On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 2:39:03 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/1/2016 1:14 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > One company I worked, they decided to use a temp agency. Both of the
> > guys they brought in lived in West Memphis, Arkansas. They each had to
> > drive the same route to work. One guy was perpetually late. When he
> > showed up he was rather ungroomed and disheveled. Looking like he'd
> > slept in his clothes. Could have used a shower, too.
> >
> > One morning he showed up about two hours late. He blamed it on traffic
> > driving across the bridge. Funny how the other guy, from the same area
> > in the same traffic, managed to show up on time. Guess which other
> > young man became a permanent employee and which one was not invited
> > back? Heh.
> >
> > Jill
>
> Some companies use temp agencies so they can weed out the losers easily
> and no lingering paperwork.

I worked as a temp at an electronics assembly plant in Everett WA. I enjoyed working with actual people sitting next to me. They moved me all over the plant because I was gung-ho to do anything they needed. I was prepping components and boards, loading up boards with a manual component insertion machine, assembling printers, testing boards, burning-in boards, touching up boards. It was a real gas. They hired me after 6 months. I had to leave soon after to attend some business in Hawaii. That was a Godamn fun job!