First Near Death / Serious Injury Experience

Today was an eventful day. My boss and I decided to take an unplanned trip up to Ipoh to visit the outlet at Tesco. As usual immediately upon entering the outlet I headed straight for the kitchen to do my rounds of product testing. After spending 10 minutes in the kitchen speaking to the chef and the Area Manager who was also there, I walked towards the section where the upright water boiler was situated. Next to it was the deep fryer. Suddenly sparks started flying from a wire connected to the water boiler which was less than a foot before me. It twitched wiggled and more sparks started bursting out. This was followed by a bright yellow flame and a mini explosion. All this was happening right in front of my face and yet I didn't move and inch. I think I just froze. Now on hindsight I should have just run out of the kitchen. Thank God the wire did not fall into the deep fryer which had at least 5 litres of hot oil in it. If that had happened combined with the gas stoves in the kitchen I'm sure something really severe would have happened and I would not be blogging about this now. Truly God was with us then.

After the commotion died down, I discovered that the chef was trying to be "smart" by connecting a 13Amp wire plug to a 15Amp wire leading to the water boiler. The best thing was the connection was secured together by some flimsy black wire tape. Who taught him such silly things I've got no idea. If only he could apply his ingenuity to what he's actually employed for. All in all I'm just glad that nothing serious happened and I hope the chef learnt his lesson. Again, thanks and glory to God for His protection upon the outlet and all of us in the kitchen.