Breaking Bones
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In Summer 2015 my mum received an offer to attend a conference in early September at a private company. When she told me she had to travel to some place far away from home for some days I replied "What would happen if you slipped just before the conference and broke your ankle? Would they still cover the costs?"<br />
This was in July and although that question seems totally random my mum frequently breaks a bone or two in her body by accident (usually by falling), so I considered one of the bones which were still unbroken. Also, she had an old fracture on one ankle so when I asked I was thinking about the good unbroken ankle.<br />
In late August she slipped and broke her (good) ankle, but still went to the conference using crutches.
Date submitted:Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:42:34 +0000Coincidence ID:9003
