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“You always run away from trouble in a butcher shop.”

29.9.2008

From “Butcher,” Tom Chiarella, Esquire, September 2008:

One morning, tossing trim onto the tray, he turned on the grinder and said: “Look, the rule is, if you feel anything tug, anything at all, you hit the button and run.” He poked the rubber-covered stop button with his thumb. We stood in the walk-in, the compressors humming like a train. “You put your hands in the air and you run,” he said, “like a little girl. I’m as serious as a sock. This stuff will humble you. Get away from it. You always run away from trouble in a butcher shop.”

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5 responses to ““You always run away from trouble in a butcher shop.””

Mike

2008.09.29

That’s what it’s like working in the wood shop. The dangers of meatspace.

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Paul Huenemann

2008.09.30

Is that right? Whenever you get into serious trouble, you should run? Is that always the case?

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Huenemann

2008.09.30

No, I’d say the advice holds only for butcher-shop-type scenarios.

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paul

2008.09.30

and wood shops, apparently. Actually, all things considered, it’s not a bad guideline….especially if you think about an alien zoo, with odd creatures looking for peculiar creature’s strengths…….

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Chakure

2023.06.25

Loved reading this thank yoou

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