“Sounds like a thin skinned wuss got mad and didn’t feel like settling it with fists out back.”
I have an older friend who worked on the railroad in his youth (and now gets a sizable retirement check). Railroad people have things in common with coal miners, apparently (judging by my friend’s stories).
Spot on! Dangerous work environments seem to encourage hazing. Look at the poor plebes at the academies, and most of those dudes are headed to desk jobs.