This week? Not one of my finest. I dumped my first pallet while driving the forklift...after I had just backed said forklift into the mixer table. Nothing like hitting a large metal table with another large metal object. The very large resulting, "Ka-TANGGGGG!!! insured that everyone in the warehouse was already looking at me when I proceeded to dump the load. Fabulous.
You would think that this would be plenty to complete the crappy portion of my week, but wait, there's more. Today I was being super careful on the forklift. Driving slow, no sharp turns when I was bringing in pallets. I was on the older forklift. The one with no brakes. The one where you have to anchor the brake pedal and it still takes three feet to come to a complete stop. So, at some point I get back on the new forklift. I'm moving a pallet to the back of the warehouse when my boss comes out of the office and flags me down. Wanting to not have a repeat of crying day (which was part of my crappy week that didn't need to be re-lived) I was anxious to make sure I stopped and found out what he had to say. The brakes on this forklift work. Really well. Well enough that when I anchored the brake pedal because I was still in old forklift mode, I stopped on a dime to watch my load continue forward aproximately another six feet. Awesome.
I still like my job but I'm betting I won't be allowed to drive the forklifts for awhile.
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