A lot of us in this room get too busy to remember every day what it is that we're doing. So let me tell you a story about my own personal crisis with this search for meaning at Spencer Shops. Before the job begins, you must cover your ears, least you go deaf or crazy. You must cover your eyes with goggles. And you must put on a mask to protect breathing.
Gloves keep the hands from blistering.
A single light bulb provides illumination. The needle scaling instrument removes grit and grime from a spot about the size of a quarter. So the going is slow, dirty and tedious. The objective is to clean an area the size of several good kitchen tables. After days of this, I was feeling rather down and wondering why I was doing this.