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About that Cheerios smell: Don Dodd shares his General Mills stories
- 2024/02/25
- 再生時間： 27 分
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DON DODD
Longtime General Mills worker
“It's like walking next to a jet, that's how loud they are.... That thing was just
whistling and screaming.” Don Dodd got his start at General Mills in 1969 and worked there for
decades, taking on all sorts of roles. For a time, he was a gunner - literally shooting Cheerios
out of a pressurized chamber that created a deafening sound. In the early days churning out
breakfast cereal and cake mixes, there were distinct roles for men and women at the plant. And,
even though work there could be hot, noisy and grueling, Don and his coworkers often managed to
find time for a break, sometimes dashing across the bridge for a 25 cent "adult beverage" at
nearby Swannie House.
Longtime General Mills worker
“It's like walking next to a jet, that's how loud they are.... That thing was just
whistling and screaming.” Don Dodd got his start at General Mills in 1969 and worked there for
decades, taking on all sorts of roles. For a time, he was a gunner - literally shooting Cheerios
out of a pressurized chamber that created a deafening sound. In the early days churning out
breakfast cereal and cake mixes, there were distinct roles for men and women at the plant. And,
even though work there could be hot, noisy and grueling, Don and his coworkers often managed to
find time for a break, sometimes dashing across the bridge for a 25 cent "adult beverage" at
nearby Swannie House.