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[–]sassyandwhatnot 186 points187 points ago

OSHA is crying.

[–]SpermWhale 107 points108 points ago

Danger Level: Over ISO9000.

[–]pseudolobster 31 points32 points ago

I c'ANSI what the fuss is about.

[–]I_am_not_a_black_guy 14 points15 points ago

I have no idea what i'm reading.

[–]Kaigai 8 points9 points ago

Manufacturer's jargon. :) ISO and ANSI are just institutions that enforces standard procedures in the manufacturing industry. Basically

[–]splathercus 13 points14 points ago

Not just manufacturers, but ISO and ANSI maintain standards for almost everything, including the C programming language! Hooray standards!

[–]pseudolobster 7 points8 points ago

Yep. Incidentally the reason .ISO CD image files are called .ISO's is because the CD filesystem format is standard ISO9660.

In case you have a few hours to spare and want to know in intense detail exactly how CDROMs structure their filesystems, Here is the standard in its entirety.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

In case you'd rather be doing literally anything else in the world with your time, feel free to check out this cool site.

[–]The_Dirty_Carl 0 points1 point ago

They maintain hundreds of industry-accepted standards, and then charge hundreds of dollars for you to read one. Bastards.

[–]FreightConductor 2 points3 points ago

blah, blah, blah, Six Sigma.

[–]mattymogue 96 points97 points ago

I work with palette jacks all day, and there's no way in hell I'm trying that.

[–]inhalien 60 points61 points ago

I know! They're much heavier than they look in that video and are great for smashing your ankles with.

[–]maruraba 41 points42 points ago

They are also great for smashing up the huge piles of expensive shit you typically find in warehouses.

[–]notsurewhatiam 15 points16 points ago

I always accidentally smash TVs with em at the walmart I work at.

[–]Peatore 49 points50 points ago

You might be retarded.

[–]Jalisciense 26 points27 points ago

It's probably a job requirement.

[–]rivalarrival 0 points1 point ago

Do you have the rolling shelves in your back room? We had several large sets of shelves that would roll back and forth to save space. I think they were intended for layaway, but our store didn't offer that service.

Anyways, yeah, it was pretty easy to knock a rolling shelf off its tracks with a walkie-stacker.

[–]NoNeedForAName 9 points10 points ago

I always had them run over/into my feet. They're just low enough that the bottom edge scrapes the top of your toes before proceeding to break bones.

[–]some_body_else 14 points15 points ago

work boots...

[–]dadanksauce 2 points3 points ago

still if you clip the side of your foot or heel flying on one of those things...

[–]TadGhostal1 1 point2 points ago

Yeah I lost a toenail recently. Bought steel-toed shoes shorty after...

[–]Sunlis 14 points15 points ago

I used to work at a grocery store and I would do this all the time. (Not as well as the guy in the GIF, but I would scooter around on them)

If I had a night shift and the store was empty, I didn't ever walk.

[–]cajunbander 21 points22 points ago

We used to race them at a previous job. We figured out that if you stand on the tines, and wiggle the handle back and forth, you could make them go by themselves without pushing them like a scooter. We'd race in the back room all the fucking time.

[–]MipitTheTroll 16 points17 points ago

I can attest to this maneuver!

[–]Billy_Sastard 4 points5 points ago

Amen, I did this, scooting on pallet trucks is fun.

[–]TesticleToe 4 points5 points ago

Or the extremely inefficient technique of sine waving your body humping to achieve forward movement. It feels like it's less work... But it's not.

[–]Sunlis 0 points1 point ago

That's exactly what we did to get momentum. Are you me?

[–]phish92129 5 points6 points ago

The electric power jacks are when the shenanigans begin, sit on the front, push forward on the handle and you and your trusty steed are off to stock the bottled water.

