The Age of Men

diymirage said

One of my previous jobs, I used to be a machine operator, and I rocked it
I was like the machine whisperer, I was soo good at it

I got those machines singing l, running so smooth I could put them in "auto" and simply box parts

In fact, I could kick my feet up, drink a cup of coffee, full boxes and watch movies on my blackberry (hows that for a time stamp?) And still make a day and a half qouta in a day

So I did

Untill someone ratted me out, and the bosses told me the 'berry had to go

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I was a fixer/operator at a carpet factory. We had 5 tufting machines and one was a double so it could make two rolls at a time.
My job was to do any repairs and set them up for different styles etc. and run them when no repairs needed. This one machine ran so nice and I was on midnight shift and the guy running it was under the machine and fell asleep under there. The carpet was building up and almost buried him till I woke him.
We sped the double machine up and the thing was pounding out carpet like mad.
Ran it like that for two shifts but had to put it back to normal specs. The poor thing was beating itself to death. Good job it was bolted down.