Working at The Bindery Essays -- Expository Process Essays

workings at The Bindery I have a dream. I have a dream astir(predicate) getting a doctorate degree in music. Well, to get that far, I know I must get through undergraduate school first, permit alone graduate school, and so on. Last year I realized that I needed a job that paid much more than minimum wage if I was going to afford to go to college. I past heard about The Bindery from a friend in the same situation as I was. I filled out an application, went to the orientation a few weeks later, and then discovered that working there would be no ordinary job. I will now briefly explain how the factory works and then show you the ropes of working in my department. There are two major departments at The Bindery the press and the bindery. The press cuts large rolls of cover into smaller ones. The rolls of paper are trimmed down to size for books, and all words and graphics are printed here. The paper is then folded by machinery into forms (groups of pages in books). Bu ndles of forms are held together with a piece of wood at each end and tied with plastic string. The bundles are then loaded onto skids. After the skids are prepared, the bundles are shipped to the work-in-progress area (where you are) by fork trucks. The skids of bundles are placed in front of each pocket, where forms are placed to banquet into the machine that binds the paper into books. Pockets are parts of machinery about 12-15 feet long and are at waist or stomach height. The machine takes one form from each pocket and groups them all together to make a book. It runs precise quickly, and it can make thousands of books in minutes. Five lines are in the bindery department, therefore, five books can be made at the same time. First, I will e... ...r workstation so it will be clean for the next shift. When the journey persons say it is timeto go, grab your belongings and cowman out. Get some sleep for the next day. Working at The Bindery has taught me and is still t eaching me much responsibility. I have learned to manage my time well. Working afternoons is tough because I dont get home until midnight every night. Life isnt fun and games every night anymore. I also have learned to work very hard for my money to pay for my college tuition. Being there just for the summers was a taste of real life for me not everyone gets the opportunity to live wealthy corresponding we see in the movies. It has given me more motivation to stay in school to avoid a life-long job like this, for I dont want to crunch for the rest of my life. I want to continue to live out my dream of getting my doctorate degree in music.