What Day Is IT????

October 17, 2013

Ok, I don’t know what day this is anymore.  It’s the 3^rd day of our second week.  Right now I am VERY tired – my feet, right knee, lower back and shoulders are sore.  Rick’s feet – especially the ball of his left foot – are giving him grief.  This week started out nice, working in Utah Tan which has lots of space to store stuff in.  But then, part way through the morning of our first day back we were reassigned to the dreaded “transship”, Nevada Green.  Transship is all the shit that comes from other fulfillment centers and it’s a mishmash.  Books,videos, etc are mixed up with TEHKO in small “totes”.  You get 14 totes on a fully loaded  cart.  You have to pick out all the books, etc. and stow them downstairs in the BMVD section, then ship your cart upstairs to floor 2 or 3 to TEKHO.  The cart goes in an elevator, called “VRC” (freight elevator) but you can’t go with the cart.  YOU must climb the stairs; 60 to the top 3^rd floor.  Then you are united with your cart and start HUNTING for bins to stow in.  It’s grueling.  There’s something inherently wrong about storing one little memory chip in a bin that has also 2 flats of dog food, 1 stuffed toy, 2 dildos, and 6 bottles of lotion.  But that’s what ends up happening.  You can only put 5 unique UPCs in a bin and you don’t have time to find the bin that has room and just the right amount of space.  They teach you about “bin etiquette” and making nice for your downline customer (the pickers) but when space is scarce its every stower for themselves!!!   Oh well, one more day in this work week to go.  BUT I signed us up for voluntary overtime on Tuesday next week.  AM I CRAZY?????