a debate!

Last night devolved from a normal night of work into this epic discussion about whether or not it is preferred to have the lights on or off during sex.

After polling everyone in the lab and far too many other employees, the verdict is...

who cares?

direct quote

A gift for you, dear internet, from DK. DK, mind you, is the 3rd shift supervisor. He is my boss.
And so, without context or exaggeration, a direct quote from my direct superior at work:
"Do you want to go on the internet and look up people with disabilities so you can laugh at them?"

accomplished

I was very productive last night. I did a bunch of daily tasks even though I was in main lab, which is one of the busier zones. I did all my own plating. I did a bloater all by myself, even though they weren't even assigned to me. I took two breaks. I didn't forget phx/stk6 a single time.
And, I got #1 to make fun of himself without knowing it. Again.

scheduling mishaps

There were six lab techs scheduled to work last night - one in each of the four normal zones and then MH and I were both scheduled for "BNB project."

When we arrived, we spent the first half an hour or so trying to determine what this mysterious project was. Eventually, we figured out that there really was no project for us to do and that whoever made the schedule just completely messed it up.

There were six lab techs working last night - two people could have managed all of the work we had, three would have been perfect and the normal four would have made for a pretty lazy night.

Somehow, MH and I wound up doing just about everything outside of tank checks and tetra audits, but still took nearly two hours worth of breaks. Huh.

Did I do that?

Running to get my 3 o'clock audit, one of the stackers whom I have rarely if ever spoken to stopped me with a question. He called me over in such a way that I almost thought it would be an actual valid question about work. Instead, the question was, "why'd you go and break #4's heart like that?"

I do not know what I did to #4 that was at all heartbreaking, so I had no way to answer this question.

revolutionary

Tonight, someone who is not a number and is also not old enough to be my father asked me on a date. I think I said yes purely out of shock.

bnbusy

Bag-in-a-box. BNB.
I loathe everything about the 4oz/BNB zone.
We're currently validating a new BNB filler AND a new method of testing our 48hr samples, which means pulling and then testing an enormous amount of product. As the new filler (and two more to come!) wouldn't fit in the tiny corner outside the lab where the old one was, they've moved both (and two more to come!) BNB fillers to literally as far away as possible, without tearing down the entire warehouse or moving into the raw dairy. It's a walk. And we need to pull samples every half hour.

Without factoring in ANY other duties, running BNB could easily chew up your whole night.

I had the new filler running tonight until 0430.

I also had soy pudding going.

Just when I had that under control, they called for a check on a FF blend!

Luckily there were six of us on tonight, because I'm pretty sure I would have passed out if I hadn't had help.

abandoned

I know I make fun of #1 a lot, and our relationship is still very tenuous, but I like having him around, because he is very entertaining and he is definitely one of the people I go to when I have nothing to do, just to chat.
When MH is not there, it is nice to have him around.

The only reason I knew he was there tonight at all was because I parked one spot over from him.

The only reason I knew he left early is because I ran out to my car to get something.

I thought I might die of boredom last night.

no more VM

It was a very slow night last night and I ended up spending an awful lot of time with all the numbers, since I hung out with #3 in the afternoon and #'s 1, 2, and 4 were all working with me.

Of course there is always a lot of fuel for blogging when the numbers are involved, but the best thing that happened last night is that the lab girls collectively decided that we will no longer call VM by his first name. He shall hereby be known as "V-dogg."

new year's celebration

I have only worked one five day week in the last four. Holidays and personal days are pretty awesome all the time, but last night was the first time in my life that I have been getting paid and getting completely wasted at the same time!

It was just a perfect way to ring in the new decade. Hope 2010 treats you good, internet.