The other story is me working at Goodyear. It's now been a month and slowly, but surely, I am starting to realize that there more involving the job than just building tires. You are building belts, your are stocking the tires on a flat bed, you are taking the tires via the tug truck. You are sometimes stocking your fellow workers with liners, sidewall, butyl, etc. I sometimes ask myself the question "Am I able to keep up with these people?" Now, I know that my co-workers are always saying to me that the speed will come. I want to believe, but I have a hard time seeing the big picture because this is so different for me. I have been through quota's before when I work at Silpada as a picker/packer. This is a bigger scale because I am building tires compare to just getting your order right. I am going to give them my best and that's all I can do. If it works great and if doesn't at least I can say that I tried and not quit. I have switched shifts from 1st to second hoping to get better training and maybe get along with new co-workers. I did dodge a bullet by not getting laid off this past week. That would have sucked...I would have been here for a month and they let me go...man I just got started.
Also, yesterday I went inside an IKEA store for the very first time. The store reminds me of a combination of a Nebraska Furniture Mart meets a Crate & Barrel. Huge selection of many items and great food at their restaurant. I tried their famous sweedish meatballs with mashed potatoes & gravy along with lingberries.
Tim "ready for thanksgiving" Crippen
