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<blockquote data-quote="Lily" data-source="post: 1187265" data-attributes="member: 1283">My very first grown up job I was quite young, just out of college...6 months.&nbsp; I was about to turn 23 the month following my hire date...just after MLK day in January.&nbsp; God forbid they hire my cohort before and pay is a holiday right off the bat.&nbsp;I realize now, how young, and stil needing to mature, I was. I was a paper pusher, adjudicating medical disability claims.&nbsp; In CA, we have an epmmployee tax that covers temporary disability for up to a year.Each of us paper pushers got mail from doctors, lawyers, but most often our &quot;clients&quot;, the disabled.&nbsp;&nbsp; I recall opening this envelope one time, and pulling out a letter written on college ruled paper in black ink.&nbsp; It was a long letter.&nbsp; I start reading it and within a minute I'm laughing and hard. Guffawing and I'm trying to choke back my laughter since I was in an office with all the other paper pushers...who are on their phones and at their computers,&nbsp; working.&nbsp; My colleague that sat right next to me asked what was so funny.It was hard not to giggle,&nbsp; but told him what was written in the letter in fits and starts.I explained that my client, an engineer at Lockheed Martin, believed that the Loma Prieta earthquake, that happened in 1989, during the Bay Area World Series game between the A's and Giants, was caused by a Lockheed Martin weapon being detonated in the Santa Cruz mountains.These mountains are part of the coastal range between the South Bay Area (San Jose/Silicon Valley) and Santa Cruz, CA.Now, there was an actual earthquake, but it wasn't set off by any kind of military weapon.&nbsp; I lived through it and it was scary. Only earthquake where I felt fear. It was massive. I pulled up his claim, and as I figured, his diagnosis was paranoid schizophrenia.&nbsp; Poor bastard. Had I been this age, I probably been more compassionate and not quite as amused.&nbsp; Other letters from the mentally ill were sad and not funny. The mental pain people are in is hard to describe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lily, post: 1187265, member: 1283"] My very first grown up job I was quite young, just out of college...6 months. I was about to turn 23 the month following my hire date...just after MLK day in January. God forbid they hire my cohort before and pay is a holiday right off the bat. I realize now, how young, and stil needing to mature, I was. I was a paper pusher, adjudicating medical disability claims. In CA, we have an epmmployee tax that covers temporary disability for up to a year. Each of us paper pushers got mail from doctors, lawyers, but most often our "clients", the disabled. I recall opening this envelope one time, and pulling out a letter written on college ruled paper in black ink. It was a long letter. I start reading it and within a minute I'm laughing and hard. Guffawing and I'm trying to choke back my laughter since I was in an office with all the other paper pushers...who are on their phones and at their computers, working. My colleague that sat right next to me asked what was so funny. It was hard not to giggle, but told him what was written in the letter in fits and starts. I explained that my client, an engineer at Lockheed Martin, believed that the Loma Prieta earthquake, that happened in 1989, during the Bay Area World Series game between the A's and Giants, was caused by a Lockheed Martin weapon being detonated in the Santa Cruz mountains. These mountains are part of the coastal range between the South Bay Area (San Jose/Silicon Valley) and Santa Cruz, CA. Now, there was an actual earthquake, but it wasn't set off by any kind of military weapon. I lived through it and it was scary. Only earthquake where I felt fear. It was massive. I pulled up his claim, and as I figured, his diagnosis was paranoid schizophrenia. Poor bastard. Had I been this age, I probably been more compassionate and not quite as amused. Other letters from the mentally ill were sad and not funny. The mental pain people are in is hard to describe. [/QUOTE]

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