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That Time the Manager Got Blown Across the Showroom By Electric Wires

The staff came to his rescue … from mouth-to-mouth.

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That Time the Manager Got Blown Across the Showroom By Electric Wires

I HAD a great assistant manager who also happened to be very handy doing repairs around the store. One time, he was working on an electrical problem in the island in the front of the store. Somehow, some of the wires got crossed and blew him back onto the floor in a pile of debris in the center of the island semi-conscious. Another employee, a part-time ambulance attendant, asked, “Should I give him mouth-to-mouth?” And the chorus replied, “No, let him lie!” This is the stuff of legends! — Jon Walp, Long Jewelers, Virginia Beach, VA

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