Attendant asked to open a lidded container with his “strong hands” — (also couldn’t get it.)
Attendant asked to open supposedly stuck lidded container, which opened like it was a container that wasn’t stuck — (it wasn’t stuck.)
Attendant asked to open lidded container: performed the “ole hot water trick” and couldn’t get it either, (“just couldn’t be done,” was his report.)
Attendant, having been asked to open a lid another couldn’t, did so, and felt with its pop in his “strong hands,” a satisfaction amounting to pride.
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