Gunny Walker

  I have a pretty simple job. It's a monkey job. In the calendar department, most of the work is separating the cases in between the Borders book stores in the US. One in San Fran ordered five. One in Portland ordered eight. Yadda yadda yadda. Eventually the boxes get full and they push them back on the rollers. That's where I come in. I've been a taper for the past three weeks. I generally get the jobs that break other people's backs. (I like to think that I have a pretty strong back.) Of course, it's more than just taping boxes. It's stacking them as well. If I just taped them then I wouldn't be able to reach the new ones.
  Of course, this logic escaped the other guy they keep pairing me with. (Or did it?) Originally he just taped the boxes and left me to stack the boxes. That's pretty frustrating. I complained and was told "Well, its probably better that he's doing that because I think he's the one that mixing up the numbers."
  Oh so he's rarely working and when he does, he's messing things up? Yeah okay, then let him.
  Then last week there was a new game. He sat down in hiding spots where management couldn't see him. Of course, he got caught. Did he get fired?
  Las night was him following me around. He worked lines that only I worked. Therefore they would be light. (First shift tends to leave them full. So any that I haven't touched are pretty full.) Well, last night I started a new game. I am going to leave one line untouched. It can back up to the gates of Hell for all I care. If they say something to me, I plan to respond with, "Why don't you just put Worthless on it?" I'm waiting to how long it takes to notice.
  It's frustrating. I have a monkey's job. You don't have to even be able to read to do it. These guys can't even stack boxes well. Some thing that any five year old that plays with Legos could do. You don't even need to work, I guess. That guy was caught sitting down and nothing was said. Just trying to look busy is enough I guess.
  I enjoy my job. I get a good workout. A sense of a good nights work. Sense of importance. It's just the people that frustrate me. You are there to do a job. Either do it or leave. What's the point of threatening people for not working, if you aren't going to follow up on the punishment.
  I guess it works because I am a sucker.
  The message here (If I actually have one.) is stay in school people. Take it seriously. Go to college. Get a degree. If you can't, fight to get some kind of education. I look back on the fact that since HS, I have been working crap jobs.
  And just once I would like to not be asked on an application, "Do you have any felonies? If so, explain."