Originally Posted by KRL

Managing a zipper mfg. factory in downtown LA. It was pretty much a sweat shop. We made 200,000 zippers a week for dress manufacters and women's apparel. Each one was quality tested (opened and closed prior to leaving the factory).

All mexicans worked there. It was grueling, repetitive, noisy as hell from all the assembly machinery running non-stop and incredibly monotoneous to put it mildly.