A working class hero is something to be: A jazz-loving Italian coal miner with an aversion to small spaces realized a simple solution to dodging the daily grind; call in sick until you can scoop up a full pension. Coalminer Carlo Cani, 60, regaled the Italian daily La Nuvo Sardegna with the details of his 35-year-long adventure of absenteeism, which saw him use every trick under the sun to keep from going underground. Hailing from the Sardinian city of Cagliari, Cani suffered from the worst possible condition for anyone in the mining business; claustrophobia. But rather than brave the depths day in and day out, (or find another job for that matter), Cani decided to it was better to game the system than change his profession. “I invented everything – amnesia, pains, hemorrhoids, I used to stagger around as if I was drunk. I banged my thumb on a wall and obviously you can’t work with a swollen thumb,” he told the paper on Tuesday. rt/news/198140-italian-miner-avoid-work/
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:59:32 +0000