Hectic day at the office

The company I work for is small, and when one of the crew is absent in the area in which I work, the effect can certainly be felt. Such was the case today. We were running production on two machines, which required three people to run the machines. Everyone today had to pitch in to get the job done. The ladies who do secondary inspection helped to run the machines, forsaking their own large pile of work. One person was out back cleaning machine parts and the clean room supervisor took a break from his R&D responsibilities to sit at a machine for a bit. As for me, I got one machine up and running this morning and then pitched in doing first piece inspections. After this I went to the other machine for the better part of the day and into the evening. I even did a little but of training for three of the ladies, who mastered their new skill quite easily. Gotta love those 12 hour shifts. Our quality control/inspection person has been out for personal reasons the last few days, which has made things more hectic. That means there is one less person to help cover breaks, because three people must be at the machines while they are running.
One thing I like about this job is the variety of responsibilities. Sure makes the day go by fast. I like to know how to do many things, and I know where I am most effective, so I try to know as much as possible. I like the fact that in most instances the clean room supervisor/R & D guy can put me on a regular production run and not have to worry about it so he can focus on his many other responsibilities.

Well enough about this topic for now. It will be another long workday tomorrow.