I don't hate animals and i really want to have a dog (a San Bernardine to be exact). But working with animals is extremely tiring unless you have chickens, which are easy to keep and take care of. But having cows or horses? Probably not unless i have a small number of them.
Edit: also, ostriches are mean bastards but they are more or less huge freaky chickens. Too bad they need a lot of space to prance around.
Alright, I got one for y'all. A few years back, I found myself working in one of Amazon's sweatshops. Y'all probably already know about how they run their people like robots chasing the rates on the scanners and the whole 15mile a day average walk through the Pick mods but one place in particular that doesn't get as much attention is the Shipdock department. Now, for those of you needing a mental picture, the shipdock is basically a long wall with a bunch of slots where 18wheelers back up and park their trailers against the building so retractable conveyor belt can feed into the things and feed the boxes to whoever has to load the things in one of those ovens/freezers depending on the time of year. Anyways, the person working in there is basically playing Tetris all day, stacking boxes and trying to fit as many as possible in there before it's time for the truck to leave and get replaced by the next one. Well, like everything else, Amazon regulated the hell out of it. The longest box in that particular warehouse was about 24" long and so that's how far the face of the wall being built was supposed to be from the face of the previous wall. Now, for those who were good at it, you can take the smallest boxes and use them as a unit of measurement to build the equivalent of the larger boxes and just go back and forth like a typewriter no problem. Well, smart people aren't really the focus of Amazon's hiring pool.
Anyways, the point is that the folks being put into the trailers can't build a solid wall to save their life. So what do they do? They make a "false wall" by making the face of the one they're building an extra bit of distance further than they're supposed to from the previous one and whenever they can't find a good spot to put whatever box came down the line, they just chuck the thing over the wall and let it fall in between them. Of course, this can damage whatever's in the box and all of that but for this story, let's focus on what's going on in the trailer. You see, when we're stacking these boxes, they're supposed to set like bricks in a pattern where the weight is being nicely distributed out as more and more boxes pile up. Well, in that false wall, not only are they not stacking but you get boxes setting at an angle digging edges and corners into the boxes below as the weight adds on. This causes the false wall to expand over time and makes it difficult to catch those responsible because they build the regular walls up faster to hide it.
The end result is another employee walking in and starting to build a wall and all of a sudden, the one in front of them comes avalanching down on top of them with everything from steak knives to sex toys to lifting weights flying through the cardboard as soon as enough boxes in the false wall buckled and leaned against the one ahead of it. Now, I pointed out the safety issues, trying to save them the lawsuits like a good drone but ya see, training people to do something that requires thought is difficult. Especially when we couldn't some folks to get out of their PJs before coming to work. If they get fired, they just get rehired in a couple months anyways after drawing unemployment. So you might be wondering, what did they do to address this issue?
They made the false wall part of the standard process and told them to put all the small boxes back there, disciplining anyone who tried to make a wall the correct way because it made it too difficult for those doing the new process. If you're ever going to buy something online, buy about 20lbs of candy to go with it just to keep it relatively intact for shipping or it's likely to get chucked like a football.
Alright, I got one for y'all. A few years back, I found myself working in one of Amazon's sweatshops. Y'all probably already know about how they run their people like robots chasing the rates on the scanners and the whole 15mile a day average walk through the Pick mods but one place in particular that doesn't get as much attention is the Shipdock department. Now, for those of you needing a mental picture, the shipdock is basically a long wall with a bunch of slots where 18wheelers back up and park their trailers against the building so retractable conveyor belt can feed into the things and feed the boxes to whoever has to load the things in one of those ovens/freezers depending on the time of year. Anyways, the person working in there is basically playing Tetris all day, stacking boxes and trying to fit as many as possible in there before it's time for the truck to leave and get replaced by the next one. Well, like everything else, Amazon regulated the hell out of it. The longest box in that particular warehouse was about 24" long and so that's how far the face of the wall being built was supposed to be from the face of the previous wall. Now, for those who were good at it, you can take the smallest boxes and use them as a unit of measurement to build the equivalent of the larger boxes and just go back and forth like a typewriter no problem. Well, smart people aren't really the focus of Amazon's hiring pool.
