Ad in paper: Forklift Driver - MUST PASS DRUG TEST AND HAVE CLEAN CRIMINAL RECORD (except dui).

[HopeHoops]

I'm tempted to get completely shitfaced drunk and have my wife drive me there to apply for the position. I've never driven a forklift, but I'm sure I could figure it out while drunk.

The upper and lower case letters in the subject line are how they appear in the ad. Obviously there was a lot more in the ad, like the fact that you need experience driving a forklift, but only so much will fit in the subject line.

[snagglepuss]

1. Actually I know someone who was seriously injured by a careless forklift operator.

According to the data compiled by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a government agency in the Department of Labor, forklift accidents claim 85 lives every year in the United States, while leaving 34,900 individuals with serious injuries and 61,800 individuals with minor injuries.


I can assure you that you wouldn't want to be working in the vicinity of an impaired operator.

[HopeHoops]

2. That doesn't seem to be an issue with the company that placed the ad.

Go figure.

[sarge43]

3. Depending upon what you're lugging around,

not necessary to hurt anyone, just scare them to death.



Husband thinks that's a CBU (cluster bomb unit).