Work again
Well, here I am at work again. It is a slow day which in some ways is a good thing. The only bad part is that it appears our clock has stopped!
My job is not very physical and it drains me to sit here. We have treadmills and other exercise equipment available for use, but it seems that it can become just busy enough not to be able to get in a nice walk. 12 hour shifts are exhausting, even when the workload is light. Night times are worse. Thank goodness for the computers and our ability to surf. Management threatens us all the time, but for the most part as long as we keep it clean no one says much.
One of our old timers once described our job as hours of boredom interrupted by moments of shear terror. And in my 6 years here I have found it to be true. Quiet is how we want it to be because if it is not the likelihood of fire, explosion or toxic release is just too scary to think about. Truth is I don't think about what I "really" do much because if I did I probably would not come here anymore. The more I learn about my job the scarier my job is . The times I think about it most is when I prepare equipment for maintenance. One mistake and I could injure someone for life. I always double check our procedures and ask for someone to look over my work. The last thing I would want to be responsible for is the injury (or worse) of someone else. So for the most part I describe my job as boiling oil and my goal is to keep it in the pipes.
Ok I think that is enough rambling for now. I should take a look at the board and make sure all is flowing well. Hope everyone is having a great week so far.
My job is not very physical and it drains me to sit here. We have treadmills and other exercise equipment available for use, but it seems that it can become just busy enough not to be able to get in a nice walk. 12 hour shifts are exhausting, even when the workload is light. Night times are worse. Thank goodness for the computers and our ability to surf. Management threatens us all the time, but for the most part as long as we keep it clean no one says much.
One of our old timers once described our job as hours of boredom interrupted by moments of shear terror. And in my 6 years here I have found it to be true. Quiet is how we want it to be because if it is not the likelihood of fire, explosion or toxic release is just too scary to think about. Truth is I don't think about what I "really" do much because if I did I probably would not come here anymore. The more I learn about my job the scarier my job is . The times I think about it most is when I prepare equipment for maintenance. One mistake and I could injure someone for life. I always double check our procedures and ask for someone to look over my work. The last thing I would want to be responsible for is the injury (or worse) of someone else. So for the most part I describe my job as boiling oil and my goal is to keep it in the pipes.
Ok I think that is enough rambling for now. I should take a look at the board and make sure all is flowing well. Hope everyone is having a great week so far.