>>He freaked and threw the breaker and shut down half the plant. Then he said “We’re too tired. Let’s go home.”
Been there. Done that! I almost touched the primary terminals of a control transformer due to extreme fatigue.
I stuck with it because I am very skilled technician and a horrible salesman. But I learned a lesson there that people will literally work themselves to death for OT, so I keep an eye on my people now and enforce rest period rules.
That’s all fine and dandy, but does the Hostess Company have to relinquish the recipe for the products that were manufactured? If not then it is not going to be the same taste and texture as the former products.
Yep, OT was our motivation. We had reached double time at 8 o’clock the previous night. I, too, had my left hand on the cabinet and I would have gotten two phases of a 440 circuit. Lucky to be alive, I guess.
I never wanted to be a salesman but once I got the job I was good at it because I knew what I was selling thanks to all the work as a maintenance AND construction electrician. I worked in the wholesale electric supply business for 8 years then started selling houses.