Barbara writes:

I try to keep up my exercise routine while I travel. I had been walking on the
treadmill at the Marriott for about 25 minutes, when at 5:45 p.m., I got a call on my cell phone from Ken, the pressroom supervisor, who told me that they were ready for me.

I drove to Sussex, got my ID card, went to the customer lounge and met up with Ken, who told me that there had been a mill break in the paper, and the press was down for at least 30 minutes. Shift change was scheduled for 7 p.m., so I wouldn?t see anything until the new press crew arrived. I grabbed a bag of popcorn from the Quad dining room, a cranberry juice from the customer lounge and a bag of trail mix from the vending machine for dinner.

Shortly after 8 p.m., I saw my form 3/4, the middle pages of MyBUSINESS. Around 9, all pages were okayed, but the paper started picking. This meant that there were hickeys all over the pages. The pressmen were complaining about the paper, as the forms were now coming off the press unacceptable. At times like this, I?m glad that Hammock Publishing doesn?t supply their own paper.

I then traveled to the West Allis plant to okay another form, the CapCov/InPolitics 6pp piece. The temperature was falling, but my puffy Hammock coat and my Hammock gloves were keeping me warm. The CapCov form was a very easy press check. The only snag was that I took a wrong turn when I entered Door Four of the plant and toured the bindery, which must cover acres of land.

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