The truck that arrived early and nobody was ready
We had a truck roll in a full hour early and the team was nowhere near prepped. Half of us were still finishing up backstock, and the other half were in the middle of grocery pull. Suddenly we’re scrambling to get the dock cleared, jack batteries swapped, and pallets moved out of the way while the driver’s already waiting.
It was one of those moments where leadership just looked at us like, “Let’s move!” but with no real plan. The dock became chaos instantly. Three jacks dead. One pallet collapsed. A soda pallet was so badly wrapped it practically poured onto the floor.
And just like that, a quiet start to shift turned into three hours of full-blown scramble. No prep, no warning, and we still had to recover by morning. I don’t even remember half the shift—just remember being soaked in sweat and hearing the backup alarm of a jack in my dreams. #FreightRush #UnplannedChaos
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