Anyways, the point is that the folks being put into the trailers can't build a solid wall to save their life. So what do they do? They make a "false wall" by making the face of the one they're building an extra bit of distance further than they're supposed to from the previous one and whenever they can't find a good spot to put whatever box came down the line, they just chuck the thing over the wall and let it fall in between them. Of course, this can damage whatever's in the box and all of that but for this story, let's focus on what's going on in the trailer. You see, when we're stacking these boxes, they're supposed to set like bricks in a pattern where the weight is being nicely distributed out as more and more boxes pile up. Well, in that false wall, not only are they not stacking but you get boxes setting at an angle digging edges and corners into the boxes below as the weight adds on. This causes the false wall to expand over time and makes it difficult to catch those responsible because they build the regular walls up faster to hide it.
The end result is another employee walking in and starting to build a wall and all of a sudden, the one in front of them comes avalanching down on top of them with everything from steak knives to sex toys to lifting weights flying through the cardboard as soon as enough boxes in the false wall buckled and leaned against the one ahead of it. Now, I pointed out the safety issues, trying to save them the lawsuits like a good drone but ya see, training people to do something that requires thought is difficult. Especially when we couldn't some folks to get out of their PJs before coming to work. If they get fired, they just get rehired in a couple months anyways after drawing unemployment. So you might be wondering, what did they do to address this issue?
They made the false wall part of the standard process and told them to put all the small boxes back there, disciplining anyone who tried to make a wall the correct way because it made it too difficult for those doing the new process. If you're ever going to buy something online, buy about 20lbs of candy to go with it just to keep it relatively intact for shipping or it's likely to get chucked like a football.
On top of this, some buildings are nothing but large items, some are nothing but appliance sized items, and some are smaller items. I've worked at a smaller one and they encourage false walls there because there's too many small boxes and it would take too long to build walls in the whole truck and in the larger ones, they're still pushing properly made walls, but they don't train you to do it, nor do they train you on how to build a proper pallet. Amazon says safety is their top priority, but lol, no it's not.
I don't hate animals and i really want to have a dog (a San Bernardine to be exact). But working with animals is extremely tiring unless you have chickens, which are easy to keep and take care of. But having cows or horses? Probably not unless i have a small number of them.
Edit: also, ostriches are mean bastards but they are more or less huge freaky chickens. Too bad they need a lot of space to prance around.
Working cattle is definitely more physically demanding than planting row crops with a seed drill and waiting a few months, but then cattle don't tend to die from hailstorms or late frosts. I do not envy the sodbuster.
On top of this, some buildings are nothing but large items, some are nothing but appliance sized items, and some are smaller items. I've worked at a smaller one and they encourage false walls there because there's too many small boxes and it would take too long to build walls in the whole truck and in the larger ones, they're still pushing properly made walls, but they don't train you to do it, nor do they train you on how to build a proper pallet. Amazon says safety is their top priority, but lol, no it's not.
Any time a company says their number one priority is safety, they're lying. Their number one priority is making money, as it should be. Unfortunately a lot of companies are run by first rung managers who don't understand that safety is an indispensible part of profitability, at least in the first world.
I'm glad I load my own truck in my current job. Back when I did flatbed, I'd have dummies "help me out" by piling steel plate eight feet high in one spot. "But this way you only have to use one tarp!" Jesus.
EDIT: Oh, and "preloaded trailers" from Home Depot with delicate shit hidden on top of full-height stacks of plywood, so they could cry about it getting messed up. "Can't you just keep the straps loose?" Nigger do you even understand how friction works
Alright, I got one for y'all. A few years back, I found myself working in one of Amazon's sweatshops. Y'all probably already know about how they run their people like robots chasing the rates on the scanners and the whole 15mile a day average walk through the Pick mods but one place in particular that doesn't get as much attention is the Shipdock department. Now, for those of you needing a mental picture, the shipdock is basically a long wall with a bunch of slots where 18wheelers back up and park their trailers against the building so retractable conveyor belt can feed into the things and feed the boxes to whoever has to load the things in one of those ovens/freezers depending on the time of year. Anyways, the person working in there is basically playing Tetris all day, stacking boxes and trying to fit as many as possible in there before it's time for the truck to leave and get replaced by the next one. Well, like everything else, Amazon regulated the hell out of it. The longest box in that particular warehouse was about 24" long and so that's how far the face of the wall being built was supposed to be from the face of the previous wall. Now, for those who were good at it, you can take the smallest boxes and use them as a unit of measurement to build the equivalent of the larger boxes and just go back and forth like a typewriter no problem. Well, smart people aren't really the focus of Amazon's hiring pool.
