Warehouse manager follows an out-of-touch boss' new corporate-approved protocol, brings the shift to a halt because the head honcho doesn't understand logistics: 'Soon we have a whole row of pallets stuck'

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  • Logistics director calling the boss from the warehouse
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  • Boss said I must follow the checklist exactly so I did and it froze the whole shift
  • I work at a mid sized logistics warehouse and last week our boss sent out this new checklist that we all had to follow for every inbound pallet. Normally we just
  • scan tag weigh and move on but this new sheet had like thirty tiny steps including a line that said confirm pallet condition with supervisor before processing.
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  • There was no time listed on it no exceptions nothing. Boss told us to follow it word for word so he could show corporate that hed finally brought some order to our floor.
  • So the next morning I get the first pallet of the day and I run through the list. When I get to that confirm line I try to call him but hes in a meeting. Checklist does not say skip if busy so I park the pallet right there and wait.
  • Logistics warehouse worker holding a box
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  • Other workers come by asking whats up and I tell them Im waiting for supervisor confirmation just like the paper says. Soon we have a whole row of pallets stuck because everyone hits the same confirm step. By the time boss comes out
  • from his meeting the dock is jammed and drivers are already grumpy. He starts yelling why we didnt just keep moving but we all held up our little sheets like yeah man this is exactly what u told us to do. He took the confirm line out before lunch.
  • mikemojc. "Here's 29 new things for YOU to do!" "ok, boss, here's the 1 new things for YOU to do" [Can't be bothered] "Skip that part...."
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