When I graduated college and got my first job, my employer asked me to get a physical checkup. Blood pressure, weight, bloodwork, urinalysis, the usual stuff. I was healthy and I knew it, and I really wanted the job so I didn't make a fuss about it. The doctor didn't find anything wrong, and I reported for my first day of work the following week. In the grand scheme of things, the kind of work I do is not terribly important to anyone else other than the family I support by doing it. Yet I can certainly understand why an employer would want some information about the state of my health.
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