Have you ever noticed that the hubcaps on my car's front wheels are different from the ones on the back?
#1 has.
If I were ever asked to describe that man in two words (and "douche-whore" only counts as one) I would definitely go with "weirdly observant."
12 March 2010
Mistake
For our 120 days without a lost time accident, everyone in the plant got an amazing 120 days t-shirt.
Being a relatively small human, I got a small sized t-shirt.
The shirt fits me well. I wish I had asked for a medium.
We are allowed to wear these t-shirts to work instead of our regular work shirts. One of the tetra leads absolutely hates them- something about the color- and calls them "gay." One of the filler operators, intentionally wanting to torture him, declared Thursdays "gay t-shirt day" and we have all followed along.
Last night was the first time I wore my t-shirt. Everything was going fine until I walked past the maintenance bay and felt five pairs of eyes turn toward me and...ogle. There is no other word for it, I got ogled.
I guess compared to the usual mechanic garb, t-shirts are pretty sexy.
Really wish I'd gotten a medium.
Being a relatively small human, I got a small sized t-shirt.
The shirt fits me well. I wish I had asked for a medium.
We are allowed to wear these t-shirts to work instead of our regular work shirts. One of the tetra leads absolutely hates them- something about the color- and calls them "gay." One of the filler operators, intentionally wanting to torture him, declared Thursdays "gay t-shirt day" and we have all followed along.
Last night was the first time I wore my t-shirt. Everything was going fine until I walked past the maintenance bay and felt five pairs of eyes turn toward me and...ogle. There is no other word for it, I got ogled.
I guess compared to the usual mechanic garb, t-shirts are pretty sexy.
Really wish I'd gotten a medium.
11 March 2010
More unnecessary overtime
MH is on six days this week, again, making it 12 straight for her.
Obviously our supervisors would only schedule like that because we are really busy and couldn't possibly get by without the additional manpower, right?
Last night, there were five of us working. Only two zones were running and neither of them were busy. We played a full game of war and did several mad libs. I'm sure JB must have earned an awful lot of points in taptap and she managed to get a nap in there, too.
Clearly we have been terribly understaffed.
Obviously our supervisors would only schedule like that because we are really busy and couldn't possibly get by without the additional manpower, right?
Last night, there were five of us working. Only two zones were running and neither of them were busy. We played a full game of war and did several mad libs. I'm sure JB must have earned an awful lot of points in taptap and she managed to get a nap in there, too.
Clearly we have been terribly understaffed.
08 March 2010
Garbage
So we had the most amazing conversation today, inspired by MH sitting on one of the carts we use to bring our garbage to the dumpster, as to whether it would be correct to throw a human body into the dry dumpster.
Not on moral grounds, mind you, but if it would be better suited than the big compactor we use for product.
Based on the absolutely charming idea that the human body has roughly the same total solids as pudding, we determined that it would be okay to put a body in the dry dumpster as long as the grumpy old garbage man wasn't watching.
This conversation continued into the possibility of autoclaving the person first, like we do with plates, and what the effects of autoclaving the human body would be.
No one was anywhere near as disturbed by this discussion as we probably should have been.
Not on moral grounds, mind you, but if it would be better suited than the big compactor we use for product.
Based on the absolutely charming idea that the human body has roughly the same total solids as pudding, we determined that it would be okay to put a body in the dry dumpster as long as the grumpy old garbage man wasn't watching.
This conversation continued into the possibility of autoclaving the person first, like we do with plates, and what the effects of autoclaving the human body would be.
No one was anywhere near as disturbed by this discussion as we probably should have been.
06 March 2010
Process fail
When I walked in to the tetra zone last night, the silk liter run was halfway through the second of three flavors but had not been running since eight pm.
I was told the delay was due to a problem with the fillers. I was called to swab those fillers less than an hour into my shift. I kept expecting them to start up and just be running when I walked in next. That kept not happening.
Eventually I did a little investigating and found out the fillers were okay, it was the system that was down.
I do not know how many times they tried to sterilize the system, but I do know that the five percent in the tank when I went home was the very same five percent that had been waiting for me when I got in.
