Anyway, I have been working for two weeks at a small bottle screenprinting factory/business. They market water purification units for restaurants/hotels to sell over-priced tap water; they sell bottles with for these units and will print your logo etc on them. (Some very well known - and expensive! - places use this company, can't say which though)
Lovely people (actually have real conversations) except one man - of the two I work with - 100% supports the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp which really disturbed me; I nearly quit when he said, "...Oooh Guantanamo; love it. Love it. It's justice isn't it". I wish I had my argument dialled but didn't know what to say. I did say that most of the men there have not had a trial. But couldn't compete with his self-assurance that it was a good idea (which I strongly believe it is not). He was a policeman for 21 years.
Radio 2 8:30am til 1:30pm (working hours). I got very confused as I was convinced Terry Wogan did the whole stint but gradually realised he only does up til 9am! The next man is Ken Bruce who sounds EXActly like Wogan; THAT is where the confusion lies.
Took some photos of the work environment. Still no people. Never feels right. I don't work in these places long enough to feel comfortable to do so (wouldn't want to do candid snaps either)
Here they are:
Place of work. Kilns on left, bubble wrap centre. It is infact quite a skill to print and bake the bottles (this 'sets' the ink like a glaze). You cannot take them out of the kiln straight away; they will all crack. The kilns are left to cool in the kilns until about 100 degrees C (with the help of homemade air-con/air extraction system, on left above kilns) then the doors are opened only slightly to cool bottles further (again they would crack if taken out now.) Eventually they are removed and placed on the tables (picture, right) and when at a tepid temp, the tops are put on (my job exclusively, see below).
THREE colours.
More 'factory art' with chocolate buttons Sellotaped to breasts.
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