MSG goodness
One school hols I took a job in a factory that packaged various health foods. And spices. And other foodstuffs. Ah, the memories...

Spending a day packaging MSG into 50g packets. Load hopper from large drum. Put empty bag on other end of machine. Turn machine on. MSG shakes down chute into bag, sending up clouds of MSG dust, turns off when 50g has arrived in bag. Sneeze. Send bag through heat sealer. Repeat ad nauseum.

Salting peanuts in a row of ordinary cement mixers.

Using said mixers to "repackage" out of date various carob shapes and different dried fruit into "special carob mix", sticking a new use-by date on the resulting mix and sending it back out to stores.

"Tidying the coolrooms" for days on end, trying all the goodies therein.

It could have been worse - my Dad was pushing me to take a summer job on an oil rig. I don't think "rigger's pet" was for me.
( Udderbelly A tale of four titties, Fri 1 Oct 2004, 17:02, Reply)