[–]rivalarrival 4 points5 points ago

Oh man, I once drove one of those into my abdomen so hard I thought I was going to die. They've got that button in the middle of the handle that instantly reverses direction, and is intended to prevent you from getting completely crushed, right? Yeah, I got caught just beside it, on the handle itself, and the damn thing kept going until the button smashed into the wall behind me.

[–]Dynamite_Noir 5 points6 points ago

Lol, I think it's a right of passage to be almost killed by those things at least once.

[–]Dynamite_Noir 3 points4 points ago

I used to work at Safeway, and my supervisor was a cool guy. He didn't care if I brought a whole pallet of pop out onto the floor using an electric pallet jack during business hours... specifically during my 5-9pm shifts. I would often ride the damn thing along the back aisle and then swing into the one I was shooting for... One day I took out an entire end display by cutting the corner a little tight.

It was awesome.

[–]phish92129 2 points3 points ago

Haha, awesome, did the same thing in health and beauty, although ironically I was using it correctly that time. Hit a pallet expecting it to go in, and it caught the edge and moved the entire aisle. Threw about half the product off the shelf, boss comes running around the corner and starts laughing. I spent my lunch and breaks cleaning it up.

[–]Sunlis 0 points1 point ago

Ours were manual, but I discovered that you could sort of shift your weight side to side and turn the handle to get it "walking", then you keep doing that to get speed. Step on the top of a wheel to slow down, or drag your foot a bit.

[–]mattymogue 4 points5 points ago

don't get me wrong, I ride those things all the time at work. but a high speed 180 isn't on my to-do list lol

[–]sentry07 0 points1 point ago

How about a 360?

[–]zanmanification 0 points1 point ago

right there with you buddy. we would even go as far as making obstacle courses with random shit in the warehouse when things got really slow...

[–]dt_vibe 0 points1 point ago

Same at my store too. We had the pallet jacks with the shield on it that we used as a brace so we wouldn't fall forward and when we needed to brake we had ghetto ABS by just turning the wheel 90* real fast.

[–]KinkyTraficCone 0 points1 point ago

Things I should have thought of a month ago..

This is now on that list.

[–]ninjustin 0 points1 point ago

Damn Straight I'm right there with you. This is nothing compared to the stuff we did in the forklift.

[–]ohsnapitsdayvie 4 points5 points ago

So you would know a pallet jack when you see one.

[–]Mokka66 1 point2 points ago

My brother dislocated his knee trying some crazy shit like that.

[–]vahntitrio 0 points1 point ago

You still ride them like a scooter though.

[–]trizznuts 0 points1 point ago

It's so much more fun than it looks I highly recommend it.

[–]Qwirk 0 points1 point ago

They make different palette jacks for different sized palettes. I used to work in a store where there is no way in hell this would work due to the wider/longer blades of the jack, they were much heavier than the one in the shot too.

[–]lovemyguitar 0 points1 point ago

I concur.

I'll just do circuits around the warehouse, thank you.

[–]syriquez 0 points1 point ago

All I can think is that the pallet jacks I work with are always in shit condition and if you get them going that fast, you're liable to have it break and send you headfirst into a shelf at 10mph.

That and the jack could get damaged and be an even bigger piece of shit.

[–]Hyperian 0 points1 point ago

it was fun racing my dad in the warehouse with these.

[–]o0260o 0 points1 point ago

I don't see this being possible without some trickery like super slipper floor or balls for wheels or something (also daily pallet mover)

[–]Psomatic 0 points1 point ago

Turn that wheel enough and it goes straight to a 90 degree turn and well.... you're gonna have a bad time when that happens. I don't know what kind of floor this was on, but our back wheels didn't slide like that.

[–]Banana_Zombie 0 points1 point ago

I will.

[–]HarrierAce101 39 points40 points ago

For every one successful attempt, there are lots of hilarious and painful failures behind it

[–]BootRecognition 11 points12 points ago

Those are the gifs I want to see.

[–]intensenerd 4 points5 points ago

Sounds like my dating record in high school.

