Chilean Miners Trapped Underground for Months – Now THAT’S Working Overtime!
"I think I'm getting the Black Lung, Pop. It's not very well ventilated down there."
Not many of us Sheep enjoy working late. Even less of us enjoy working the occasional Saturday, or (GASP!) Sunday.
Side by side with your bosses and coworkers for more than 8 hours a day can drive a man insane.
I can only imagine how insane 33 Chilean miners must be after their main access tunnel collapsed, trapping them all underground for the past 20 days.
It gets worse. Apparently, they are looking at roughly 120 days of digging before they can be freed.
“We were able to tell them… they would not be rescued before the Fiestas Patrias [Chile's Independence Day on 18 September], and that we hoped to get them out before Christmas,” AFP quoted Mr Manalich as saying.
That’s rough – but it’s not all bad. Food and medical supplies are sent down to the workers through a small emergency bore hole, along with much needed antidepressants.
“The space they’re in actually has about two kilometres [1.24 miles] of galleries to walk around in,” said Dr Jaime Manalich. “We’re hoping to define a secure area where they can establish various places – one for resting and sleeping, one for diversion, one for food, another for work.”
Did you catch that? “…Another for work?” Wonderful. The “office” is now your temporary home. At least it is somewhat spacious.
Compensation better be an unlimited amount of Chilean Sea Bass upon their return.
We’ll say our prayers. But it’s not all one-sided. For fear that the miners may become too fat to rescue, the authorities requested the men maintain a physical exercise regimen in order to fit through the narrow escape hole.
For some reason, I don’t think that’s going to be a problem.
Tough job, but someone's gotta do it.
[Source: CNN]
What the hell kind of work are they supposed to be doing while they’re trapped? If my office caved in I wouldn’t be climbing through debris to locate the fax machine.