Today they split up Laura and I at work. There are just so many new people with need of good workers to train them that they had to. Jeff, our boss, was avoiding our gazes for a while - worried we’d be mad at him. I worked with some welder from plant 1 who earns roughly double what I do. He was pretty decent to work with.

Laura, however, had to work with this Asian guy from plant 1 who thought he was black. He actually talked about things as “wack” (and not mockingly!) and talked about his “niggaz.” She says he might just be the stupidest person she’s ever met.

Rained this morning. Edge of the hurricane system, I suppose.

McDonald’s for lunch was rushed as I managed to pick the line with the dumbest trainee ever working the till. So frustrating.

I was working at the other end of the plant today, with Crazy and Allen at the bench beside me. Man is Crazy ever psychotic. She and Allen had a two-minute yelling match at one point about cleaning and it seemed like they both enjoyed it. She also has a laugh like a manically insane super villain and dances like a child on crack.

When we first started work, Jeff greeted us all clean shaven and well organized like. Work has been so crazy lately that his hair is never properly in order anymore, he hasn’t shaved in a while and I don’t think he’s slept in years. It’s a much more crazy version of Jeff. He’s there from 6am until 9 or 10 pm most days now. He laughed that Laura and I were trying to take a few days off caffeine since it’s all that’s keeping him running. I asked him if he at least ate something once in a while. Apparently he’s running on a diet of pop tarts, cookies and Pringles. Nice.