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Where our stuff comes from May 15, 2012 7:13 pm podrock

I’ll be thinking about these folks next time I’m waiting for a package.

I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave

“You look way too happy,” an Amalgamated supervisor says to me. He has appeared next to me as I work, and in the silence of the vast warehouse, his presence catches me by surprise. His comment, even more so.

  • Only slightly tangential. by bowser 2012-05-15 20:26:47
    • Wish you could tell your coal-mining grandfather about the awfulness of jobs like this. by TB 2012-05-15 20:17:39
      • (I posted the two posts as a tandem, on purpose.) by podrock 2012-05-15 20:28:47
        • Similar and different. by podrock 2012-05-15 20:23:22
        • It's the future of labor. by ER 2012-05-15 19:44:41

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