[–]FreightConductor 0 points1 point ago

POW!

[–]Se7en_Sinner 387 points388 points ago

This should be tagged NSFW.

[–]YoureMyBoyBloo 25 points26 points ago

I used to do this at my old company, before I dented out $1 Million press.

[–]aussy16 40 points41 points ago

Both top comments... Amazing

[–]worldchampionwinner 15 points16 points ago

To bad the thirds lacking

[–]Remorth 9 points10 points ago

Fuck it, upvotes for everyone!

[–]iRedditFromBehind 4 points5 points ago

...

...

OHHHHH HAHAHA

[–]Se7en_Sinner 229 points230 points ago

[–]jh64286 45 points46 points ago

Probably the most appropriate use of a gif I've seen.

[–]kal3na 2 points3 points ago

Agreed. I'm still wondering how he brakes in the first run, is it just a pull of the handle lever (to lower the forks) and a weight shift to the rear?

No slopes like this at my warehouse, but still, I want to know how to do this!!

[–]MissedYourJoke 3 points4 points ago

Lower the forks and weight shift at the same time. I worked 3rd shift at Home Depot a long ass time ago, and we used to do this shit constantly.

[–]jh64286 2 points3 points ago

I work at an ice plant and the jacks can tend to get a little out of control with a 2000+ load on them when it gets humid in the summer and the floors get a nice coat of ice on them. Not ballsy enough to try this pallet jack freestylin' on an icy floor.

[–]MissedYourJoke 2 points3 points ago

I don't blame you one bit. All we had was a standard concrete floor, with no super slick spots. We did all types of shit. Forklift races, ride-on lawnmower races, forklift versus mowers (hint: Ariens made a killer little 12-hp light-as-shit ride-on with a manual shift. Drop it into 2nd gear, gun it, and drop the clutch/brake, and that little fucker shot faster than anything! It even beat out our Moffett forklift!)

[–]thebrok3nsystm 15 points16 points ago

[–]Nj_all_day 1 point2 points ago

I usually downvote every post you make. Just my way of sticking it to the man.

But this is just....so.....relevant....

[–]ThatOneBoy 2 points3 points ago

The first one appeared to damage his wrist

[–]soar 3 points4 points ago

No it doesn't.

It looks like he was saying how awesome that was while making a hand gesture. Or snapping his fingers by putting his thumb on his middle finger and snapping the index finger down.

Like so.

Learn to snap your fingers like a boss.

[–]ThatOneBoy 3 points4 points ago

Ahh, I thought he was shaking it in pain...

I know how to snap my fingers like that; Who doesn't¿

Ronald Jenkees is a fucking awesome musician.

[–]KinkyTraficCone 1 point2 points ago

I can't snap my fingers like that... :(

[–]HairyDan 1 point2 points ago

Learn to snap your fingers like a boss you're packing dip

FTFY

[–]Tan7 20 points21 points ago

OSHA approved

[–]rasonj 15 points16 points ago

I was an unloader at Wal-Mart for awhile, we discovered if you stand on the jacks and wag the handle left and right you will build up speed, after most of the managers went home we would race around the backroom all night.

[–]devilinblue22 2 points3 points ago

and if you get one with good wheels you can get Enough speed to get up ramps and dockplates. Fun as shit.

[–]rasonj 0 points1 point ago

Mighty Lifts 4 Life

[–]pascontent 1 point2 points ago

Definitely the pinnacle of fun I had at this warehouse job I had.

[–]tehaleks 0 points1 point ago

I used to do that at the end of my shift at Target! When we were putting everything away, I'd stand on it and just wag the handle back and forth and slowly make my way to the back room.

[–]cajunbander 0 points1 point ago

Hell yeah, we used to race them like that when I worked at an Academy Sports.

[–]gigitrix 0 points1 point ago

Forklift: Tokyo Drift

Challenge Everything

[–]catfishcatfish 12 points13 points ago

The coat/cape is a nice touch.

