Recently started as a grocery person at a certain Amazon-owned store and was wondering if people here had any pro tips for inconspicuously slacking off, staving off boredom, corrupting fellow workers with Marxist thought , things to avoid, etc.
Recently started as a grocery person at a certain Amazon-owned store and was wondering if people here had any pro tips for inconspicuously slacking off, staving off boredom, corrupting fellow workers with Marxist thought , things to avoid, etc.
Idk about yours, but at the Amazon warehouse I used to work at they had gates that used lasers to open and close for health and safety.
As in, if the lasers path was blocked, an alarm would trigger and disabled your quadrant because it would mean someone was in the dangerous middle area where the automated robots rule over.
Well, I just stuck bits of tape with dust on the laser emitters every now and again when I felt my quadrant of the warehouse needed a break. The technicians come over to see what's gone on, I'd shrug my shoulders, watch them play about on the computers for a while trying every little thing, then I'd discreetly peel the tape off again as they try some last solution so everything boots back up again.
If you have anything that you could possibly get some sort of special help for, use it. For me, I told my managers that I could only do certain tasks (the easy ones) because of a back injury I sustained in a car crash (I can't even drive a car, and I've never been in a crash), but that I'd do my best in all other areas!!
In tandem with that, another thing is acting dumb but nice. To your managers, you are a dumb prole, a well meaning oblivioid. If I didn't get work done, I'd be super apologetic and bootlicky. Make promises that the work will be done next time. One time, I was suspected of stealing (because I was in fact stealing), and a guy asked me to tell him what's in my bag. I painstakingly pulled out bits of my packed lunch one by one, with a story as to why strawberry yogurt is my favourite, why oats help me stay energised on shift, and my mother's special sandwich recipe (surprise - it's cheese and ham between two pieces of bread). Eventually the guy just got bored and sent me on my way so he could get on with more important things.
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I'm impressed that nobody checked security cameras, lol
Well, with the stealing I was on a little ladder packing the 10ft tall robots. The camera was behind me by a few metres, and about a metre above me. I just wore a big jacket, and stole bits in one smooth movement where it looked like I'd put it in the robot. That's why I think they had a 'loss preventions officer' come to scout me out rather than bringing me straight to HR. I remember the loss preventions guy used to follow me round, so sometimes I'd lead him down a corridor, get to the point where he was about half way down it following me, then I'd suddenly turn on a swivel to walk straight back towards him, and every time he'd swivel with me and pretend he was just going about his business. Always used to make laugh. It was cartoonish.
holy shit based