Some Nice Touches

There wasn't much to mention - other than working - about yesterday. One thing that is becoming evident to us is the nice touches that Amazon provides for its employees. I mentioned the free pies that were given out on Thanksgiving Day, and yesterday there were some more goodies handed out. It started with a huge table of fresh fruit that was set up in the lunchroom for anyone and everyone to help himself. There were bananas, pears, apples and oranges. Then, as we got closer to the end of our shift, people were walking around with bags that contained all kinds of prizes like lottery tickets, gift cards and discount certificates. Everybody got a chance to draw one of these items from the several people walking around before he left for the day. Josie drew a Sonic gift card worth $5 and a "wild card" that she can redeem at Human Resources for an Amazon gift. I drew a Sonic card worth $5 and also a lottery ticket that happened to be a winner for $4. They do treat the employees well.

We finished work at 3:30 with the temperature at 32 degrees. I disconnected the water outside when we got home and turned on the water pump so we would have water. This morning, the pump was off and the circuit appears to be dead so I need to diagnose and fix that problem. We have had more than our share of problems with the water pump - this is our 3rd pump since we bought the rig. It may not be the pump, but maybe some other problem, but I don't have a lot of time to mess around with that problem today. It is going to warm up again, so I may be able to postpone that fix until I get a day off.

One thing we decided for sure, and that is that if we return here again it will be for day shift only. The hours we have now require too much of an adjustment to the normal routine. By the time we wake up, we only have a couple hours before we need to get ready and do it all again. Of course, some of that is a result of working 10 hour days instead of 8 hour days. The problem though is on our days off. We sleep regular times during those days and then have to readjust for the night shift hours. The extra money for the night shift differential isn't worth the adjustments. Oh well, it is only for another 3 weeks...