Let's Get Brainwashed.

Today was a little frustrating because we got into a lot of statistics, which I haven't touched in years, and not ever to the level of detail like today. There were lots of letters with subscript letters, like Ytp (through-put Yield), Dpo (Defects per occurrence), and more. In my group, I think I gave away my ignorance with blank stares. Then, although the intent was nice, everyone tried to explain the concepts to me - all at once. It was like they were fighting over who could explain it best. I said, "I got it," over and over, but they wouldn't stop.

After lunch (which I whisked away up to my room to check out the new Apple announcements - by the way, I forgot a fork, and didn't want to walk all the way back to the restaurant, so I just ate with my fingers), a man who had attended this training/education a year ago was here to tell us about his latest project. He works for a tobacco company - the smokeless kind, he pointed out at the beginning. Halfway through he took a sip of water and decided to tell us why he was drinking water. "I had a few too many beers last night," he said.

I almost fell asleep during the continuous/discrete data discussion, and left for a few minutes while doing another group activity.

Tomorrow, I get to be the Green Operator for an exercise to demonstrate waste in the process of a signing up for a new credit card.