‘Do my job, okay': Young worker uses forklift to move company reps car onto a stack of pallets after rep obstructs trucks access to loading dock

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Eleonora Bader
Jan 18, 2024 6:00 PM EST

People working on the loading dock know how frustrating it is when others show up and park their cars in a way that obstructs access to the trucks that are supposed to arrive. In this case, a young worker was working at a loading dock that was expecting a big load of tech and products for a new office layout, and they were beginning to get a lot of equipment. OP's boss informed them to keep the trucks coming and going as smoothly as possible. OP's job was to get the unloaded company pallets and stack them out of the way, making sure they were ready for return to their owner.

One day, a company representative showed up and parked his big BMW right where he was not supposed to. When OP told him he had to move his car, the rep barked at him and told him to go do his job. Do his job? Okay, thought OP… I will. So OP used the forklift to move the rep's car onto a stack of pallets, making sure it was out of the way.

When the rep came back to see where his car was, he was shocked to find that it was high above the ground. OP could not move the car, because the propane tank was empty, so he wouldn't be able to use the forklift to take it down. After that, even more chaos ensued, which you can read about below. Next, check out this customer who traveled all the way to a seller's house for a product, without informing the seller that they were coming!

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    "Do my job? Okay." CEL PAR
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    some Malicious forklift compliance, requested post here by DarkLordArbitur LOC years back in my early days of employment early 2000, when I worked on the loading dock, we were expecting a big load of tech and products for the new office layout, some fancy upgrades and big tech sending the latest
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    computers and network equipment, plenty of expensive equipment, and my boss told me to keep the trucks coming and going as smooth as possible, so we had the team on with a few extras, my responsibility was to get the unloaded pallets and stack them out of the way and ready for return to their owner, (company owned pallets have to be returned).
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    6am I recafenated and started the forklift, and got to stacking the Chep pallets ready for collection, around 8:30 one of the main representatives came in early and parked on the dock, this was a problem, as the trucks were scheduled for roll in at 9am, I asked him to use the main carpark he told me to and do my job, my job was to make sure the truckies had unobstructed access to the loading dock, I interpreted this as "I am too important, put it somewhere for me" so to of
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    keep from damaging the car too much, I slid a Chep pallet under it and got to lifting it and I put the offending BMW up on a stack of pallets, the entire time singing, "nothing lifts like a Crown, for picking it up and putting it down" (we had a crown forklift), the rest of the crew were in stitches laughing.
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    many of the truckies rolled up and knew immediately I was on duty, those guys always had the best stories from, some of them had a good chuckle and made off with a fresh cup of coffee, the day was going smoothly and we worked that forklift dry, as the last pallet came off the tank on the forklift emptied, as I dropped off the last pallet, well we got that unpacked and used a tug (small electric cart puller) to drag the forklift out of the way.
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    so I contacted the boss and told him to get me a payment slip to go get the tank filled at a fuel station, he came down with the form and the representative, he was all smiles and thanks for the purchase of bulk computers and hardware, but that changed when he spotted his BMW, he was PED, and threated my Job, demanded to my boss I get fired, I just looked at my boss and said, "we should look at the security cameras" when my boss reviewed the security footage, he pointed out that I did ask
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    him to move and park elsewhere, he then looked at me and said, "Thanks for another day, see you tomorrow" the rep wanted the car down immediately, I said "we can't, the propane tank for the forklift is empty and gas delivery is tomorrow at 6am" my boss handed me the pay slip for refiling the forklift tank, he said to get the gas in the morning.
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    the rep spat some more obscenities and said this will be tagged onto the bill if his car was damaged, he said it wont take much more than a postage stamp to send his boss the footage of him obstructing their loading dock and then my boss looked at him and tapped the sign that said "this is a loading dock, park at own risk, we are not liable for towing or moving your vehicle - fines apply"
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    the next day: after detaching the tank from the forklift, I lugged that bugger to my car and drove off to get it filled, upon returning with a charged tank of liquid work juice for the forklift I started that bugger and got to moving the BMW down from its perch and ready for the rep to collect.
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    so its 6:30am, and he has not arrived, so I decided to place this thing in the nearest accessible parking spot, ... on the street, ticketed spot, as our carpark was not open yet, it was the only safe place available.
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    I contacted my boss and told him and said, "call the rep, its ready for collection, its in spot XX, on the parking meter line", he responded with an "ok" then I got to work sending off the pallets for the day, it was a half shift day for me, now as for Mr representative he did manage to collect his car before it was ticketed for not feeding
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    the meter, and I heard through my boss the rep got chewed out and sc. ved out of his "sales bonus" for acting like a dik. fk I miss that boss.
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    taloncard815 - 23 hr. ago Well I mean you did try to bring his driving skills to new heights Vote Reply Share Ancient-End 7108 - 20 hr. ago He clearly got a rise out of it, did he not? Reply Share Vote
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    jamesholden 22 hr. ago in 22 I worked a large event in the desert. tons of huge forklifts around moving shipping containers and other large items around. some random truck parks right infront of a stack of wood waiting for a lift, so I can then move my massive RV. I see the keys in the ignition so I move the truck. owner runs out of a container and starts flipping
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    I clearly and calmly state that if I had not of moved the truck, the lift operator would. he continues to I, screaming that the lift operator wouldn't have done . a crowd of people who just spent a month doing intense physical work with me every day surround him. the lift pulls up. dude immediately leaves. day goes on. the awesome woman running that lift would have put that truck ontop of a shipping container and left it there til the end of the day.
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    MomOf Moe 21 hr. ago Sounds like my kind of gal. I salute her, wherever she may be. Reply Share Vote MikeSchwab637 hr. ago Unfortunately, Wonderhussy does not run construction machinery, but does attend huge events in the desert. Vote Reply Share
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    Lylac Krazy - 21 hr. ago We had a Rep get his handed immediately to himself for trying to walk from one side of the warehouse to the other to chat up the boss. He decided he was entitled to walk through a roll up door separating the internal "protected area" side of the nuke plant warehouse from the external "delivery side"
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    Nuke plant guards take their job very, very seriously. Even when passing though with materials on a fork, we were required to be rechecked physically, the material inspected before passing thru and the fork itself was checked over. Rep pushed his luck, found out quickly security is tight. ✩ Vote Reply Share
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    Unlimited EInk - 22 hr. ago Even if it was temporary, kudos for making the roads safer with one less entitled BMW idjit in traffic. Vote Reply Share MEM1911 OP. 19 hr. ago one of the guys wanted his indicator bulbs, on the grounds that they have never been used, but we drew the line at tampering with it. ✩ Vote ↓ Reply Share
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    No_Dependent_8346- 18 hr. ago As a retired "lifty" (lift truck operator, what it said on my license) I salute you! Most of the companies I've worked for would almost let me get away with m er because I could pick up a dime from a smooth concrete floor and could get an 8 ft load through 7 ft 6 in doors of the trailers. Reply Share Vote
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