I got my first job by accident. A sycamore tree landed on the roof of my predecessor’s 4 x 4 during a thunderstorm. He spent six months in a neck brace.Brian Kimberling, Snapper (London: Tinder Press, 2013), p. 1.
‘He shouldn’t have been in the car,’ said the boss, Gerald, during my interview. ‘We work in all weather.’