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I worked at a saw mill for a few days as an under 18 year old teen. It was nasty work in a 120F+ envronment, and my eployment was completely illegal and bringing me minimum wage.
I got stuck on detail at the "masher" machine which basically turned poor quality cuts of wood into wood chips. It was a row of semi tires filled with cement and metal studs to grind up the wood into chips. Sometimes it would get stuck, and you were supposed to jump down into the rending pit and poke at the stuck wood while dodging the incoming wood (stopping the conveyor belt was a big no-no). My time came to unstick the wood, and my response was "Fuck that, I have goals in life" The machine broke and everyone got layed off for a week until it was fixed (without me). Best decision of my life.
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