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Stress Takes Its Toll
Stress Takes Its Toll
Stress Takes Its Toll
Mafaz Jagirdar
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Larry field
Alice shiflette
William loude
Crew chief
Alfonso reyes
Larry field was good in math and worked harder than his
friends.
He ended up going steady with alice shiflette who was a
class valedictorian
After graduation Mr.loude offered him a job
They married and were blessed with a child next year
Majority of his payroll used to go on food and rent.
He asked Mr Loude for pay hike and got it.
One crew chief left job when work load was getting higher
He was appointed as the new chief but he was not
ambitious.
First few months as a chief crew Larry began to doing
things his wife thought he had outgrown.
He started showing signs of stress.
Because he found it hard to adjust as a boss.
One of he worker was getting an Engineering degree
which scared him more.
Things were getting tensed at home.
Only topic of conversation was how they should move
to California or Alaska.
He was disconcerted after realizing that drinking and
worrying about the next day of work while sitting at
home with baby at night had become a habit.
Larry had no choice but to accept the Chief post.
He woke up terrified every morning.
He would stumble his own words, stammer, and his
face turned red and had to start the sentence again.
His hands would shake while working on
instruments.
Only topic of conversation between them was how
they should move to California or Alaska.
He was disturbed.
He paid little attention to the training of his former
crew chief.
He began smoking, which kept his hands away from
shaking when working on instruments.
They used to discuss how they should move to
California or Alaska.
He started drinking.
Larry and his wife firstly should stop thinking about
moving to California or Alaska.
Alice should quit her job
Alice (larry’s wife) should start working from home.
Larry used to play basketball, he should again start
playing basketball or spend leisure time with his
family to relieve stress.
After all this, larry should consult a doctor on giving up
smoking and drinking.