Friday, September 10, 2010

Again with the lies

I wrote yesterday that I would post about bread crust and its unremarkable nutritional values, but I didn't want to do any research.
I had to think of a topic that needs no research, and I think that I am my own best topic. This morning I slept in and ate breakfast and then I used a high pressure water hose to clean a concrete stairwell. I got paint and dirt in my hair and teeth but it was pretty fun. It also reminded me of the worst job I have ever had.
Last summer I worked at a one-day temp job cleaning old recycling bins with a high pressure hose. There were probably one or two hundred of them and most were filled with grass clippings or old newspaper pulp. There were a few that had animal (I hope) waste and rotting food. It wasn't just the smell and material, though. This high pressure sprayer would blast the crud out of the cans right back into my face. I had gunk in my nose, eyes, hair and ears. My shoes were saturated and shredded (the spray would cut the soles of my shoes) and I got burned really bad because I didn't ever get a lunch break. I can always look back on that day and know that it has been the worst day of my life so far.

But that only means I have had a pretty easy life.

1 comment:

Bryan Lewis said...

Don't bother with the research. You will only find stuff that supports me.

My worst job was working at the gas station. I worked there for one day, then I quit. My job was to use a toothbrush and clean out the soda machines. And then people would try to use the soda machines while I was cleaning them with my little toothbrush and I was covered was soda.