working in a veg factory in rural cambs...on the parsnip line was the most threatening place. The place was staffed with mad gypsies who would use the top 'n' tailing knives to stab each other.
or, the 20 ft high potato peeling machine I had to hose down for an 8hr night shift, £3.50 ph..
or at the potato waffle factory, where it was my job not to stack the frozen waffles into two piles of 5, but to straighten these piles so they neatly dropped into the boxes. All done without gloves - my mate once cut himself on a sharp waffle and contaminated an entire pallet. He didn't tell them.
btw, there's lots more of this kind of thing at www.idler.co.uk/html/library/crapjob.htm if you have the time...
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or, the 20 ft high potato peeling machine I had to hose down for an 8hr night shift, £3.50 ph..
or at the potato waffle factory, where it was my job not to stack the frozen waffles into two piles of 5, but to straighten these piles so they neatly dropped into the boxes. All done without gloves - my mate once cut himself on a sharp waffle and contaminated an entire pallet. He didn't tell them.
btw, there's lots more of this kind of thing at www.idler.co.uk/html/library/crapjob.htm if you have the time...