[–]always_creating 6 points7 points ago

There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man with too much time and a pallet jack.

[–]takatakatakatak 0 points1 point ago

LOL - I love it.

We used to ride these bad boys so fast from one end of the warehouse to the other. You can push them like a skateboard and once you learn how to turn them you will never be bored again until the WH&S person sees you.

[–]BlondieDerpina 3 points4 points ago

Party on Wayne

[–]Crapaholic 6 points7 points ago

We go hard like this at Walmart all day

[–]geoff_the_great 26 points27 points ago

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title comnts points age /r/
Pro 0coms 1pt 23dys Sullymorland
The Best Around 0coms 32pts 23dys GifSound
Just another day at the office. 4coms 2pts 28dys funny
the coolest box boy ever 32coms 374pts 28dys funny
i kind of want to do this. 19coms 177pts 28dys gif
Don't worry! I got this. 10coms 217pts 28dys gifs
Pallet Jack Boss. 0coms 1pt 1mo gif
How you know you've been doing your job for too long. 52coms 650pts 2mos gifs
They see me driftin', they hatin' 4coms 31pts 2mos gifs
Fun at work 260coms 1665pts 2mos funny
Stock drifting 0coms 63pts 1mo gifs

source: karmadecay

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

There's a point at which reposting just gets ridiculous.

[–]WhatThePenis 3 points4 points ago

Somebody reverse this gif.

[–]gold_key 20 points21 points ago

[–]ragufestival 12 points13 points ago

Sweet burnout

[–]cajunbander 0 points1 point ago

That gif, plus your comment, made me loose it. Thank you. lmao

[–]azdak 1 point2 points ago

I must go. My people need me.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

Got fired for doing that. Of course, it was a white vinyl tile floor, in the middle of the day at Walmart, but still, no appreciation for skills.

[–]xLuky 2 points3 points ago

[–]Role_Player_Real 2 points3 points ago

He turned the handlebar the opposite direction I would have...I would have wiped out?

[–]BlackZeppelin 1 point2 points ago

No you just would have spun the other way.

[–]Color_Bars 2 points3 points ago

Someone he works with gave him a handie after this. Or a footsie or a mouthwise. But he got something. He's the rock star of the shipping complex.

[–]GottaHaveGreen 2 points3 points ago

This guy definitely gets all the chicks. He can "mate" with anyone he wants.

[–]Ken_NoisewaterMD 2 points3 points ago

I used to work with those, fun as hell but tricky as fuck to steer! That man has skills

[–]katatonos 2 points3 points ago

aaaannnnnd broken ankles

[–]a-dark-passenger 2 points3 points ago

LIKE A GLOOOOVE!

[–]Povelite 2 points3 points ago

Pallet jacks are excellent means of transportation.

[–]HarmlessKitten7 2 points3 points ago

Wow what a coincidence. I'm at home right now nursing an injury suffered this morning from one of these. Luckily only a bruised foot/ankle. They're fun as hell to ride around on (esp the electric ones), but can be quite dangerous.

[–]cubslover94 3 points4 points ago

At least he's wearing a helmet...

[–]mardin8985 0 points1 point ago

Pretty sure it is a hairnet...

[–]flashfire97 1 point2 points ago

I did that once. I ended up taking the handle bar to the crotch. Good times...

[–]twinglockfortys 1 point2 points ago

And people wonder why insurance premiums cost so much...

[–]lcdrambrose 1 point2 points ago

You couldn't pay me enough to try that. Pallet jacks are fun, but hellishly hard to control. Maybe if I had been using them regularly for 20 years, but even then...

[–]schmag 1 point2 points ago

wow that takes some serious skill. my friend and I used to have pallet jack races all the time but could NEVER do something like that.

[–]zublits 1 point2 points ago

You need a very specific pallet type to make this work. Most pallets, the forks will go all the way in and your legs will be crushed between the guard and the pallet.

