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Originally Posted by fotze2
I knew a guy who worked at the Greyhound freight place up near the airport. He would just steal stuff that was getting shipped through. I got some sweet Volkl skis back in the day. I don;t know skiing from my taint but I seem to remember they were the best skis at the time. The flourescent yeller ones.
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Oh the theft was insane. We had a shipment of Jeans and the guys turned one of the Pup Trailers into a makeshift changing room. It was nuts.
I personally never stole anything at any of my jobs ever. Its just not worth it and its just not my character.
But theft? At Greyhound? I dont think people properly understand the character of the people that Greyhound hired to take luggage off and on Buses. We weren't properly vetted or had Police Reports or anything.
One time my Boss literally hired a Vagrant who had just gotten off the Bus.
"I have no Job, no prospects, nowhere to go and no money."
- "Welp. You wanna just start hauling bags off the Bus for a few bucks?"
That was it. That was the interview process. And would that guy show up for his shift tomorrow? Who knows??
This was the insanity of it all. It was one part "strictly regulated Union rules" and the rest was just sheer Anarchy. Oil and Water. Complete madness.
You could essentially do whatever you wanted but because of the Union you couldn't even get in trouble much less fired.
I was brought back to work by the POLICE...3 times! Not the band. Greyhound was sued at least twice (that I know of). And Greyhound still begged me not to quit when I graduated from University.
You apply those rules to a 22-year-old Locke who doesn't GAF in conjunction with the most dysfunctional company I've ever seen and an Alberta economy that was booming so hard another job was just around the corner?
Yeah. How do you think thats going to go down?