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Originally Posted by Locke
Oh! And the best part? They weren't our forklifts. We rented them.
From who? I have no idea. That was none of my business.
But we had about 10 'Houndies' to about 50 temps. I did that 2 years in a row and they must have wrecked at least 3 forklifts.
I had enough Union seniority to get a 'Christmas Depot' shift but not enough to get a 'Forkie shift' despite technically being the most qualified forklift driver.
You wanted a 'Christmas Depot' shift so that you werent dealing with the teeming masses at the main Depot trying to travel the Dirty Dawg at Christmas.
Boxes don't talk back. Or attack you.
And I'd already been physically assaulted a couple of times by then so I took the easiest shift I could.
The temps largely were great! There was a group of Africans who were hard workers but they just didn't know where things had to go.
We had a gigantic Map taped to the wall but...if you're reading a shipping label and then taking 10 minutes to stare at the map then we're falling behind! Trucks have to leave on a schedule! The drivers only have so many available driving hours.
Not to mention, some of these packages are going to very small towns that aren't on the map. You have to know where they are.
And don't even get me started on Sydney BC and Sydney NS. I'm certain there were unhappy people in both places.
Oh God...Greyhound. That was a helluva job. Good God...
My first year? I had to work the main depot at Christmas, if you can get out of that you take it! People traveling at Christmas aren't the most...sane.
I think that was the first time I was attacked.
I did get into some Police trouble once at the Christmas Depot, but I'll tell that story another time. I was nearly arrested but thats a funnier story. And it was innocuous...no one was hurt and it worked out hilariously.
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I'll tell the tale of the Christmas Depot Police interaction at a later date. You wont believe it.
It is still miraculous that I never got fired. I actually quit that job with (very small) pension payout!
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