[–]DJPalefaceSD 1 point2 points ago

I used to drive a forklift and would bet people $20 that I could pick up a quarter with my forks. Won it 3 times, only failed once.

[–]mardin8985 0 points1 point ago

Great trick, I went for lower stakes, but I have won $25 this way 5 times, also lost once, floor was too smooth and forklift too shitty to flip it.

[–]Schlorbian 1 point2 points ago

When I was younger I took a temp job doing warehouse work, and I quickly discovered that the overnight crew were a bunch of maniacs on trucker speed and pot that flew around the place smashing into each other for a good time. I wasn't there long enough to get in on the fun, sadly.

[–]pinkpostit 1 point2 points ago

Best part about my internship... President of the company gave me a tour of the entire company... taught me how to properly use the warehouse equipment...

[–]Balls2theW4ll 0 points1 point ago

We've found him, this man is The One

[–]valindragon 0 points1 point ago

Please record it for science and post it here.

[–]aColoradoan 0 points1 point ago

These are the shit.

[–]Dingissimus 0 points1 point ago

Loved doing this at the grocery store

[–]othergeneration 0 points1 point ago

That was amazing.

[–]iatethefruit 0 points1 point ago

The only good time I ever had while working at Fluke was with these things. Then I was sent to work the highbays and was put in charge of the forklift thingys. They were not as fun.

[–]B_Boudreaux 0 points1 point ago

mad skillz yo

[–]wideband_assassin 0 points1 point ago

Pallet jackin' like a boss...

[–]Mechbowser 0 points1 point ago

Yes! I almost did that at my warehouse job (but is severely frowned upon, near firing). And when getting from one place to another in Ikea these are perfect.

[–]BDUF 0 points1 point ago

Lol I used to work at a Sears warehouse and we would drift these suckers all over.

[–]Samped 0 points1 point ago

That is amazing.. I used pallet jacks all the time at work. I did ride around on them like a skateboard but never tried anything near that.. thats crazy hard..

[–]Ghooble 0 points1 point ago

That's fucking awesome.

[–]disposablechild 0 points1 point ago

I do this all the time at work. That thing is a scooter right?

[–]Plethorian 0 points1 point ago

Cape and helmet not mandatory, but recommended.

[–]scienceisgayokay 0 points1 point ago

that shit's insane!

[–]AlphaHotel_94 0 points1 point ago

At least he's wearing a helmet.

[–]JohnnieWalkerWhite 0 points1 point ago

Wow, we do this all the time at my work and I always wanted to post it. Fuck.

[–]stcompletelydiffrent 0 points1 point ago

I used to work for a moving and storage company with a ~150 yard long glazed concrete hallway in a storage facility. Riding pallet jacks like this was actually a great way to get around, although it did lead to spills (people and items). More dangerous, however, were rolly chair races. We would push people on office chairs as fast as we could, and if you got one with really good or really bad wheels, it could be a mess. Someone then got the idea to do the same thing spinning the person with a jump rope (think hammer throw) which led to even more mess.
I loved that place.
TL;DR Worked with meth-heads for a moving company, fucked shit up with pallet jacks and office chairs.

[–]Numb3r_6 0 points1 point ago

We have one of these downstairs in the warehouse. I'll brb.

[–]yarp_and_narp 0 points1 point ago

Mean while in the Microsoft warehouse...

[–]Ninja_Guin 0 points1 point ago

i know what im mastering tomorrow...

[–]tehaleks 0 points1 point ago

I did that at my mom's work when I was about 12. I ran over my foot. It hurt so very, very, very bad, but I was afraid to tell anyone that I had been fucking around in the warehouse, so... I just dealt with it. God, it was so painful. I'm surprised nothing is broken, or maybe ...

[–]SirFapingtonWatches 0 points1 point ago

reminded me of this video

[–]holley3020 0 points1 point ago

Hey dig the name. Came here to put you down for a repost but at the same time I work in a warehouse and need to try this.

