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Sewage plant fall

2008 Reader Submission
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This is not a Darwin, but might be honorable mention. It could have been an award though, if circumstances had been different.

At a sewage treatment plant undergoing renovations, the engineer showed up to inspect progress of the work. Workers told him to be careful on the catwalk over a tank because the grating hadn't been welded down yet. With a disdain that seems to be typical of engineers he brushed off their warning as something you have to tell lesser people and went off down the catwalk. A piece of grating flew one way and the engineer fell the other, into the tank. These tanks are about 15 feet deep with a concrete bottom so I said, "OMG, what happened to him?!!"

"Oh, he wasn't hurt. It wasn't empty."

Even if it doesn't rate honorable mention, I do hope you enjoy the story. We all did.

Submitted on 08/26/2008

Submitted by: Zimminger
Reference: From job manager; I'd have to check which job.

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
"Expert" goes SPLAT!!! And that line: "It wasn't empty"! I love this!Thanks, Zimminger!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
He's lucky the tank was empty. I'd hate to think what it'd be like to fall into a full sewage treatment tank! Thanks, Zimminger.


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