“He frantically tried to yank his tool out of the shredder before being dragged into the machine at the Chanh Tay Gia Lai Joint Stock Company plant, disappearing out of shot.” Why in the hell didn’t he just let go of the thing?
My thought, exactly.
“Why in the hell didn’t he just let go of the thing?”
Probably because they would charge him for it and he’d lose a day’s wages or a week’s wages. Boss man had drilled into him from Day One: “Do NOT lose your tool. Protect it at all costs. You lose that tool and You’re FIRED!”
The company was going to charge him for another lost tool. ?
Probably as close to the truth as anything else.