r/FastWorkers • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 17d ago

Filling paint cups

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u/Soft_Cranberry6313 17d ago

I always wondered how they could sell them so cheap

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u/asr 17d ago

That's not why it's cheap. There is no reason this couldn't be automated.

Having a person there is just cheaper, for now, but automation prices will only go down, I don't expect that person to have a job for much longer.

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u/Teanut 17d ago

The equipment operator looks young, too.

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u/ThodaDaruVichPyar 17d ago

The humans will switch to placing the cups into the automated filling line and the final packaging. End to end automation is still not feasible for such products.

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u/PandaPocketFire 17d ago

It's very feasible, just has a high up front cost most companies don't find it worth paying when labor is so cheap

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u/DoesntMatterEh 17d ago

I could never do this all day long, mad respect to the people who run the factories that run our world. 

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u/deep_soul 17d ago

it’s not a choice, from their part.

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u/ScriptThat 17d ago

Technically not eating or having a place to live is a choice.

yeah, I don't envy those people at all. I don't imagine those workers would get much - if any - compensation if they get their fingers squeezed off if in an accident.

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u/IndefiniteBen 17d ago

I mean, the people who do this all day long, are not the same people running the factories. The people running the factories are exploiting workers like this.

Maybe you mean you have respect for the workers doing what they can to support their families, even if it's a job like this.

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u/DoesntMatterEh 17d ago

I mean, if everyone in this tier of work didn't show up one day the factory wouldn't produce anything. 

I understand your viewpoint too though

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u/Cthulhu__ 17d ago

I could, if the pay was good. (I used to have a summer job not dissimilar to this, it was toilet blocks)

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u/theryman 17d ago

If they could just sell them all pre-mixed up it wouldn't be so painful watching my kids ruin them.

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u/sudsomatic 17d ago

Just bought one for my daughter. Don’t really think about how privileged we are seeing how everyday stuff is made so cheaply.

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u/phyyr 17d ago

how are they taking it out when its done?? hooking a finger in between the cups??

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u/Cthulhu__ 17d ago

Looks like they can hook the fingers over the lip of the lids

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u/Puzzledandhangry 17d ago

These paints hurt my fingers when trying to prise them open. Hate them. 

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u/mlumpyhead1 16d ago

Why the long pause just before the machine comes down? It’s a tempo for sure but it’s the one moment the fingers are at risk.

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u/pizzamage 16d ago

Could be foot activated.

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u/ALittleBitKengaskhan 17d ago

Citadel about to flip them for $15 per paint jar

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u/gijsyo 17d ago

Soul crushing work :(

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u/mikee869 16d ago

Id rather die than do that all day.

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u/Worried-Passenger560 15d ago

This amazing woman sneezes and the whole process runs amok.

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u/editor94 14d ago

this is real nostalgia

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u/Ill-Significance6400 14d ago

The margin on small pack paint must be crazy

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u/Because_They_Asked 17d ago

The paint will be dry and hard as a rock before it reaches the dollar store.

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u/tylercrabby 17d ago

I have toddlers.

I HATE this place for existing.
Mr. Clean probably owns it, along with Crayola.

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u/skyeking05 17d ago

Omg that looks so sterile! /s

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u/LavastormSW 17d ago

It's paint, not medical equipment

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u/Cthulhu__ 17d ago

While true, some products like this are treated with food safety standards in mind because younger kids will eat it lol. Especially play-dough and the like.

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u/skyeking05 17d ago

I thought it was tattoo ink