When I was in the sign business, I climbed an 85’ ladder truck to service a Waffle House sign that was in, St Cloud, FL, an area with no sign height ordinances so the ladder was extended the full 85’. The truck was a mid 70s Chevy and the ladder/crane unit was built in the 50s. Each letter was a 4’x4’ cabinet with hinged faces but someone had removed some of the wrong screws so when I pull the bottom screws, instead of hinging, it dropped and I had to catch it. Got it fixed and on my final trip down, I got woozy from the 98 degree humid heat. Not a good place to pass out. I made it down though.
Another time, I was inside a cabinet that had neon letters on both sides. We had turned the service switch off but someone had bypassed it and the timer kicked on while I was inside. I had a few inches on either side of me with 50 brass studs that suddenly had 15,000 volts to them. Good thing I had someone to go inside the restaurant and find the timer and shut it down.
Tell me about your stressful job, teach.
I see your electrical job and raise you “Used condoms”. Trucker motel (read whorehouse) with its own sewage treatment plant. Thankfully it was a summer job.