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<blockquote data-quote="Individual" data-source="post: 1181315" data-attributes="member: 48958"><p>I just came back from my first shift on sort aisle. First day, and wow am I sore as all get out - but wide awake. I still have a shift at my second job soon, and then I'll sleep. - - - - Anyway, to sort out any confusion, I'll describe exactly what I did. I was put on a team of three - a scanner, an unloader, and me. We got to our bay, and began to work. I was standing there with the main conveyor belt at my waist, where the boxes came from. I had about 8 different belts all around me to sort each Color Label onto. I'd describe the difficulty as coming in waves - I'd get a bit of a reprieve to recuperate, barely, and then get slammed with boxes to the point where I couldn't even keep up alone. It's not like I was moving particularly slow - I'd say I was moving maybe five to ten boxes every minute, but I can't say this reliably due to their varying sizes. - - - - If it helps at all, we cleared 3 and a half trailers in a 4 hour period. Anyway. I think I can acclimate to the task better once I built up my stamina (I am not in the best of shape in my life, regrettably). Everything is sore, but I am concerned by how sore my lower back and abdomen is - I am probably not lifting properly. EDIT: To note, I wasn't alone for the full duration sorting. I did have someone else with me at least half the time. At first it was another guy who had just started, and later in the day, a new supervisor (I think he was new? He seemed to be getting trained, I dunno how it works) also helped me out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Individual, post: 1181315, member: 48958"] I just came back from my first shift on sort aisle. First day, and wow am I sore as all get out - but wide awake. I still have a shift at my second job soon, and then I'll sleep. - - - - Anyway, to sort out any confusion, I'll describe exactly what I did. I was put on a team of three - a scanner, an unloader, and me. We got to our bay, and began to work. I was standing there with the main conveyor belt at my waist, where the boxes came from. I had about 8 different belts all around me to sort each Color Label onto. I'd describe the difficulty as coming in waves - I'd get a bit of a reprieve to recuperate, barely, and then get slammed with boxes to the point where I couldn't even keep up alone. It's not like I was moving particularly slow - I'd say I was moving maybe five to ten boxes every minute, but I can't say this reliably due to their varying sizes. - - - - If it helps at all, we cleared 3 and a half trailers in a 4 hour period. Anyway. I think I can acclimate to the task better once I built up my stamina (I am not in the best of shape in my life, regrettably). Everything is sore, but I am concerned by how sore my lower back and abdomen is - I am probably not lifting properly. EDIT: To note, I wasn't alone for the full duration sorting. I did have someone else with me at least half the time. At first it was another guy who had just started, and later in the day, a new supervisor (I think he was new? He seemed to be getting trained, I dunno how it works) also helped me out. [/QUOTE]
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