The first of our 2 pizza parties was held yesterday at our lunch break. From discussions with some of the management people, it is estimated that Amazon ordered around 300 pizzas from Dominos for the day. They get to do it again today. I'm sure that the local Dominos is joyous over the increase in business. The local impact of Amazon is felt just about everywhere in this town of about 25,000 people. Especially during this time of year. We also heard that the total number of items handled by Amazon will be well over 1 billion this year.
The conversations among our coworkers about returning next year cover the whole spectrum. Most say they would come back, if asked, and others say no way, they can't wait to end their time here. We're kind of on the fence because it is a great place to work for some good money for a short time, but the weather now is turning too much like winter for us which we are trying to avoid. The jury is still out as we have 13 more "scheduled" days to work, including our planned overtime days.
I'm sitting here watching snow flurries on a cloudy, 34 degree day. The forecast is for more of the same, but colder. It's a good thing that for most of each day we are totally unaware of what's happening outside. There are no windows and the warehouse is almost always too warm. The shock hits us when we leave work at 4:30 AM. We have to sit in the car to let it warm up every day before heading home. It reminds us of all the years we spent in places like Michigan and Ohio. It's nice that we have the option to leave these places behind when our work commitment is ended.
With another pizza party scheduled today at our lunch break our pizza craving should be satisfied for awhile. Until tomorrow...
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