Work ExperienceWe've got a work experience kid in for a couple of weeks and he'll do anything you tell him to... He's was in the server room most of yesterday monitoring the network activity lights - he almost missed his lunch till we took pity on him.
We are bastards.
How bad was your first experience of work?
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chthonic, Thu 10 May 2007, 9:45)
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The Morgue...I spent my year 12 work experience at a local morgue (to prepare myself for what I might have to see as a future CSI *fingers crossed*).
Once you got over the smell it really wasn't so bad - though saw a few things it will take me a long time to forget. I was assisting the embalmer, so it was just rotting old people. Had Mr Blue - wasn't found for a couple of months after dead and turned a lovely navy colour, mmmmmmm.
Also got the wonderful chance to hold back the skin of someones face, once it had been peeled back so that the guy could get some kinda of artery in the face (don't ask me what it was, I was trying to pretend the thick cold sheet in my hand wasn't someones face). Found out a week later that very person was one of my friends Grandma's.....oh the memories.
Managed to make my usual array of mistakes, even with the deceased. While blow drying the makeup on some guys face, I turned the hair dryer up too high and managed to blow off a large thin fragment of skin...nice. We just kinda stuck it back on and hoped no one would notice.
Got to hold a human brain, break the rigor-mortis of the eye lids with a hook, wash and dress corpses (ALONE when everyone had to go to a funeral...I'm sure I saw one wink at me..) so overall and enthralling and educational experience. :D
(, Fri 11 May 2007, 22:21, Reply)
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