04-22-2025, 11:19 PM
I think you hit the nail on the head there. There was also that dichotomy between our digital printing and the old school plate press printing. And those old schoolers despised us. All they saw us doing was having fun. When I was doing 3rd shift I'd have 12 of the Printronix machines running, the Kimbal continuous laser and maybe the Xerox running all at once. And I'd boot up a machine and play some Commander Keen and the old school shift lead over there would try to assert his authority to tell me I couldn't play games. It was great to just look at him and smile and then go back to playing. Dude, your powers don't work on me because I don't report to you. And since I was doing about 200% more than first and second shift combined, no one could say a word. Don't piss off the person who's creating more revenue than half of those pressmen. And that animosity never wore off for as long as I was there...