We had to wear one of these while I was a package handler for FedEx. It was tied into a scanner unit attached to your finger, scan packages as you load.
You’d think you’d get used to it, but it always felt like I had a tumor strapped to my arm while trying to sling things around.
Our building had bay doors lined up on one side of the building, it was the off season so we would only use the first quarter of bay doors. At the end of line of garage doors we would use the last 1-3 bays as a sort of “overflow” (I was only there for a few months so I didn’t fully know what they were for.)
We would call it the “abyss” because no one went back there, and there were a few lights out so it was kinda dark. I mostly worked there, when it was a heavy day and the belts were pretty full they would send all packages to the abyss and we would get so back up with packages it worked jam halfway up the shoot to the trailer. So we would have to get a ladder and a stick to fix the jam.
We would sometimes solve the jamming issue by spraying lube on the shoots to help them slide better. It would make the shoots very slick if you tried to walk on them. Also we had fans blowing air into the trailer and if it was a very hot day they would just blew already hot air into a hotter trailer.
I enjoyed it for some reason. I think I just preferred scanning and labeling over being in the truck unloading. And it felt like a Pip Boy. But that’s another thing, if you were loading vs. unloading that might be different. I wouldn’t want to lift anything with that on
Loading was my usual, and our hub sucked. Fuck tons of goddamn fruit in wax, and then would come the big packages about right as I was loading on my own, so now I had that thing strapped to me, trying to work around the belt with a damned TV to scan.
Smalls was my dream. Lightweight, wrapping took no time, steady pace but never overwhelming. Night just flew by, chatting about bullshit. Jumped at the chance any time they needed a body.
lol Smalls is where they send the people they want to get rid of in my building. Half of them, probably more, are on permanent medical modified duty so FedEx can’t use them for anything else.
Loading with these things was shit. I primarily loaded as a package handler and it was a pain to have this attached to your arm, scanning every package, and then lifting those packages over your head to fill in the gaps on top.
We had to wear one of these while I was a package handler for FedEx. It was tied into a scanner unit attached to your finger, scan packages as you load.
You’d think you’d get used to it, but it always felt like I had a tumor strapped to my arm while trying to sling things around.
I also was a package handler for fedex those arm computers made your arm so hot and sweaty while in a 110F+ trailer
Can you tell me more about your sweaty package handling?
Yes I can “SatansMaggotyCumFart”
Our building had bay doors lined up on one side of the building, it was the off season so we would only use the first quarter of bay doors. At the end of line of garage doors we would use the last 1-3 bays as a sort of “overflow” (I was only there for a few months so I didn’t fully know what they were for.)
We would call it the “abyss” because no one went back there, and there were a few lights out so it was kinda dark. I mostly worked there, when it was a heavy day and the belts were pretty full they would send all packages to the abyss and we would get so back up with packages it worked jam halfway up the shoot to the trailer. So we would have to get a ladder and a stick to fix the jam.
We would sometimes solve the jamming issue by spraying lube on the shoots to help them slide better. It would make the shoots very slick if you tried to walk on them. Also we had fans blowing air into the trailer and if it was a very hot day they would just blew already hot air into a hotter trailer.
Hey now, as a former FedEx package handler we never walked up the chutes. That would be dangerous. /s
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I too have a disproportionate arm from uhhh… swinging around… arm computers… yeah that’s why.
I enjoyed it for some reason. I think I just preferred scanning and labeling over being in the truck unloading. And it felt like a Pip Boy. But that’s another thing, if you were loading vs. unloading that might be different. I wouldn’t want to lift anything with that on
Loading was my usual, and our hub sucked. Fuck tons of goddamn fruit in wax, and then would come the big packages about right as I was loading on my own, so now I had that thing strapped to me, trying to work around the belt with a damned TV to scan.
Smalls was my dream. Lightweight, wrapping took no time, steady pace but never overwhelming. Night just flew by, chatting about bullshit. Jumped at the chance any time they needed a body.
lol Smalls is where they send the people they want to get rid of in my building. Half of them, probably more, are on permanent medical modified duty so FedEx can’t use them for anything else.
Loading with these things was shit. I primarily loaded as a package handler and it was a pain to have this attached to your arm, scanning every package, and then lifting those packages over your head to fill in the gaps on top.