I worked for Schlage for a couple of years circa 1969 (I was about 22 yrs old), first in the mail room where I got to deliver mail throughout the complex via an electric cart about 3 times a day. This was great fun because I was able to meet so many people. That included a very attractive blond. She turned out to be even more fun than the electric cart.
Then I got a new position (and raise) working on the assembly lines actually putting the hardware together. At first it seemed impossible to keep up. However, eventually, I became quite good at it, able to work any station on the line just as good as any of women. Many of which were much older than I. Other than myself they were all women. I was a rather charming dude back in the day and they all loved helping me and were just all really nice.
Another job change and the job was supplying a line with all the parts each station required for assembly. This was initially much harder than it sounds because the line would change type of locks about 6-8 times a day. I would then have to remove all the prior parts from the line and restock them with the new ones. I had to do this while making sure the line never stopped. Again, practice allowed me to get really good at this as well and was my favorite job there. I could keep ahead of the supply and then could just spend the free time walking the line chatting and joking with everyone while making sure to eyeball the current inventory on the line.
Unfortunately, all this came to an unhappy end when Schlage starting layoffs. I got caught in the process and was offered to stay on as…a janitor. Nupe. That was the end of my Schlage experience and as you can tell I think of my Schlage days with great fondness. Especially that blond.