First Day
Today was my first day of actual work. We started out unloading fish from several boats over in Cold Storage by hand, which at first sucked, but once I was all slimy, wet, and most uncomfortable I just dug right in.
We had to grab the fish by the mouth and gill and chuck them in this tort (hand operated lift) however for a newbir, I just was trying to grab the damn fish anyway I could. They are so slippery, and often it was very cold down in the storage tanks, becasue the captain just turned off the cooling minutes prior to us boarding (need to keep the fish cool).
We did get to pump two boats as well, which could have gone better, but didn't go too bad considering 2 of the 3 of us had no idea what we were doing. The first boat was a disaster really, we ran out of water and all. However we made up ground with the second. We didn't even have to haul a single fish out by hand, we got em all!
I'm on the schedule for tomorrow, so hopefully it will go much better. It would be a lot easier if the boats had storage holes that were designed for pumpin fish, but in fact these are mostly crabbin boats.
posted by Morgan Davies @ 10:47 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Will you be able to throw fish like they do at the Seattle Farmers Market when you get done this summer? How about a mailing address so we can send a care pakage? We do care you know!
Love Dad
Ouch, if I was there, it would have been worse than 2 out of 3. Try 5 out of 3 :D
Mmm fish.. :P
I don't think there is a mailing address, and if there was, the mailing system takes at least 10 days! I know you care :-)
Hey Morgy, miss you! Think about you all the time and hoping your job isn't wearing you out too much. Just think of it as an experience of a life time. Do you think you'll do this next summer? Dad always tells me, "Angie you think your job is bad, you could be a fish sucker in freezing water." and then we laugh. haha How do you like the job? Is it really hard? Ok well if you ever get an address please make sure you publish it so we can send you some yummies (that don't smell like fish!) Love you!
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