Paint it black......

4:17 am - Saturday - November 24th - Campbellsville, KY - 47º F, 92% humidity, wind 11 mph out of the south.......very cloudy, and rainy....forecast high for today is 56º F.

As we walked to work Friday we were well aware it was 'Black Friday', one of the biggest retail days in the U.S. each year, so we knew it would be a busy day with 'All Hands on Deck' as they say.  Below is a picture of our DH-3 Shift folk......many of us are dressed in black in honor of the day......

DH-3 Shift just after lunch Friday

.....I think I know about 30% of them by name, but our group keeps expanding by the week, and it is difficult to keep ahead of the influx.  The DH-3 shift runs from Friday to Monday, with Tuesday at our 'MET' day......there will be, so far, an MET this week, so we will be working 5 consecutive 10 hour days.  We've done that twice before, but now we have, potentially, 4 in a row taking  us up to December 22nd.  My legs are 'barking' at me at I write that.

The day began with clear skies, but by the time we exited the building 10.5 hours later it was cloudy, and foreboding.  Eventually, as we went to bed around 8 pm, we could hear the rain hitting our roof, and it rained on and off all night long.  It seems to have abated as I write today's missive, but Weather.com says it will rain through the morning......enough with the rain already!

All of those in our inner Amazon Camperforce circle agreed that the time seemed to pass quickly Friday.  We all felt pretty good at the end of our shift, but I know by Tuesday afternoon we'll all be dragging just a little, and looking forward to our two days of recovery before we 'wash, rinse, dry, repeat' once again.

I had my highest quarter pick totals in the first quarter Friday.  I hit 302 picks for the 2.5 hour stretch, but not to be outdone, TLE posted an impressive 330+ picks.....I think she takes fewer bathroom breaks than I......😏....I think I've bested her just one time in the last 4 weeks!  The aisles were a lot more crowded with pickers Friday, and the stowers were out in force adding to the congestion.  Usually when we begin the day our manager will give us the 'workable' number.....'workable' refers to the number of picks which need to be made that shift. Typically that number has been in the mid to high 20,000 range.....Friday it was over 65,000!  That's just one shift at one Amazon Fulfillment Center!  Friday was also the beginning of the 20th Peak Season here at Campbellsville, KY.  Our FC was one of the first five opened by Jeff Bezos.

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