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Old 01-20-22, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ls01
But then again. Back in the day as a carpenter, I got on @ the auto show. Which is big money, lots of o.t. back when things were tight. They use a lot of mdf, the dust from cutting that stuff is nasty. I got an upper respiratory infection from it. After a week of 12+ hour days working sick. My Forman put his hand on.my shoulder, I was down on all 4s fishing some wires out of a access hole in a false floor. I had apparently sweated through my carhart coat. I didn't want to get laid off so I kept coming in to work. He forced me to go to the Dr. Told me he'd lay me off of I didn't go. Nicest guy I ever worked for.
Not to go all P&R, but there's something deeply perverse about America that this stuff happens.
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