The worst week of my career was in February, all because of one attic.

I got sent to an old house in the historic district to run a new line. The attic was maybe two feet high at the peak, packed with blown-in insulation, and it was 95 degrees outside. I spent over four hours up there, cutting in a new drop and fishing wire through three separate fire blocks. The debate I keep having with myself is whether I should have just refused the job on safety grounds or pushed through because the customer needed service. Has anyone else had a crawl space so bad you considered walking off the job?

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tyler_knight20d ago

That attic sounds rough, but was it really a safety issue or just a hard day?

oliver_mitchell19d ago

You said "just a hard day" but that downplays real risks. Attics can have weak floors or bad air that actually hurts people. Calling it just a tough shift ignores the real danger.