I came into the kitchen, started the coffee, and began to put away last night’s dishes, including the air-dried stemware. But on the way to the end zone, I fumbled and dropped one of the glasses on the corner of the granite counter. The glass shattered in every direction, landing on all three adjacent counter tops, going into the stove top, and all over the hardwood floor. And here comes kitty! Did I mention that I hadn’t had any coffee yet? Hardly a tragic start to the day (and not as awful as plumbing issues), but it is one of the burdens of being a berserker.
Ouch
Totally sucks. This is a time when it is acceptable to have grown men cry, especially before coffee…
Did something similar shaking out a wine glass after rinsing it. Was outside and the stem broke, cut my hand, and the glass shards were all over the patio. Had to get the shop vac out
What a bummer! Hope your cats ok, and all shards are cleaned up.
And I suppose you were barefoot too? Eee…
Yes and when I read this, all I can hear is the voice of my spouse saying (for the hundredth time probably); “your mind was somewhere else, you need to be in the moment”
I feel your pain
One of those health and safety things we always hear: eyes on task, mind on task
If you’re trying to make a SF DB better it won’t work. I broke a Grassl and the number of pieces it broke into was impressive and difficult to track down.
The bare feet thing definitely helps. Even a month later, more pieces can surface.
-Al
Never attempt anything before coffee.
Happened to me yesterday morning. Pretty much same sequence minus the kitty. Grip weakens with age, stuff happens. Two more of these and I will finally have a reason to upgrade from cheap stems to Zaltos 
Once I sent a jar full of chicken grease flying all over the stove, floor, counter, backsplash……Needed ammonia to clean it up, all before coffee.
My worst kitchen disaster was in the evening. Turned around to drain the pasta and knocked over a bottle of wine and stumbled trying to grab it. Managed to get the pan of pasta down but smacked my head on the edge of the counter, sliced the bridge of my nose, and was lying on the floor in an expanding pool of wine. My first thought was “I gotta get up, they can’t find me like this”.
-Al
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Once dropped an open jar of tomato sauce that hit perfectly flat on its bottom. The upwards explosion of sauce from the impact went on every kitchen surface (and me), including the ceiling.
Apart from the counters and appliances, everything in our kitchen is white.
It was 2-3 seconds of not moving due to complete shock & disbelief, followed by 45 minutes of intense/ non stop cleaning by the entire family. I don’t remember if the jar actually broke or not.
I presume you went straight for the coffee??