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rnielsen777 t1_itmatk3 wrote

I actually did this for 10 years, it's quite the process

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[deleted] OP t1_itmbc5d wrote

What exactly is can pressing? Is it when the can is compacted after the liquid is put into it?

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rnielsen777 t1_itmblbn wrote

The aluminum comes in huge coils and it's literally stamped and stretched.

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[deleted] OP t1_itmbw20 wrote

I see. I think that sounds interesting but it probably can get repetitive after a while.

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rnielsen777 t1_itmirmy wrote

Hopefully it's repetitive, haha. That would imply things are running well but they often don't

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Educational_Funny_20 t1_itmoxtl wrote

I can imagine, one of my first gigs was being the guy at the recycle center where people turned in their bottles and cans.... some of the worst smells in the world are beer and soda in the sun

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Aporkalypse_Sow t1_itoc9xk wrote

Add in dead bait and dog shit and you get the average garbage can near a boat launch/Park. I used to empty the garbage cans around different parks. Those were always the worst. Worms and chicken livers rotting in their own juices in the summer heat have an unforgettable smell when mixed with old beer bouquet.

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firecapsc t1_itqihzb wrote

Very true. I'm working at a recycle center.

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joalheagney t1_itp80bl wrote

I've worked on a factory line sorting and grading fruit. It is mind-numbingly dull and strongly hypnotic. Then the line gets halted for your mandated break ... and everyone stumbles one step to the left.

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asunatsu t1_ittqqyk wrote

Can agree. I was an intern but there was one time where everyone that is present in the factory is needed to be involved in sorting a mass production product. After the belt conveyor stops, I'm seeing things moving left. It got to my mind thinking about those factory workers, wondering how they're able to keep on working in this condition for years.

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RealMcGonzo t1_itmlh2m wrote

At the end of the line at our candy factory, I take the fudge off and put it into boxes.

I can never tell people what my job title is.

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firebirdi t1_itneyi4 wrote

When people ask me what my wife does, I tell them it's complicated;

she's a pheasant plucker, you see? She plucks mother pheasants. She's the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker to ever pluck a mother pheasant.

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Toikairakau t1_itpd0ha wrote

I had to fill in at my dad's pheasant plucking job when he took a break . They asked who I was and I said, 'I'm not the pheasant pucker, I'm the pheasant pluckers son, I'm only plucking pheasants until the pheasant plucker comes'.

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Atillion t1_itme0cc wrote

It helps to keep tabs on your life..

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AccordionORama t1_itmfhd2 wrote

As a Tokyo subway employee, I also press cans all day.

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plateau1999 t1_itmgri1 wrote

Do some Coke to perk you up.

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Bazzcrypto t1_itmktxh wrote

If you think your job is senseless, think of the poor sods attaching blinkers on Aud's (or BMW's for that matter) 😂

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SquidgyTheWhale t1_itmz1ab wrote

It's no more fun filling them up. A lot of people quit, just because they can.

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OlDirtyBAStart t1_itmtd4g wrote

You're a technician at the mammogram clinic?

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Unholydiver919 t1_itnec4t wrote

A mammography technician presses cans all day too!

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gk666 t1_iton6yj wrote

It’s soda’m pressing

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SaskaGoon t1_itp3a4x wrote

bean there done that.

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BaldrickB t1_itqhly8 wrote

Just leaves me flat. In fact, it's so depressing I want to jump into traffic. I'd be car-bonnetted.

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Drinkythedrunkguy t1_itokxe9 wrote

This joke is old enough to collect social security.

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