Myself and a woman from work had to attend an OSHA class on handling chemical spills. It was a grueling two week course, each company had to send two people to be trained as a team, the lady with me was the only woman. She was a typical working single mom, not a model, but a very nice person and very fit.
The first week were classes to learn the properties of the chemicals we would be certified to handle. The second week we had to wear the "moon suits" to simulate the actual work we would have to do, these things were very hot in the summer heat. The first day we had to help each other into these suits, we wore regular street clothes under them, big mistake, I was trying to save my partner any embarrassment, but all the other guys just had underwear under the suits. It wasn't too bad until we stepped outside, had our suits checked, then started moving around to get used to it. Within an hour we went back in to get rid of all outerwear, too hot and too bulky. Becca, my partner, was a sport about it we both stripped down, Becca even took her bra off. Her only issue as she didn't want to dress with the other teams, they provided us a separate room.
Becca asked me not to tell anyone at work about her exposure, and I didn't. We went back the next two years to get recertified, I look forward to it instead of dreading it.
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