My first job was as a worker at the manufacturing plant
my father used to work for.
That was during summer vacation when I was 15years old, a first-grader in high school.
The company was Kubota that manufactures various machines.
I worked under the direction of a part-time woman
at the department of the combine harvester.稲刈り機
The task was mainly putting a washer on a screw.
It was really easy and interesting to me.
I liked that, even there were hundreds of washers and screws in one box.
There was no air conditioner in the large plant
and everywhere smelled of greasy oil.
Somehow I had no complaint.
That was my first extraordinary experience
and I started to respect my father so much that I couldn’t express them in words.