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Carpet Fitter’s Christmas Rush

  • May 7, 2020
  • by Brian King
Brian King, who has worked in the flooring and carpet-fitting industry for 30 years, joins Talking Soup to talk about the Christmas rush for carpets and flooring and the toll it takes on the workers.
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