That one shift where everything breaks at once
There’s always that one shift a month where every single thing decides to break at once. Ours was last night. First, the receiving dock wouldn’t lower. Then the baler jammed. Two scanners lost signal, and the cooler temp sensor started blinking red.
The team was already light due to callouts, and no one from management was answering. So now we’ve got four associates doing full unload and zone recovery while dodging leaks, error messages, and cross-department backup calls.
I ended up in the breakroom at 5:30AM eating my lunch in silence, soaked in sweat, shoes wrecked, just staring at the vending machine wondering what job I could pivot into next.
And somehow the store still opened on time, as if nothing happened. #RetailStorm #OneOfThoseShifts
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