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Window Washer Falls Asleep on 20th Floor
AP via SFGate ^
| 11/30/6
Posted on 11/30/2006 1:07:36 PM PST by SmithL
Nashville, Tenn. -- A window washer working on a downtown Nashville high-rise building apparently feel asleep on the job, authorities say.
The man, whom fire officials did not immediately identify, was cleaning the glass on the 20th floor of the Fifth Third Bank building on Church Street Friday when several onlookers noticed he was not moving.
The man came to after firefighters tugged on his ropes, then held up a sign from inside the window to get his attention. The worker lowered himself to the sidewalk, where he was examined by paramedics.
Assistant Fire Chief Lee Bergeron said it appeared as if the man fell asleep, but added that he couldn't be certain.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: asleeponthejob
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:07:38 PM PST
by
SmithL
Some people can sleep anywhere.
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:08:08 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
To: SmithL
Window washing must be pretty demanding.
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:10:08 PM PST
by
JamesP81
(If you have to ask permission from Uncle Sam, then it's not a right)
To: SmithL
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:13:35 PM PST
by
TommyDale
(Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
To: TommyDale
maybe got a whiff of some of that cleaning fluid...or he was just high.
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:14:03 PM PST
by
Eyes Unclouded
(We won't ever free our guns but be sure we'll let them triggers go....)
To: SmithL
He must have downloaded an Al Gore speech into his iPod...
To: SmithL
Wish I could take a nap on the job..
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:17:07 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Muslims Are Only Guests In Western Countries)
To: JamesP81
"Window washing must be pretty demanding."
Speaking from experience, YES it is! I really can't see someone falling asleep at over 200 ft. above the ground. Stepping over the side of a building would wake a dead man.
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:20:36 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(Suegna como si vivieras para siempre; vive como si fueses a morir hoy.)
To: wolfcreek
"...Stepping over the side of a building would wake a dead man...."
Stepping over the side of a building would make you a dead man.
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posted on
11/30/2006 1:22:50 PM PST
by
NCC-1701
(To boldly go where no FReeper has gone before. Live long and prosper.)
To: SmithL
Well, we like to think we're pretty relaxed folks here in Nashville.
To: NCC-1701
"Stepping over the side of a building would make you a dead man."
That's what the rope is for but, that first step will increase your heart rate dramatically.
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:07:38 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(Suegna como si vivieras para siempre; vive como si fueses a morir hoy.)
To: SmithL
Know how he felt; window washing can be a real pane...
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:16:55 PM PST
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
To: SmithL
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posted on
11/30/2006 2:39:23 PM PST
by
Maceman
(This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
To: Emmett McCarthy
I can relate to falling asleep in Mother McBroom's Latin class, but not while hanging off of a skyscraper.
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posted on
11/30/2006 3:10:36 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
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