But you can have too much of a good thing.
The story of Sam Crosby is a salutary reminder of what can go wrong if young people are exploited in the workplace (see p14). He worked long hours for low pay in a butcher's shop near Stafford to get some cash together.
Sam no doubt enjoyed the 20 he received for a full day's work on a Saturday, supplemented at busy periods such as Christmas when he worked five days on the trot. But this was all placed horribly in perspective when he got his hand caught in a mincing machine that had had its safety guard removed, subsequently losing the fingers of his right hand and part of his knuckle. The butcher was fined 8,000; Sam has to live with a permanent disability.
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