No freakin' duh...
I'm normally extremely careful with my lasers and I certainly never expected this kind of thing to happen to me. But sometimes, by the nature of the fact that lasers are dangerous, these kinds of things can happen.
Not really. When I can see with both eyes (i.e. I'm not looking around a corner such that my right eye is blocked), the spot is completely invisible because my brain has learned to ignore the spot. When my right eye is blocked, the spot isn't particularly annoying because it is extremely small.
I'm glad that people bought glasses because of this story. I have protective glasses; I had them even before the incident. The problem is that they can sometimes be hard to see through and if you take off the glasses and are near your laser at close proximity, you are in great danger. Right now, I always put my glasses on, start the laser up, place the laser in its final area, and then take the glasses off if I need to. As long as the laser doesn't move and I remember where the beam is, I'm safe.
