A pal of mine is an attorney, and was doing a deposition related to a mesothelioma case in Illinois.
He asked the witness how long he worked each day. The guy replied, “You want to know how long I worked, or how long I clocked in?” My friend asked him to explain.
“Well, I’d clock in at 8am, then go have some coffee and read the paper,” he said. “After doing that, it was time for lunch, so we’d all go to a bar and have a few drinks. I came back around 2pm and checked to make sure my machine was working OK. Then I went home and took a nap. I came back at 4.30 to clock out.”
“So how long did you actually work on a normal day?” my friend asked. “About 40-45 minutes,” the witness replied.
Written on July 19, 2011