A man with tattoos - The Watford meat factory

 A man with missing teeth, tattos covering all visible body, smell of herbal substances being smoked in the warehouse, where the previous company owner and the MD was demoted to by his own will. This is how I worked and the son of the "tattoo" man was passing by my desk smashing his palm with the fist of his other hand as if by accident.

I told you this was worth the wait. A story like no other. Not the worst in my experience, but unique to a point of revealing how this life works.

To be continued...

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