As Seen on TV
After School
Back to the Grind
Guerin Day
Career Change
400

Fallen on hard times? Steal from a grocery store! You could make a TV show out of this.

Good Girls

400

He's a 5-time district gold medalist and 1-time state silver medalist who played this instrument in the annual solo & ensemble competition.

Trumpet

400

The codename for lunch with this former PTI plant manager.  

Tacos with Paco

400

If you need help on question one of the homework, you probably shouldn't be in this teacher's class.

Stephanie Mauck

400

This cleanliness-related acronym makes it much quicker to refer to the steps: Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain.

5S

800

This Bojack Horseman character has podcast-style ringtones.

Diane Nguyen

800

He hasn't picked up this piece of equipment since his last practice during senior year of high school.

Tennis Racquet

800

"Fast on your feet, not on the street." was the motto for delivery drivers of this company.

Jimmy John's

800

He was offered this drink out of a water bottle between classes, and that's how he met Avery.

Vodka

800

This process includes up to 21 different documents that prove to a customer that they can produce quality parts at an agreed-upon production rate.

Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)

1200

The plot of this dark TV show is good, but it never ends. The list goes on and on.

The Blacklist

1200

He was voted vice president of this student organization at SIU.

American Society for Quality (ASQ)

1200

Muhammad and Zafar go by these "Americanized" names in the workplace and when talking business. 

Mazen and Zack

1200

He ran this Twitter account that helped get the lunch menu added to the morning announcements. And the profile picture was taken down for copyright infringement.

Providence Polls

1200

This metric, a combination of efficiency, uptime, and quality, provides an overview of a manufacturing operation's performance. 85% or greater is considered "world-class."

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

1600

This Bill Wurtz video came before the history of the entire world, I guess.

History of Japan

1600

Just wanted something to do after school instead of the on-site after school program in the 4th and 5th grades.

Choir

1600

While an intern at this company, coworkers either murdered or got murdered. Now they prefer workplace accidents as a means to their end.

Metalsa

1600

This teacher taught his class that "the Muslim God told the terrorists on 9/11 to fly the planes into the world trade center"

Bonnie and Clyde

1600

This organization sets the standard for automotive quality management, however not all of the major automakers have joined nor follow the standard.

International Automotive Task Force (IATF)

2000

The NFL has a rule that a Sunday 1:00 and 4:15 games must sell out to be broadcast in the local market. DirecTV offers this workaround:

NFL Sunday Ticket

2000

"You speak a little Spanish, you should do it!" And so he did, serving as secretary of this student organization at SIU for a year.

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

2000

Some coworkers at Jimmy John's created this music group, who released a themed mixtape on CD and SoundCloud.

The Gargantuans

2000

At his senior tennis banquet, he received this award for having the model work ethic and attitude of a providence pioneer. 

Blue Pride Award

2000

When defects are sent to the customer, they will generally require a standardized response or explanation. Ford calls it this.

External Supplier Corrective Action Report (ESCAR)