I also briefly had a temp job like this when I was in high school. I worked at an Acme Brick manufacturing plant one summer. I'd show up around 5:30 every morni

I also briefly had a temp job like this when I was in high school. I worked at an Acme Brick manufacturing plant one summer. I'd show up around 5:30 every morning not sure if I was going to sweep the plant floor all day or stack the bricks that had just come out of the kiln. While I was hired through a temp agency, I was at least had a guaranteed spot at work each day. I can't imagine what it must be like to have to wait in limbo every morning. The worst part wasn't the physical labor, it was the atmosphere. Never mind the fact that I was pretty much the only English speaker there, the other workers didn't even talk to each other. We'd go on the 30 minute lunch break at 11, and they'd all pull out their lunchboxes and eat in complete silence. Everything was so somber -- it was like everyone had the life sucked out of them.