I had assembled all the documents I needed to submit for this Radiation Compensation Claim, but then I stopped and dragged my feet for a month.
I had a plan to scan in one document a day into the online portal, but then I went on a tear and scanned everything from 4:30 to 12:30. It would be so ironic if the scanner emitted so much radiation that I got cancer.
After that the form was easy. But it is odd to see “Manhattan Project” on every page of the form. That’s legitimately a part of history. I feel like Dad’s in heaven drinking with Robert Oppenheimer smoking, eating barbebue, and complaining how long it took me.
Anyway, done now. Now I wait for six months.
2 responses to “I have Become Death, Scanner of Documents.”
Most scanners only use visible light so, probably fine for radiation, but also you probably knew that already, I’m just… sometimes the way I am, about things that someone *might* think but that were probably joking but if they weren’t joking, reassurance does exist so…
(but also YES when things hook in to Actual History that feels official and distant… it’s wild!)
KC – Well I was joking, but I didn’t even think about it enough to investigate there might be a thousandth of a rad.