The weird fragility of the human eye

This is getting close to an epidemic. Hot on the heels of the man who snapped his arm doing washing, we have a female part-time till-jockey who damaged her eye falling over a domino run. 
Rosetta is a lovely lady in her sixties, of quite large girth, and she’s always been a bit clumsy. Apparently she popped in to see her daughter and grandson on the way home from work, strode into the kitchen and at the last second spotted the impressive on-the-floor construction little Jasper had spent the afternoon compiling. In trying not to break it she fell sideways, knocking her shoulder hard against the table and then - according to Raphael in the canteen who was relaying the story - “she felt a pop in her left eye and noticed she could only see cobwebs.“
Her daughter took her to the doctor, who sent her to A+E, and six hours or so later she learnt she’d managed to detach the retina in her eye! It’s not as uncommon as you might think, although it’s certainly not something I’ve heard of before. Once it’s happened, it can only be repaired surgically and if you don’t get it done you lose the sight in your eye! So now she’s sitting at home with an eye patch and waiting for an operation on Friday. Poor old love.
So that’s two members of staff I’ve heard about in two days. Either someone’s placed a curse on the supermarket or people are trying to get time off before Christmas. 

RC 5-12-17