I'd up vote you all day long.

[–]hulahoophug 0 points1 point ago

I love to ride pallet jacks around at work (as well as every manner of dolly cart). Ah, the joy of minor "work-related" injuries.

[–]Todomanna 0 points1 point ago

Not shown: worker being buried in boxes full of rusty nails.

[–]Mathlete86 0 points1 point ago

As someone who used to work in a warehouse, I'd be lying if I said I never used a pallet jack as a scooter like that before. I just wish I was as good at it as he is.

[–]marmo518 0 points1 point ago

I've done this many times. I must say, racing these things is a whole new kind of fun.

[–]Beeslo 0 points1 point ago

I actually got a small part time job during the summer working at a warehouse. I was in high school at the time and pretty stupid. But man, these things were awesome to ride on. That is until I hit something and went flying. 4 stitches on my chin! What up?

[–]DJWaffle 0 points1 point ago

Repost.

[–]turnerjer 0 points1 point ago

Bonus points because his jacket looks like a cape.

[–]Demoorelizer 0 points1 point ago

I used to work at Walmart in the Lawn and Garden department and I rode the jack like it was a skateboard all the time. It is sooooo fun. Mildly dangerous, but only if you mess up. We had a large hill around the back of the store where we had drop off the used pallets. It sucked dick to haul them up there, but when you were done you could fly down the hill on the jack all the way back to the department without adding any energy (not technically correct, but don't be a stickler). It's extremely fun, and they can get going fastttt.

[–]JoshuaKobb 0 points1 point ago

Haters gonna hate...

[–]brantor 0 points1 point ago

Ah I remember my job last summer we had electric ones and I learned how to do a 360, fun as hell.

[–]somerandomguy02 0 points1 point ago

I used to ride those all the time when I worked at Best Buy

[–]Mavee 0 points1 point ago

I tried this last week, but fuck, ours is very unstable, haha.

[–]mermaidluvr124 0 points1 point ago

is it for reposting?

[–]infidelappel 0 points1 point ago

I can't comprehend how he even spun it 180 degrees, let alone managed to line it up with the palette at the same time. I've ridden these things around, and they do NOT turn very responsively. Very, very impressive.

[–]Mekchrious 0 points1 point ago

Much tougher than it looks...

[–]darthbone 0 points1 point ago

Former stocker here. Getting these things to 180 is not as difficult as it seems, and it's actually fairly easy to stay oriented on them.

[–]IeatPI 0 points1 point ago

It's beautiful...

[–]ericn1300 0 points1 point ago

An old friend of mine was a helicopter crew chief stationed in Texas. The flight line was so long he rigged up a pallet jack with a jet APU. Luckily nobody died.

[–]Brocerystore 0 points1 point ago

I really wish I had the balls to try this at my dockworking job. But I think I'll stick to the powered pallet jacks and forklifts.

[–]JustinAero 0 points1 point ago

Now do it again.

[–]kittyy 0 points1 point ago

I worked at Best Buy, that shit is seriously fun. It's surprisingly hard to tip.

[–]AntiTheory 0 points1 point ago

I did this for the first time at work earlier this week - unloading a slightly tilted semi? Let's ride the pallet jack!

[–]xfire 0 points1 point ago

I used to work in a cannery and operated a tricycle gas powered lift truck. You stood on a tilt-up plate that was the emergency brake. If you jumped up while traveling full speed the aft tri-wheel would come off the ground. In the air spin the steering wheel a few turns and when you landed the truck would spin 180 degrees without changing its actual direction of travel. So, the post above was how we routinely picked up loads.

[–]yumite 0 points1 point ago

WORLD RECORD FOR FASTEST SPEED ON A PALLET JACK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD8T9EnNXrU

[–]doublestack 0 points1 point ago

Where I work that would be the reason fro the next piss test.

[–]helium_farts 0 points1 point ago

As someone who once worked for wal-mart I can confirm that this happened nearly every night.

