monkey with a shopping cart
i've been promoted to the warehouse across the street. well, i shouldn't say promoted, but all the other temps were cut, so i've taken the liberty of saying i've been promoted. by the way, della isn't temping anymore. she's working as a waitress, and last sunday she brought home some much needed bread. and by bread i mean money.
anyway, now i'm "order picking". which can be compared to going to a hardware store with a complete stranger's shopping list - about 40 times a day. think of me pushing a shopping cart around a huge warehouse (about the size of a standard home depot, loews, etc.) and you've got the picture. it's all fun and games until the particular light bulbs i'm after happen to be 6 meters up on the racks. then i get to play "circus circus" and see if i can scramble up the racks, verify the light bulb in question and then balance the box of 100 light bulbs on my shoulder as a climb down a ladder - which is only 2 meters tall. light bulbs are the easiest because they are "light" - it's a whole different story when you have to climb the racks to fetch a roll of fiberoptic cable. sometimes i find myself taking very circuitous routes up and down the racks just to avoid the ladder. and by now i've discovered i'm the only picker who does this; every other picker has a forklift license.
but still, i like the job. and i'm going to keep sticking it out until something better comes along.
posted by tyson on
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
1 Comments:
Way to go, Tyson. Just watch your steps.
Why don't you get a forklift license?
Mom
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