Wake me up, before you print print

I've just returned to my temporary home, the Commerce Casino, after spending over an hour at the printing plant. As I mentioned, the Corporation has me in Commerce, CA, where I am on "press check" for our Social Responsibility Report. Believe me, the irony of supporting a gambling establishment while working on corporate social responsibility is not lost on me!

Every few hours, I'm required to return to the printing plant to check the pages that are coming off the press. My job is mainly to check for typos and to make sure content changes haven't occurred. My colleagues are checking for color matching, ink density and other design elements, including photography. Really, my job seems easier to me, but then again, I don't have the expertise to understand why one black is better or worse than another.

We left for the plant this morning shortly before 4am, and I was a bit of a zombie upon arrival. But after starting to read the pages (and thanks to the stench of the nearby dog food factory), I totes perked up. It's surprising how alert you can be when you have to be. And it's a good thing, too, because I found some errors that caused us to re-do some of the pages, at no small expense to the Corporation. Although no one yelled "Stop the presses!" an alarm did sound as they brought the machine to a halt. Good job, Panda!!!!

So, now I'm relaxing a bit before returning to sleep. Returning through the hotel lobby and the main gaming floor, it was abundantly clear that some (most) of the casino patrons have not been to sleep at all. This place is weird.