Anyways, the point is that the folks being put into the trailers can't build a solid wall to save their life. So what do they do? They make a "false wall" by making the face of the one they're building an extra bit of distance further than they're supposed to from the previous one and whenever they can't find a good spot to put whatever box came down the line, they just chuck the thing over the wall and let it fall in between them. Of course, this can damage whatever's in the box and all of that but for this story, let's focus on what's going on in the trailer. You see, when we're stacking these boxes, they're supposed to set like bricks in a pattern where the weight is being nicely distributed out as more and more boxes pile up. Well, in that false wall, not only are they not stacking but you get boxes setting at an angle digging edges and corners into the boxes below as the weight adds on. This causes the false wall to expand over time and makes it difficult to catch those responsible because they build the regular walls up faster to hide it.
The end result is another employee walking in and starting to build a wall and all of a sudden, the one in front of them comes avalanching down on top of them with everything from steak knives to sex toys to lifting weights flying through the cardboard as soon as enough boxes in the false wall buckled and leaned against the one ahead of it. Now, I pointed out the safety issues, trying to save them the lawsuits like a good drone but ya see, training people to do something that requires thought is difficult. Especially when we couldn't some folks to get out of their PJs before coming to work. If they get fired, they just get rehired in a couple months anyways after drawing unemployment. So you might be wondering, what did they do to address this issue?
They made the false wall part of the standard process and told them to put all the small boxes back there, disciplining anyone who tried to make a wall the correct way because it made it too difficult for those doing the new process. If you're ever going to buy something online, buy about 20lbs of candy to go with it just to keep it relatively intact for shipping or it's likely to get chucked like a football.
Jesus Christ this thing makes me proud of having learned to load vans properly without the whole thing coming down. Specially flatscreen TVs. It's fucking amazing how a company lowers the standards just because they don't want to take the time to teach employees how to do their work properly. Even more reasons to not become a corporate slave and to buy from Amazon.
Working cattle is definitely more physically demanding than planting row crops with a seed drill and waiting a few months, but then cattle don't tend to die from hailstorms or late frosts. I do not envy the sodbuster.
tbh i kinda want cows mainly to make cheese and ice cream as well as ostriches to make enormous omelettes. But if i'm to have cattle i will need to have a decent amount of space for it to graze during the good seasons and i also would like to have an apricot or nectarine orchard.
I worked as a low level supervisor at a USPS sorting facility. The post offices uses various standard pieces of equipment to move mail. One of these is referred to as a pumpkin. A pumpkin is orange, rounded at the bottom and about the same size as a big commercial laundry hamper.
One fine day I am giving the employees a safety talk on the sorting floor. This talk was sent to us from above and we are required to ensure every employee understands the content down to getting their signatures. This particular talk was about using postal equipment for unintended purposes. They are not stools, ladders or lunch tables, yada, yada. While giving the talk, a 300 lb lady decided to sit her fat ass on the edge of a pumpkin. The pumpkin tipped and she hit the concrete with a thud, laid out on the floor covered in small packages. I had to go to the ladies room so I could let out my laughter. But it wasn't over. They sent 2 little EMTs with the ambulance and they couldn't get her onto the stretcher and she of course refused to just stand up and get there herself. An employee comes up and says, "I would suggest rolling her into a pumpkin and loading that on to the ambulance but that I now know that would be misuse of a postal container."
USPS was, without a doubt, the most professionally horrifying job I ever had. I got a million of them.
It actually exists. I recently tried to work a job where you aren't supposed to take breaks for the whole shift, including lunch, and the employees are all used to it. I thought this was shit made-up by commies. Fucking hell. Someone just fucking blow my head off already. I don't even want to report them because that place was a damn hivemind. Holy shit. I've worked rough jobs sometimes but I never encountered that.
Only a spastic would run a business that way. It can get out of hand in the other direction, to be sure, but whether you're talking something physical or mental, judicious breaks mean higher overall productivity.
Without disclosing a helluva lot, three years of working for a major offshore gambling company has taught me a few things:
1. Majority of the population is absolutely stupid. I mean, you could say that it's a common-sense thing but hey, the reasons I've heard why the company should return poor cuck money that is "supposedly" his could blow your mind. There was a disgruntled gentleman from the UK, who fucked my brains out with his "pleas" for several months straight, almost every day. From birthday present for their kid to operation - I've heard it all and I absolutely dislike humans.
