The Workermonkey

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

detroit, i can't believe they let them build cars there. 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 10/01/2008 11:34:00 PM

just got in from a training session outside of detroit for work. damon, it was taught by sweeds, pretty nice people.  its obvious that detroit is the auto capitol of the US, which is what makes it so depressing. plus, its a horrible city and surrounding area thats just collapsing in on itself.  the henry ford museum was nice. that s the only nice thing i have to say about what i saw there.

seeing as how this is my first experience in the auto industry i still hold out hope that it really is like you would think a modern automobile plant should be. but its not. and the design work is epic, an epic clusterfuck.  i'm now just more afraid then ever to drive a car.  besides the fact that i hold very little respect for the average american and consider everyone else on the road as out to get me, i'm now finding out how bad they are all made and designed.  

one of the higher ups took 15 of us out to play "whirlyball" down the road from the office. it was a lot of fun and did build teamwork and camaraderie amongst the people who went. i will now forever be known as the whirlyball champion at this place because i scored like 10 times when most people couldn't even drive, and i set the tone for the thing right off the bat by slamming our current president at full speed. it was awesome. it caught him off guard and everyone is surprised that i'll attack a president of the company. it made him swear and then he started swearing at everyone but he couldn't remember anyones name so he was just shouting out wrong names left and right. i just don't give a fuck.  everyone got a good laugh at it and it got people to loosen up a little. in the final seconds of hte final game i was trying to finish a down court shot when i got hammered by two opposing players and tossed like a rag doll. i slammed my leg into the steering wheel and lost my paddle. i didn't see it coming and they got me good. it was fun. they let you drink at it too, awesome.

damn i hate airports. security is such a joke. my mini leatherman made it through Bradley on my key chain but not through Detroit. 

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