Honorable Mentions
"The new standard unit of measure" by Fred Durrenberger
"The new voice-actuated COVID safety control system still needs some debugging." by Phil Grimes
"And why aren't you wearing a mask!" by Tim Feider
Other Submissions
"The new normal is not so normal." by Kristin Michael
"Sounds like "slushy mass" talk with possible consequences." by Marvin Sager
"1 part dry vermouth 1 part vodka" by Victor Smith
"Bob wasn't sure why his boss said "tanking physical distance" was hurting business demand, but he was going to sort it out." by Reece McHenry
"Since every time his boss expressing a wish, his wish were becoming true, Jerry decided to give a try to grow from 5 ft 4 to 6 ft..." by Martin Tremblay
"Stu was perplexed as to why the Barley tank embraced social distancing where as the Rye tank chose to ignore current social etiquette." by Chuck Lewis
"Seems that we didn't take into account the height of the men which must stand on the top of these vessels!!" by Christos Marinos
"To reduce the risk of transmitting COVID among shared workstations, our operators can now change set-points using verbal commands" by Assem Abdou
"And where’s your mask!" by Chuck Lewis
"Augmented reality doesn't co-mingle very well with our social distancing guidelines." by Scott Mourier
"Fred, Who Stole the Dip Stick?" by Daniel Flynn
"No radio, no cell phone! I want you to read my mind!" by Richard Quinnette
"No matter how much tried, Dave couldn't get the tank farm to follow his directions." by Phil Grimes
"Micro organism production has slowed due to the enforcement of a strict 6 foot media buffer between cells in the growth tanks." by Stephen Miller
"Upon returning to work following Covid-19 sheltering in-place guidelines, Andy forgot that he was not at home when he called out for Alexa to lower the tank level 6 feet, please." by Gary Davis
"Tank spacing and overhead clearance" by Swapa Kumar Hazra
"Stu suspected that either the plant AI's anti-virus software needed a new update, or that it had become sentient and thought it was human." by Robert Bauer
"I told you work and pleasure don't mix." by subash oza