DC woes (rant)

[Delphae]

The guys at our Distribution Center are not very bright. They put the weirdest things in the same tote. For instince shoe laces and party stuff are always together. The other day I found a tote full of mouthwash and milk shakes. What do they have to do with eachother? It also makes the tote very heavy. Other times there will be one little piece of make-up in a tote. I have items from 9 different planograms in the same time. They will be random things like first aid, cold medicine, make-up, and eye drops. My biggest pet peeve is baby dipers, adult absorbant underware and pads for women. They will be packed together and labeled "Baby". Now baby diapers have babies on them, adult absorbant underware has a picture and is labled in Spanish and English and pads are in smaller packages. They are not the same thing! I need pads once a month not diapers thank you very much.

[Gurndigarn]

The guys at our Distribution Center are not very bright. They put the weirdest things in the same tote. For instince shoe laces and party stuff are always together. The other day I found a tote full of mouthwash and milk shakes. What do they have to do with eachother?

My bet is that they're located next to each other in the distribution center. Possibly also from the same company.

[tollbaby]

I don't care how thin they make pads, they'll always feel like diapers to me....

[JustADude]

I don't care how thin they make pads, they'll always feel like diapers to me....

Please, please, please don't let this devolve into a pad vs. tampon debate! One of those in a lifetime is enough for any man, and I got trapped in the vicinity of one during an ex-girlfriend's birthday party!

[tollbaby]

I actually cut about 6 lines out of my post because I realized I was going on a feminine hygiene product rant, so I decided to just keep the part that was relevant to the two products in the same tote (for the record, I hate ALL associated products... sometimes I wish I'd been born male).

[Seshat]

I actually cut about 6 lines out of my post because I realized I was going on a feminine hygiene product rant

#include feminine-hygiene-product-rant.


And for those women who are only aware of pads/tampons as options, and those men who are curious about the other options, see Wikipedia's summary of alternatives.


(Me, I prefer the alternatives. Well, some of them.)

[tollbaby]

nope, I'd still rather not have to deal with it at all. Sadly, hysterectomies are not elective surgery (no, I'm not making light of serious surgery.... I've had hellish monthlies since I was 10 years old. It's been 21 years, and I likely have another 20 years to go. I'm tired of it)

Okay, I'm gonna shut up about this now.

Delphae, maybe you can make a game out of it "tote bingo" or something (I know that doesn't help, but unfortunately, I can't think of an actual solution).

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

heh heh m heh heh...We have been given permission from our managers to play a prank involving those repack totes.

We'd put one item or a couple items in each tote, so it would look like we had 50 or 100 repack totes to sort through from the truck.

And because they usually are crammed full of stuff, it would look like more work than it actually would be. However, we don't have the time nor the energy, nor the supply of totes needed to pull this off.

[Seshat]

nope, I'd still rather not have to deal with it at all. Sadly, hysterectomies are not elective surgery (no, I'm not making light of serious surgery.... I've had hellish monthlies since I was 10 years old. It's been 21 years, and I likely have another 20 years to go. I'm tired of it).

If you haven't been checked already, get checked for disorders. I also have hellish monthlies, but at least I now know what causes mine and have treatment.

I had a 'scare' which had me really hopeful for a while - there was a thought that I might have a disorder for which the only cure is hysterectomy. YESSS! But no such luck, I don't have it.

[XCashier]

The guys at our Distribution Center are not very bright. They put the weirdest things in the same tote. For instince shoe laces and party stuff are always together. The other day I found a tote full of mouthwash and milk shakes. What do they have to do with eachother? It also makes the tote very heavy. Other times there will be one little piece of make-up in a tote.

Sounds almost like the DC when I worked at the Vitamin/Health Food Store. Dummies would fill one tote with bottled water and spaghetti sauce, and put that über-heavy tote on top of a five-tote stack. That's how I got a bad muscle spasm in my back. Boss chewed them out and they soon learned to put that one on the bottom of the stack, but they still did stupid things like putting breakable vitamin bottles under heavy cans or jars, or having a tote with only one item in it (usually a box of pasta, which could easily have been included in a nearly-full tote instead of putting it all by its lonesome). Don't get me started on the cold/frozen foods...

Anyone work at a distribution center who can shed some light as to why this happens?

[Will-Mun]

.... I have to say that this is how I feel about this thread...






Pleeeeeease. I am telling you right now NO man EVER wants to hear about 'Monthlies.' It makes us feel icky!

[Bella_Vixen]

As I say on a weekly basis, the company that delivers our cigs/candy, etc., have to train their monkeys better. They put cleaning products in with the food, one thing in a tote, etc.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Anyone work at a distribution center who can shed some light as to why this happens?

I don't work at a DC, but I am guessing it's a speed thing. Get the trucks loaded as quickly as possible and let the store worry about how they're going to get everything off.