I have a pretty healthy fear of enclosed spaces and I was on extreme alert that afternoon that I was working on the gas lines
All of the gas lines for the town are underground. In order to access the gas lines you have to go down a manhole into the depths of the sewer system. My first time working on the city gas lines was last week and I am still training as a plumbing contractor. I have six or more months of training before I will be done and the training stage has been very informative. I’ve l received a lot of tricks and tools of the trade and the boss shows me how to do it right, and then how to do it hastily. I was now working with a guy named Johnny last month when both of us ended up underground working on the city gas lines. The people I was with and I had to update various gas lines and it was hot, damp, and very uncomfortable underground. Every time the subway came through the area, dirt and dust from the walls shifted and I was distraught thinking that the tunnels would collapse at any time. I truthfully don’t know that I will spend very much time with the company if they put me on the crew that works on the city gas lines. I have a pretty healthy fear of enclosed spaces and I was on extreme alert that afternoon that I was working on the gas lines. At the end of the afternoon, I went home and drank a whole case of beer, as I felt like I had been inside of a grave all afternoon. My nerves were a wreck and I nearly had a panic attack just explaining the situation to my husband.
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