While this was indeed one of those semi-thankless jobs you do in obscurity (like replacing the subfloor in a bathroom) I can safely say I was so relieved when nothing happened that I didn’t mind at all...:)
I’ll take that any. Day. Of. The. Week.
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Still...you were probably on a knifes edge. If things blow up you could be fired. If nothing happens then nobody says a word.
Quite the extremes :) ...hopefully the efforts were recognized.