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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Honestly I prefer usps now.. I worked as a driver for FedEx express and when I helped on the belt with packages the loaders would say fragile is French and I don't understand French while rolling the packages.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah my boy worked for UPS and said he saw dudes bounce pass TVs in the warehouse.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I used to work at a factory that made exercise equipment and the rule was once it's out the door it's not our problem so we're like drop kicking packages into the truck and just cramming in as much as we can. That's just the culture in some workplaces and a lot of these companies are really just cutting corners everywhere and the morale is low. The factory was built in the middle of the city, but the area surrounding it was a historic neighborhood, and it was kind of low income. And they would just run trucks through that area that were overloaded by a lot, and no one cared. I'm not talking about boxes of Amazon goods. I'm talking about solid-ass steel. This destroyed the streets. I mean, if they're hiring people and firing people, you know, who's going to take the job seriously? It Is an absolute fucking shit show out there. It was a very unsafe workplace and you know, I like tried to organize some workers and they retaliated, the people at the top that is, by messing around with my forklift. I almost crashed into racking and the metal, because it was metal above. Plates of metal could have came through my cage and killed me. We've gone back in time. I mean, we have got such a toxic culture for example at some of these amazon warehouses, where you've got people coming in with guns killing each other. But then if you're a hard worker, you still get treated like shit, and you gotta go through turnstiles like your a fucking criminal. The workplace is incredibly unsafe and there are things that most people who work a desk job don't understand. I always punch upwards.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

I just worked a freelance job where we had six guys up on lifts 30 to 50 feet up in unsafe wind conditions with no safety gear beyond hi vis vest. I hear you.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Thought fragile was Italian. Frah-jee-lee.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Heard that too. Lol