Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says Line Work At Ford Is ‘Hard’: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg helped assemble one of Ford Motor Co.’s popular F-150 pickup trucks Thursday during his first trip to Michigan, he said Thursday in a post on the social media site he built. Some future buyer will see his name on the inspection sticker.

Zuckerberg, whose first trip to Michigan included a tour of Ford’s Rouge Plant outside of Detroit, said working at an assembly plant is “physically hard.” Among the most important things an assembly worker should do is invest in a good pair of shoes “because you’re essentially walking on a treadmill for 10 hours a day,” he wrote. Read the rest of the story here.

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