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Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Several for me today..
On being called to a broken flow wrapping machine with chains and rods all snapped and piled in the bowels of it ...
'Ive never even seen this machine, let alone worked on it, let alone know how it all goes back together ?..i'm told its a two to three hour job'
The reply...
'You've got two hours'
'No pressure then
'
Sometimes the younger generation remind us we're not so smart..
Reading the ingredients on a microwave meal, i said...
'Look at that, the meat content is blah blah, and 20 % of that is water...outrageous'
My youthful colleague replied..
'Yep, that right, the extra water is to help the cooking process'
'Wha ???'
'Its the water that heats up when you microwave stuff. If they didnt have extra water in it, it wouldnt cook properly'
'Oh....i never thought of that
'
On completing a service of another packing machine, we wheeled it in the factory and left it where it could be seen if needed. It is large and heavy.
Female line leader (with heavy sarcasm...just her way)..
'Oi, you're not leaving that there !!'
'Can't get it over there Dawn, the way is blocked'
'Don't bull me, you're too lazy to walk round with it'
'Health and safety, all those forklifts i'd have to avoid
'
'Bull, you're just being lazy, its a wonder you managed it this far
'
'You're a hard ass Dawn, i'll compromise and put it over there'
'That'll do, so long as it's not in my way
'
The joys of working in a factory...
On being called to a broken flow wrapping machine with chains and rods all snapped and piled in the bowels of it ...
'Ive never even seen this machine, let alone worked on it, let alone know how it all goes back together ?..i'm told its a two to three hour job'
The reply...
'You've got two hours'
'No pressure then
'Sometimes the younger generation remind us we're not so smart..
Reading the ingredients on a microwave meal, i said...
'Look at that, the meat content is blah blah, and 20 % of that is water...outrageous'
My youthful colleague replied..
'Yep, that right, the extra water is to help the cooking process'
'Wha ???'
'Its the water that heats up when you microwave stuff. If they didnt have extra water in it, it wouldnt cook properly'
'Oh....i never thought of that
'On completing a service of another packing machine, we wheeled it in the factory and left it where it could be seen if needed. It is large and heavy.
Female line leader (with heavy sarcasm...just her way)..
'Oi, you're not leaving that there !!'
'Can't get it over there Dawn, the way is blocked'
'Don't bull me, you're too lazy to walk round with it
''Health and safety, all those forklifts i'd have to avoid
''Bull, you're just being lazy, its a wonder you managed it this far
''You're a hard ass Dawn, i'll compromise and put it over there'
'That'll do, so long as it's not in my way
'The joys of working in a factory...
<looks round> do you know, there are 4 people from our team here, and we all came in by bike
thinking - this is the person that studied maths & physics at uni...
