If You Took Your Family To Work (1954)

[Music] say there's Jerry Reynolds you know I bet you get a kick out of hearing what happened to him a couple of days ago or did it happen even Jerry isn't too sure the lighter in porch that cool business had breakfast the other morning at breakfast the other hall yeah this is butch getting ready to go to work that's a favorite game of his going to work with dad as a matter of fact most mornings butch is rushing Jerry through his second cup of coffee okay pop let's go now wait a minute son work is no place for kids heck the wait guys leave stuff laying around the table fall break your neck wait you're liable to do something crazy and somebody else will get hurt it'd take an act that Congress is a magic to get you that magic hey how about that there's an idea [Music] oh not too bad butch I sure could have used a good partner on the job but I guess we just have to wait until you grow up a little huh boys all we need kids hanging around the job [Music] butch can't be 9 o'clock he's in school hey now just a minute what's up matter with me gosh butch isn't here hi Joe all those eyes I might or sure playing tricks on me I know I just don't know funny thing though those eyes playing tricks on him like that kinda said Jerry - wonderin suppose he had actually taken butch to work with him where did he hear something like that before suppose a man took his family to work with him would he do his job any different safer yeah well some guys maybe they take such foolish chances but not Jerry he does his job the right way no matter who's around you don't catch him doing anything crazy no siree crazy Jerry didn't know it yet but his whole day was going to be slightly crazy but what's wrong now talk about a guy his words coming home to roost but you know that's right I guess pretty dumb to leave those nails sticking up better get busy and Hammer him down a few minutes later Jerry had a job to do up on the second story he got his stuff together and got ready to go up the ladder but say look some dope crack the rail you'd think somebody'd do something about it oh well I'm not a heavyweight [Music] you're all bring up your man oh no not again oh no of course not unless we didn't slap happy or something curse maybe I ought to heck no let somebody else worry about that crack step come to think of it though maybe I ought to be that somebody maybe I ought to do something about it right now you know even a simple thing like sawing a bullet out that's a job you do almost without thinking you just my habit of using the saw with a guard wedge back but today somehow darn it Jerry couldn't help figuring maybe he ought to use it the way it's supposed to be used so if anything happens at least you'd be safe a little bit later Jerry was on still another job and hey gosh it's a long way down isn't it looking at it from that angle maybe it's not such a dumb idea to put up a scaffold rail well the boss is always saying it should be same way with that opening in the floor oh you can walk across on that one plank of course but I don't know must have seen it a dozen times this week but suddenly aha what the heck a couple of planks in a couple of seconds and it would be safe for everyone you know it's a kind of a funny thing when you work on a job day in and day out where you just naturally figure that you're doing it right you never stop to think that maybe some of the things you're doing aren't so smart that maybe you're taking a chance on getting hurt and if you do what then ah but what the heck if a guy had to worry all the time he'd go nuts he'd never have any fun ain't speaking of fun what is set up I can tomatoes and shorty over there Wow will I catch him [Music] oh my gosh suppose I had tossed those mail I didn't know shorty was going to turn around with those snapshots of his I might have caught him right in the eye boy you sure feel like a dope like two cents what it suddenly hits you that you might have heard somebody else you keep on thinking that you haven't got the right to fool around to take chances is when something does happen it's not just you or the guy you work with who gets hurt sometimes his wife and his kids take it on the chin too [Music] all of a sudden butch isn't interested in a homework anymore not when he's dad home from work which wants to know all about it what it was like what happened today and maybe some time huh pop you know there's something butch doesn't know probably never will he was at work with his dad today yes sir [Music]