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You're in a warehouse, and a conveyer belt feeds you the freight, and you have to stack all the pieces in the back of a huge truck. You gotta move fast and build up stable stacks.

stevesman or something - i forget the exact term - anyone know?

Toy's R Us employee.

Logistics consultant. :icon31:

nm found it - stevedore

Material handler.

"Truck loader dude"....or stevedore. WTF does "stevedore" come from?!?

University student by day

stevedore Look up stevedore at Dictionary.com
1788, from Sp. estibador "one who loads cargo," agent noun from estibar "to stow cargo," from L. stipare "pack down, press" (see stiff).

Yeah, but what's the origin of the word? I'm guessing it could come from the "stowing" of cargo in some way or another, but it's a rather odd word for it's definition IMO.

its from the Spanish word estibador

"one who loads cargo," agent noun from estibar "to stow cargo," from L. stipare "pack down, press"

[xeno]Julios wrote:You're in a warehouse, and a conveyer belt feeds you the freight, and you have to stack all the pieces in the back of a huge truck. You gotta move fast and build up stable stacks.

stevesman or something - i forget the exact term - anyone know?

I know someone who used to do that, its fucking non stop hauling ass in some places. You get like a 10 min break every 4 hours

I used to do it, and was quite good at it. I loved it - great exercise and it's like playing 3d tetris

I did it while I was in high school, working for UPS. Definitely a fast-paced job, and a hell of a workout too.

[xeno]Julios wrote:nm found it - stevedore

uh ? lol

i was about to post lineworker

[xeno]Julios wrote:I used to do it, and was quite good at it. I loved it - great exercise and it's like playing 3d tetris

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I find it much harder to be so easily amused... Why do you suppose that is? I'm genuinly curious too I'm not making fun of you.

i suppose its the environment you work in, i prefer working with my hands anyway and with jobs like that the rules are so much more relaxed

It's true there's a lot less stress invovled but the pay is usualy less too

which is stressful on it's own, I find if I don't make enough money I feel stressed.

i spose its where you work aswell, labouring your talking 10-15 bucks an hr and nights shifts aint half bad... i suppose its whichever works best for yourself

Each place has it's benefits. Where I work is a bit more stressful cause I have a quota I have to meet but I seem to do fine without trying very hard.

On the plus side there's all sorts of skin walking around all the time and you can often dip your wick in the company pool.

Kracus wrote:

[xeno]Julios wrote:I used to do it, and was quite good at it. I loved it - great exercise and it's like playing 3d tetris

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I find it much harder to be so easily amused... Why do you suppose that is? I'm genuinly curious too I'm not making fun of you.

i dunno - i think if you look at a task you have to do, and think of it in terms of a skill, you don't get bored coz you can hone your new skill into something cool.

plus knowing that what i was doing was getting me into good shape, the endorphin rushes, etc...

i generally love manual labour, so long as the conditions are healthy.

it's sorta like that ideal samurai way of life, where you try to be in the zone each waking moment, and apply this state of mind to even the most mundane tasks such as pouring tea. I very much appreciate that point of view.

I view things differently.

I find I'll learn an ability to a level where I no longer have to conciously bother to do it so it's all automatic. I'm physicaly there but mentaly I'm somewhere else.

i class that as a non challenging and boring job

Yep, that's how I see it. The only way I can do a job and really like it is if it requires me to do both mental and physical which is why I loved working for HRDC so much. Working for them required me to use my head to solve issues and I was constantly moving since it was a huge office building.

well spose you cant have everything, although i know loads of poeple who hate customer services but i love it, because the amount of shit customers come up with, there stupid outbursts and the amount of times you can wind them up, i mean i just love it

^^ i know it was off topic with the whole "warehousing" or whatever but i thought id just say how different people perceive different things

Kracus wrote:I view things differently.

I find I'll learn an ability to a level where I no longer have to conciously bother to do it so it's all automatic. I'm physicaly there but mentaly I'm somewhere else.

don't get me wrong - there are many tasks that I would not find stimulating. I just happen to find stacking trucks to be a perfect mix of physical skill, strength, geometric intuition, and endurance.