QOTD

Kupuggie

This is going off the FB chat last night, I saw it this morning when I woke up, so..

 

If you worked in a factory, what type of factory would you want to work in?

Pookums

Candy (chocolate in particular) if I got sick of being around it I guess I would stop eating it so it's a win-win. LOL

autumn wren

I would totally be one of Wonka's oompa loompas...

lolabright

Since I already work in a food grade facility, I think I would go to some place that just did mass production of parts. Food grade is a major headache, espicially our Cocoa division of the company.

SSM&JLM

Either candy/chocolate or alcohol.  Somewhere fun and with good free samples.

brie&drew

After spending a week with Godiva, totally their chocolate factory. Average employee tenure= 23 years, and that's just the workers on the lines actually making the chocolate and running it through the various machines. They're doing something right if that many people stick around! Plus there's the company store.

Pookums

SSM&JLM:

Either candy/chocolate or alcohol.  Somewhere fun and with good free samples.

Oh duh boooze.

Or maybe liquor candies. LOL

Kupuggie

Dana, where do you work?

lolabright

Kupuggie:

Dana, where do you work?

ADM in Langhorne. My terminal is a HFCS bulk transfer station.

lolabright

Pookums:

SSM&JLM:

Either candy/chocolate or alcohol.  Somewhere fun and with good free samples.

Oh duh boooze.

Or maybe liquor candies. LOL

OK now that sounds like a good job to me Maybe an ice cream factory too.

PlumCallaLily

Pookums:

Candy (chocolate in particular) if I got sick of being around it I guess I would stop eating it so it's a win-win. LOL

I totally picture Lucy and Ethel stuffing the chocolate in their mouths because the conveyor belt was going too fast!

 

You can be Lucy and I'll be Ethel because a chocolate factory has my vote too.

SSM&JLM

Pookums:

SSM&JLM:

Either candy/chocolate or alcohol.  Somewhere fun and with good free samples.

Oh duh boooze.

Or maybe liquor candies. LOL

Random side story-When my mom and I went to Ireland, there was a girl with her parents who had a whole box of guiness chocolates.  They kept eating them on our tour and by the end were definitely buzzed and feeling it.

 

oreille

I'd work in a hearing aid factory.  Not nearly as fun as you girls' suggestions, but I'm so sick of these hearing aid manufacturers selling my students' families hearing aids that are way more appropriate for old people than 3-year-olds.

(example--one company gave free hearing aids to many of my students last fall.  Wonderful, right?  Except the hearing aids are totally bad for my kids.  As one example of why they are bad, they have hard-shell earmolds.  One 5-year-old got hit in the head while playing at recess one day, and the hard earmold broke off in his ear canal.  So much blood, and he had to go the emergency room.  No one was being malicious here--normal childhood play means kids sometimes get a bump on the head.  A soft earmold, more appropriate for children, would not have broken if it got hit.).

So, I'd hire a rockstar engineer, and have someone help me make the perfect listening technology for kids.  Children are not small adults!

lolabright

oreille:

I'd work in a hearing aid factory.  Not nearly as fun as you girls' suggestions, but I'm so sick of these hearing aid manufacturers selling my students' families hearing aids that are way more appropriate for old people than 3-year-olds.

(example--one company gave free hearing aids to many of my students last fall.  Wonderful, right?  Except the hearing aids are totally bad for my kids.  As one example of why they are bad, they have hard-shell earmolds.  One 5-year-old got hit in the head while playing at recess one day, and the hard earmold broke off in his ear canal.  So much blood, and he had to go the emergency room.  No one was being malicious here--normal childhood play means kids sometimes get a bump on the head.  A soft earmold, more appropriate for children, would not have broken if it got hit.).

So, I'd hire a rockstar engineer, and have someone help me make the perfect listening technology for kids.  Children are not small adults!

I love this. Your example is terrifying, I couldn't imagine how I would feel if that happened to my little guy.

shelley1002

I'll work in a factory that makes just about anything.

I currently work in a factory and love watching the gears and major parts for helicopter engines being machined from raw to completion.  This is even more fascinating to me because DH and several friends fly the models that we make major parts for.

Firearms was really neat to see.  Watching metal rods pounded into the shape of the frame.  Though the oil on rifle/shotgun barrels smells really bad.

Sneakers were fun.  To see 6 pairs of shoes all being embroidered with the logo at once.  They were still mostly sewn and glued together by hand.  Mainly only the embroidery was done by machine.

The most boring one I worked in was a place the made machines.  It was mostly assembly.

I do know people that work at Ben & Jerry's and Lindor (lindt) Chocoloates.

shyntrue

Ice cream for sure!

(side note:  DH & I like to watch the show How it's Made on Science Channel)

tshott

We have a gum factory in town and it smells amazing when you drive by it. I think I'd like to work there.

Mitzzi23

Mass production amazes me. I used to love this one clip on Sesame Street that showed how crayons were made. Like most of you all, I would love to work in a candy factory. My uncle owns a candy store known for his chocolate and the back where they make everything smells soooo good.

Pookums

Mitzzi23:

Mass production amazes me. I used to love this one clip on Sesame Street that showed how crayons were made. Like most of you all, I would love to work in a candy factory. My uncle owns a candy store known for his chocolate and the back where they make everything smells soooo good.

OMG I remember that and for some reason I always thought it was Mr. Rogers. LOL

It was yellow right? Or I mean it was mostly focused on yellow i think.

lolabright

Pookums:

Mitzzi23:

Mass production amazes me. I used to love this one clip on Sesame Street that showed how crayons were made. Like most of you all, I would love to work in a candy factory. My uncle owns a candy store known for his chocolate and the back where they make everything smells soooo good.

OMG I remember that and for some reason I always thought it was Mr. Rogers. LOL

It was yellow right? Or I mean it was mostly focused on yellow i think.

The Crayola Factory is in PA and you can take kids there for tours.

moviesprincess

Somewhere where they cooked baked goods. Imagine coming home and smelling like fresh baked cookies. I would totally jump on Ben every night if he came home smelling like that.

shelley1002

Pookums:

Mitzzi23:

Mass production amazes me. I used to love this one clip on Sesame Street that showed how crayons were made. Like most of you all, I would love to work in a candy factory. My uncle owns a candy store known for his chocolate and the back where they make everything smells soooo good.

OMG I remember that and for some reason I always thought it was Mr. Rogers. LOL

It was yellow right? Or I mean it was mostly focused on yellow i think.

Orange.  I posted the link in the chat we were having last night when somehow the subject came up.  The video is on youtube.

FutureMrsNAH

Candy (jelly beans or some kind of hard candy)

Cereal (I saw a cereal factory once and was interested too)

Crayons (duh, if you were on the chat)

Lipstick (I saw that on sesame street and was amazed too. 

Told you I think it would be cool! 

ETA: and now that I've finished reading, gum, like Tania said would be great!