a bottle (sober, I might add!). Hand and bottle made contact on landing as bottle shattered, causing major damage to blood vessels, tendons and nerves, not to mention an enormous gash right down the palm and two fingers with considerable blood loss. Thankfully, after a four-hour operation to repair everything, she seems to be on the mend, with movement and feeling returning to fingers, but it just shows how easily these things can happen.
I've barely got any cool scars from the bits that have been reattached, broken, or otherwise punctured.
That said I'd rather have both eyes. Still good to see he's on the mend and not letting it get to him.
(finger tip, thumb in bits, 6 inch nail through foot, 3 different gashes on my head with stitching all covered by hair, lost count of the broken ribs)
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