[–]RzK 0 points1 point ago

I dont think a sprained ankle would get you into the emergency room

[–]DeadlyToaster 0 points1 point ago

6 years of working at a grocery store = mastering this.

The trick is to remember how quickly that handle will throw you if you lean on it.

[–]Icanollie187 0 points1 point ago

Lol my last two jobs were exactly like this

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I had an empty warehouse were me and my uncle/coworker user to do shit like this all the time. My uncle came close to flipping a forklift multiple times. We took the foam insulation that was supposed to insulate garage doors and would cut and make airplanes out of them (simple airplanes and in no way aerodynamic). We then climbed up on the orange shelves that we had that were about 20 ft in the air and would toss them. I have so many stories that I could tell.

We had 16 ft garage door panels leaning up against a fence that separated us from the rest of the warehouse (just used as storage). One day, we had an order for one of the 16 ft doors. My uncle thought it would be funny to show off and toss it down real quick and catch it. This turned out to be a bad idea because: Two packs make a door. There was one door left. When he took the first one down, it slid in to the bottom of the last pack causing it to come down too. I tried to stop it with my arm, but his neck took the majority of the blast. This is were it got funny. He falls to the ground. He panics and jumps up, can't stand and falls right back down. Then are other coworker walks over and tells him "Dude, stop playing around."

They also gave us an electric palet jack. That baby would run at least 15 mph. There were a lot of near death experiences with that as well, but we hurt it more than it hurt us.

There was a couple of people that decided to make "houses" out of our foam insulation. I was not one of them, but I did take occasional naps on "insulation pillows".

Another near death experience: my father used to be the D.C. manager. He quit when they got bought out and my father got shafted. Anyway, after we got bought out and they were fucking us as well and relocating, we stopped caring and would not give any fucks as far as work went. Don't get me wrong, I tried. But after working 20+ hour days for $8.00 an hour, I gave up. Since productivity was down, they had to bring in my dad through a temp service and he basically took over again (he needed the money). Anyway, we had a building in the back for training garage door installers. It hadn't been used since we had gotten bought out and we needed the extra room. So... who ends up taking down the building? Not construction workers and electricians. So, here we are taking down the building and this retard (not making fun, he really was slow) is taking down the other end of the building while my dad and everyone else is taking down the other side. I'm standing around not giving any fucks because I hate my job, when the slow guy yells "He lay this down!". So, I take the wood and lay it down. The whole goddamn building falls on my dad. I freak out and am thinking I just killed my dad... well, I'm lucky that he is one tough son of a gun. Not even a fucking scratch.

More stories, but this is the last one I'm writing. When we first started, the warehouse manager was the biggest douche I have met to this day. Constantly called me a dumbass. That shit gets old when someone calls you names and isn't joking. One day, my uncle finds a metal pipe and is waiting out for him out by the office. Douche knows he is out there. Stays in there for hours until my uncle gives up to go blow off steam. Douche later gets caught stealing stuff from the delivery trucks and gets fired. He cried like a baby walking past everyone.

Okay I lied, this is the final story. We got some pretty questionable characters through the temp service. Now, I want you to know that I am in no way racist, but I was raised in a small town with only white people. When I started working here, this was my first experience with black people. Had two temps at this time and one I liked. Both black (this does relate to the story because he might have been referring to himself at the end), one was dating the others mom. The tall black guy was funny (constantly talking about getting head from 60+ year olds and 300 pound woman at the Ramada). The other had a limp and was weird. One day, we are all sitting around on break at the table and he comes limping in and sits down facing away from the table and toward the coke machine. This motherfucker unbuttons his pants and drops them... and then takes off his goddamn leg! The girl from the office comes out to get a coke. Doesn't see him. Right behind her, he starts shaking his fucking nub at her... she never knew about it until we told her. Later the dude comes up to me out of no where and says this "Would you suck a big black dick for a big red apple". I stare at him knowing he is trying to get me in a joke. "Umm... no". He then grins really big and says "Aww... so you'll do it for free then?!". In front of all my coworkers. I still get asked "Hey, landonkrussell, had any good big red apples lately?".

