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Wow...some guys lead WAY more interesting lives than I do. All the same...I don't think I'd be able to handle that brand of job stress. It's VERY rare for anyone to press a gun to my temple at work.
I had a guy point a gun at me one time in a bank robbery. After I'd calmed down and replayed the incident in my head a few times, I realized there was no way in hell he'd have pulled the trigger, but in the heat of the moment, I was reduced to one big quivering mound of poo. All I could see was the gun, and all I could think was NO NO MAKE IT GO AWAY NO NO NO. I'd have done damn near anything he asked me to.