Radio
active waste
A
truck driver who had been delivering radioactive waste for the
local reactor
begins to feel sick after a few years on the job. He
decided to seek compensation
for his ailment.
Upon his arrival at the workers' compensation department,
he is
interviewed by an assessor.
Assessor:
I see you work with radio-active materials and wish
to claim compensation.
Trucker: Yeah, I feel really sick.
Assessor: Alright then, Does your employer
take measures to
protect you from radiation poisoning?
Trucker: Yeah,
he gives me a lead suit to wear on the job.
Assessor: And what about the cabin
in which you drive?
Trucker: Oh yeah. That's lead lined, all lead lined.
Assessor:
What about the waste itself? Where is that kept?
Trucker: Oh, the stuff is
held in a lead container, all lead.
Assessor: Let me see if I get this straight.
You wear a lead
suit, sit in a lead-lined cabin and the radio-active waste
is kept
in a lead container.
Trucker: Yeah, that?s right. All lead.
Assessor:
Then I can't see how you could claim against him for
radiation poisoning.
Trucker: I'm not. I claiming for lead poisoning.