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Don't Drill In The Rain

2008 Reader Submission
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A few weeks ago, J decided to build a fence. He thought it would be a simple enough process, and it was. Until he left his tools out in the rain overnight.

But the fun doesn't stop there. Getting up the next day, he saw his electric drill still laying on the ladder where he left it the night before. The metal ladder, I might add.

Climbing the metal ladder, J proceeds to pick up the rain-drenched electric drill and proceed with his fence-building work. Until a strange tingling overtook his hands, and caused him to drop the drill.

J was lucky. He escaped without injury. But as a technical writer who recently produced an electrical safety video, he knows all too well how that story could have ended.

Submitted on 08/04/2008

Submitted by: Wendi
Reference: Personal Account - July 2008

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Bruce said:
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If he produced electrical safety videos then he certainly should have known not to pick the drill! Thanks, Wendi!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Thanks for the laugh, Wendy! I love this kind of story!


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