2. If the company I worked for is any indication about the gambling industry - only WAAAAAAAAGH stops them from completely crumbling under the weight of their incompetence. Nepotism, hormonal female managers, bosses who rarely see their underlings, only to emerge during crises and bestowing gifts upon successful, inept middle management who rose to the position through blowjobs and ass-kissing. Because bosses are rarely seen in the offices, they've assumed the leading role but they lack not only leadership qualities but also any strategic thinking. Middle management is so reactionary, it's astounding.
3. Carpet politics are nasty and no matter how you try to avoid it - you will play it and you will either learn to like it or will start resenting every waking day you come to your job.
4. Gambling companies no longer even have the incentive to make you think you may win - you're paying to play to pay. There are a few holdouts in the industry who still honour "winners" but a lot of them will now drown you under the KYC procedures, you wish you never started it.
5. I am now a firm believer in universal psychiatric care. People need it. The State squarely neglects its' citizens and it will only get worse in the process.
Without disclosing a helluva lot, three years of working for a major offshore gambling company has taught me a few things:
1. Majority of the population is absolutely stupid. I mean, you could say that it's a common-sense thing but hey, the reasons I've heard why the company should return poor cuck money that is "supposedly" his could blow your mind. There was a disgruntled gentleman from the UK, who fucked my brains out with his "pleas" for several months straight, almost every day. From birthday present for their kid to operation - I've heard it all and I absolutely dislike humans.
2. If the company I worked for is any indication about the gambling industry - only WAAAAAAAAGH stops them from completely crumbling under the weight of their incompetence. Nepotism, hormonal female managers, bosses who rarely see their underlings, only to emerge during crises and bestowing gifts upon successful, inept middle management who rose to the position through blowjobs and ass-kissing. Because bosses are rarely seen in the offices, they've assumed the leading role but they lack not only leadership qualities but also any strategic thinking. Middle management is so reactionary, it's astounding.
3. Carpet politics are nasty and no matter how you try to avoid it - you will play it and you will either learn to like it or will start resenting every waking day you come to your job.
4. Gambling companies no longer even have the incentive to make you think you may win - you're paying to play to pay. There are a few holdouts in the industry who still honour "winners" but a lot of them will now drown you under the KYC procedures, you wish you never started it.
5. I am now a firm believer in universal psychiatric care. People need it. The State squarely neglects its' citizens and it will only get worse in the process.
I honestly think gambling is the most terrifying addiction known to the human race. Even with hardcore drugs it still takes a little while for your life to fall apart, but gambling has to be the only thing where you can lose it all on a bad bet. I know technically an inexperienced druggie could overdose on their first time or something, but its quite apparent that sort of thing doesn't happen nearly as often as people overdoing it a little too hard and emptying their wallet.
The psychology of gambling has changed considerably too. I'll drop a few bucks on a pool table with friends even though I'm guarenteed to lose just because its sporting to have some skin in the game. Old footage of casinos from the 1950s and 60s looks like a bunch of people just having a good time, smoking, having some drinks, letting loose. Footage of modern casinos looks like some kind of terrifying LSD nightmare. Everything is so insanely pinpoint laser-focused to induce some kind of psychotic, hypnotic state in the players it really borders on fucking mind control. I'd probably have a stroke if I ever wandered into one.
I honestly think gambling is the most terrifying addiction known to the human race. Even with hardcore drugs it still takes a little while for your life to fall apart, but gambling has to be the only thing where you can lose it all on a bad bet. I know technically an inexperienced druggie could overdose on their first time or something, but its quite apparent that sort of thing doesn't happen nearly as often as people overdoing it a little too hard and emptying their wallet.
The psychology of gambling has changed considerably too. I'll drop a few bucks on a pool table with friends even though I'm guarenteed to lose just because its sporting to have some skin in the game. Old footage of casinos from the 1950s and 60s looks like a bunch of people just having a good time, smoking, having some drinks, letting loose. Footage of modern casinos looks like some kind of terrifying LSD nightmare. Everything is so insanely pinpoint laser-focused to induce some kind of psychotic, hypnotic state in the players it really borders on fucking mind control. I'd probably have a stroke if I ever wandered into one.
You're talking about physical. With physical you have certain aspects that are designed to make you go into a sort of trance: the comfy chairs, the pleasant atmosphere with a drone of background noises, the exceptional staff.
