Gerringer talks about how they were paid for overproduction in the Bynum, North Carolina, textile mills. She says that although the workers never openly discussed how they would work harder and faster in over to earn extra wages for overproduction, she believes it was quite common. In describing how this process worked, she reveals interesting workplace tensions in the textile mills between spinners and doffers. Although the doffers sometimes passed along bobbins that were only half-full in order to save themselves time, the spinners rarely complained to the bosses because doing so might mean they regularly ended up with less yarn to spin, should the doffers decide to retaliate. Her comments reveal dynamic workplace tensions and strategies.