I spent much of the summer after my senior year of high school working temp jobs, earning minimum wage. This was the early 90s in Northeast Ohio. There was a lo

I spent much of the summer after my senior year of high school working temp jobs, earning minimum wage. This was the early 90s in Northeast Ohio. There was a lot of light manufacturing and I mostly worked in factories in Twinsburg. One job I even shrink wrapped Sun OpenWindows manuals. It was clear to me then that the factories required the temp agency to fill out the workforce, especially for the less desirable jobs like stacking boxes on pallettes at the end of a manufacturing line. One day I was sent to a medical equipment warehouse. Another worker and I were assigned to untangle a pile of hospital beds easily 12 feet high. We were supposed to climb on it and free each frame. The bedsprings were snagged on each other and the pile was unstable. I called the temp agency, said the job was too dangerous and walked out. I wanted the money but I was lucky enough that I didn't need it.