April 6, 2006

Hazmat Heaven

Filed under: Work - Ric @ 7:15 am

Yesterday was new, even for a jaded old warhorse like me. I was on another seemingly routine mission for Gigantic Concrete. It was a simple office move. Take all the network gear from one building, and move it to another. Too easy

…exposed blood in a bio hazard zone…

Well when I got on site at the office, I discovered that the building we were moving from was condemned, not for any structural defect, but rather because a tiny biological menace known as mold had over run the place. Before I could enter the place to do my job, I had to don a hazardous material suit and face mask. “Don’t worry” I was told, I wasn’t going to develop a big growth on my neck or anything.

So in I went to do my job. Unplug this, pack up that, take racks down from the wall. Every piece of equipment had to be wiped down with a strong sterilizing liquid, couldn’t let any of our little friends out of the building. Anything we didn’t really need we were to leave. The local fire department would be by later to torch the place to get rid of the mold, do a little hazmat training of their own, and just have some rollicking good fun. I was having a little fun with the whole situation too, that is of course until I smashed my hand on one of the racks and began bleeding from my knuckles…. Hmmmmmm, exposed blood in a bio hazard zone, how precious.Now I’m just waiting for the mutations to start.

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