If I wasn't off tonight, I'd half expect it to still be there next time I looked.
I was told the delay was due to a problem with the fillers. I was called to swab those fillers less than an hour into my shift. I kept expecting them to start up and just be running when I walked in next. That kept not happening.
Eventually I did a little investigating and found out the fillers were okay, it was the system that was down.
I do not know how many times they tried to sterilize the system, but I do know that the five percent in the tank when I went home was the very same five percent that had been waiting for me when I got in.
If I wasn't off tonight, I'd half expect it to still be there next time I looked.
05 March 2010
Ugh.
In main lab last night, V-dogg had me check island oasis that wasn't done blending. So that they could run it immediately.
'nuff said.
'nuff said.
04 March 2010
Change of pace
The only notable thing that happened last night involves me being angrier than I've been in a very long time. I don't really want to get into it again, I whined at MH and #1 enough.
Instead, I thought I'd share with you, Internet, how I am making myself feel better about it.
A totally normal nine AM for a third shifter:
popcorn
wine
Die Hard
I feel better already.
Instead, I thought I'd share with you, Internet, how I am making myself feel better about it.
A totally normal nine AM for a third shifter:
popcorn
wine
Die Hard
I feel better already.
03 March 2010
Maintence needed
A slew of funny things happened last night, among them this gem...
JB walked into the lab and muttered something about not being sure if this is an "I need a new job" moment or a "you need a new job" moment.
She said, "I just went up to one of the maintenance guys and asked him if he had a pair of pliers I could borrow."
Let's keep in mind, Internet, that our maintenance staff are not of the sanitation/light bulb changing variety... They make twenty something dollars an hour to maintain and service a wide variety of complicated machinery from blending to processing to fillers...
"I asked him for pliers...
And he handed me a crescent wrench."
JB walked into the lab and muttered something about not being sure if this is an "I need a new job" moment or a "you need a new job" moment.
She said, "I just went up to one of the maintenance guys and asked him if he had a pair of pliers I could borrow."
Let's keep in mind, Internet, that our maintenance staff are not of the sanitation/light bulb changing variety... They make twenty something dollars an hour to maintain and service a wide variety of complicated machinery from blending to processing to fillers...
"I asked him for pliers...
And he handed me a crescent wrench."
02 March 2010
Of course
So last night when I did like all the work there was to do, DK wasn't there to witness it. Tonight, he was there and spent the first fifteen minutes of the shift basically questioning my intelligence and ability to do my job properly. He was joking, but joking in the way where even if you're smiling on the outside, on the inside you want to punch him in the stomach.
I was rather busy though, and didn't do any of the daily tasks or help anyone else until after he left. Oh well.
He did seem kind of impressed when I offered to help the new girl with bloaters, but we'll see how impressed he and CK are when they look at the result... I couldn't figure out what was wrong with the stupid things.
I was rather busy though, and didn't do any of the daily tasks or help anyone else until after he left. Oh well.
He did seem kind of impressed when I offered to help the new girl with bloaters, but we'll see how impressed he and CK are when they look at the result... I couldn't figure out what was wrong with the stupid things.
01 March 2010
Teamwork: needs improvement
I hate to dwell on something so stupid, but I'm not sure what my bosses look at when preparing those annual reviews. I am suppossedly unmotivated and not a team player.
I have not changed the way I work since the review.
Today, I did all but two of the daily tasks and helped with both of those other two. I did most of the weekly tasks (and the others could not be done today.) I did dishes and plating. I took out the garbage. And I must have asked the other lab techs if there was anything I could help with twenty times.
I also spent a good amount of time sitting down reading.
What the hell is wrong with that?
I have not changed the way I work since the review.
Today, I did all but two of the daily tasks and helped with both of those other two. I did most of the weekly tasks (and the others could not be done today.) I did dishes and plating. I took out the garbage. And I must have asked the other lab techs if there was anything I could help with twenty times.
I also spent a good amount of time sitting down reading.
What the hell is wrong with that?
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