I was talking about virtual gambling. About all those betting websites. It absolutely is designed to keep you reeled in but you get no proverbial Vaseline for your buttfuck. It is straight to the point.
I'd rather piss away my money in a casino, if it comes to that.
You're talking about physical. With physical you have certain aspects that are designed to make you go into a sort of trans: the comfy chairs, the pleasant atmosphere with a drone of background noises, the exceptional staff.
I was talking about virtual gambling. About all those betting websites. It absolutely is designed to keep you reeled in but you get no proverbial Vaseline for your buttfuck. It is straight to the point.
I'd rather piss away my money in a casino, if it comes to that.
Honestly even the amount of clutter on the average slot machine is something I just find totally repellant. I remember dicking around with an old one at an antique store once and I found it pretty fun even though all I was doing was pulling a lever and losing money (it still only charged like, pennies or something. It was there for novelty). Modern slot machines I can't even look at without feeling sick. There's some kind of overstimulation of the human senses involved. I imagine gambling sites look like 1990s era Geocites pages filled with flashing banners and shit.
I feel like the kind of people amused by giving their money to the mob don't deserve money.
Sucks when they cause problems for other people, like the guy who was bilking illegal immigrants in an apartment and ran out on his family. Fuck that guy.
There's some kind of overstimulation of the human senses involved. I imagine gambling sites look like 1990s era Geocites pages filled with flashing banners and shit.
Gambling sites that cater to U.S. customers are, at this point, almost universally scams because by definition they're committing a crime just by operating. After "Black Friday" (April 15 2011) when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act went into effect, banks could no longer process transactions. Most legitimate operations rapidly left, and then the bulk of the few remaining left shortly thereafter as it became impractical to operate.
They used to be great for a few years when they offered ridiculous bonuses to attract suckers but you could quite often find angles that would enable breakeven (or in a few cases even profitable) gambling to clear the bonuses and they'd pay them promptly. They were making so much money that they could tolerate bonus whoring, as the practice was known, and if you had affiliate links with an account you could also throw business their way that would keep them looking the other way even if you routinely profited from their bonuses.
Services like Neteller existed where you could cash out instantly and have the money in your bank account within hours, in some cases, and at the longest, days.
Those days are long gone, though, at least for those in the "land of the free."
It actually exists. I recently tried to work a job where you aren't supposed to take breaks for the whole shift, including lunch, and the employees are all used to it. I thought this was shit made-up by commies. Fucking hell. Someone just fucking blow my head off already. I don't even want to report them because that place was a damn hivemind. Holy shit. I've worked rough jobs sometimes but I never encountered that.
Radio does that a lot, but from my experience it sorta makes up for it by being pretty lenient about dicking around if you don't have anything to do for a bit.
Services like Neteller existed where you could cash out instantly and have the money in your bank account within hours, in some cases, and at the longest, days.
They were making so much money that they could tolerate bonus whoring, as the practice was known, and if you had affiliate links with an account you could also throw business their way that would keep them looking the other way even if you routinely profited from their bonuses.
Bonus hunters aren't as tolerated as you might think. If they think that you're trying to bonus hunt, you will be drowned in KYC, where they'll request anything they want, save maybe for a stool test. It's in EULA too, and yes, in an ideal world this EULA is violating loads of privacy laws but good luck trying to complain about a company, that has no legal basis to operate in your country in the first place.
Sadly for schmucks, companies like my former employer invest a lot of money in design and usability. If you're able to see through the bullshit, it's well and good but man, I had access to the company stats platform. 10s of millions of dollars a day is what we pulled in on a quiet day.
Bonus hunters aren't as tolerated as you might think. If they think that you're trying to bonus hunt, you will be drowned in KYC, where they'll request anything they want, save maybe for a stool test.
I really should learn not to trust people. I picked up a new refrigerated trailer, and noticed antifreeze running down the front. I pointed it out to the mechanic, and he said "no worries; I just spilled some when filling the reservoir." I accepted this instead of climbing up and looking.
Liar; it WAS leaking. I barely avoided losing 60k worth of product.
Why do people prefer to lie over admitting they don't know something?
I really should learn not to trust people. I picked up a new reefer, and noticed antifreeze running down the front. I pointed it out to the mechanic, and he said "no worries; I just spilled some when filling the reservoir." I accepted this instead of climbing up and looking.
Liar; it WAS leaking. I barely avoided losing 60k worth of product.
Why do people prefer to lie over admitting they don't know something?
