September 15, 2012 - J

Today was a Saturday in a week without a holiday, and therefore was overtime, although J was probably well into overtime by today, anyway. Today both J and I worked on the same job, using the same type of machine.

[7:05 ; I arrive]
[7:25-ish ; I start working on The Job]
8:54 ; J arrives, see NOTE 1
[9:45-ish ; see NOTE 2]
10:00-10:19 ; wandering, see NOTE 3
11:20-11:31 ; wandering, see NOTE 4
[11:40-12:03 ; I go to lunch, I am not in the department to observe]
(12:50-12:53 ; management comes through, see NOTE 5)
12:54 ; see NOTE 6
1:20-2:04 ; wandering, does a pass-though at 1:34
[2:50 ; have finished another 132 pieces, 182 total]
3:20-3:26 ; wandering
3:55- ? ; wandering
[4:05 ; I finish working, total pieces: 215.] J's est. total: 60-ish.
[4:09 ; I go home, see NOTE 7]


If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.


NOTE 1: Management says that J called saying he'd be late because of bus-related reasons. Which was odd, since J had been driving a car for the last couple of days. The same car he finally arrived in today. He later said something to me about being hungover.

NOTE 2: about this time I finished my fiftieth piece. J has finished one. He has spent an inordinate amount of time doing set-up, considering that the person who worked before him worked on the same job. He finishes his second board at about 10:00.

NOTE 3: J takes his Break, even though he only arrived an hour earlier. He obviously goes somewhere in his car, since he returns carrying fast food, which he then eats at his station as he works.

NOTE 4: J goes to the bathroom. Since each item in the The Job takes seven minutes to finish (and requires no actual supervision during this time), logically, he should have started a board, then left for the restroom. He does not.

NOTE5: Company VP chastises J on mess around his machine, compares it to my clean area. It should be noted that I clean the mess as I go, something no one else does, preferring, as they apparently do, to instead sit (and goof off) the entire time their machine runs.

NOTE 6: J spends about 25 minutes cleaning the mess he made around his machine.

NOTE 7: When I leave, J is sitting out in his car in the parking lot. Has he been there the whole time? Who knows.