The freight truck that broke all of us

Some days the truck shows up and you just know it’s going to ruin your whole shift. Today was that day. The truck was supposed to be a normal load, but instead it showed up fully packed, double-stacked, and about two hours earlier than scheduled.

The dock was already full because the morning team hadn’t cleared the last truck, so there was nowhere to put anything. CAP2 had four people instead of eight, one pallet jack wouldn’t charge, and half the freight was stacked wrong, so it kept collapsing while we moved it. It turned into the kind of shift where you’re sweating through your vest an hour in.

What made it worse? Management walked by once, said, “You guys got this,” and disappeared for the rest of the unload. No extra help, no adjustments to coverage. By the time we got the floor somewhat cleared, OGP was behind, the truck was late leaving, and we were told we needed to stay late to “catch up” on freight. It’s like, maybe if we had the right number of people we wouldn’t have fallen behind in the first place.

I don’t even remember what I ate for lunch. All I know is that my back is wrecked, the truck left late, and we’ll probably be behind for the next three days. Some days the truck wins.

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