Yeah... I have a lot more stories...

[–]Fear_Jeebus 0 points1 point ago

I found the reason I'll be getting fired for soon.

[–]slappy_nutsack 0 points1 point ago

I used to ride the hand truck around the store at night. Frequently tandem. You have mad skills. Upboat for you.

[–]rrymak 0 points1 point ago

oh my god i used to do this all the time at a newspaper plant... fyi if you throw the handle all the way to the right or left it acts as an effective break

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Seriously, how many times is this going to be at the top of r/funny?

Downvoted.

[–]Shit_Apple 0 points1 point ago

palette jacks are so much fun. makes me almost miss my summer warehouse job from 4-ish years ago.

[–]iJason 0 points1 point ago

I tried riding these things once, but I never had enough experience so I didn't level up and couldn't do fancy tricks like these. The remainder of my time was spent using these properly like the mindless drones at Costco.

[–]BigDucks 0 points1 point ago

I used to do things like this at work, it's fun and honestly not that dangerous if you have any balance at all.

[–]doismellbacon 0 points1 point ago

SEE YOU THERE BUDDY

[–]BaileyTheKid 0 points1 point ago

LMFAO. I need to try that out at work xD

[–]microchannelplate 0 points1 point ago

Oh man, we ride the fork all the time at work ... never thought about trying to pull a stunt like that yet though...

I see a broken limb in my future.

[–]postnick 0 points1 point ago

Done it.

[–]rivalarrival 0 points1 point ago

Personally, I think it's more fun to do 180-slides with forklifts.

[–]jacls0608 0 points1 point ago

I can't understand how half the people posting in this thread haven't been fired.

[–]galacticgaia 0 points1 point ago

Your title is even better than the .gif!

[–]ThePuffin27 0 points1 point ago

Just started a job where we use these, guy who's worked there longer always does this like a champ, I tried it once, broke a display sign.

[–]a_drunk_kitten 0 points1 point ago

Oh god.. pallet jack jousting match=the worst stubbed toe I have ever had in my life.. Lost most my nail to that one...

[–]tabascodrumz 0 points1 point ago

OMG i used to do this at my old job all the time. So much fun.

[–]trevorrrthekid 0 points1 point ago

dude those pallet jacks are sketchy as fuck. im pretty sure they defy the laws of physics...

[–]Lidocaine 0 points1 point ago

Kraus, after his forklift driver licence was revoked.

[–]kaitmeister 0 points1 point ago

After using a pallet jack for this first time this summer, I have an immense amount of appreciation for how difficult this must be. I can't even get the stupid arms in there normally.

[–]LouKang 0 points1 point ago

I don't know how to deal with the level of excitement this gave me.

[–]caraficionado24 0 points1 point ago

I ride those everytime I close at work, can't wait to try this out.

[–]EVILEMU 0 points1 point ago

Jack or Sawyer?

[–]paddIofurniture 0 points1 point ago

As a person who works at the IKEA warehouse, I think this is how I will get myself fired.

[–]hexprocess 0 points1 point ago

I tried doing this all the time when I worked at a 99 cents only store. my ambitions were more important than their property. Fuck that entire chain. I salty. Edit: I cant spell.

[–]xmattx920x 0 points1 point ago

As a team lead in a warehouse that has gone 5 years with out a accident I would fire all of you!

[–]Reaperdude97 0 points1 point ago

man, i NEED to get me one of those!

[–]infanticide_holiday 0 points1 point ago

Wow, hadn't seen this one today.

[–]wtf_idontknow 0 points1 point ago

if i would be doing that 8 hours a day i could do that to! get a life!

[–]anna57272 0 points1 point ago

r/wta