We had to wear one of these while I was a package handler for FedEx. It was tied into a scanner unit attached to your finger, scan packages as you load.
You’d think you’d get used to it, but it always felt like I had a tumor strapped to my arm while trying to sling things around.
I also was a package handler for fedex those arm computers made your arm so hot and sweaty while in a 110F+ trailer
Yes I can “SatansMaggotyCumFart”
Our building had bay doors lined up on one side of the building, it was the off season so we would only use the first quarter of bay doors. At the end of line of garage doors we would use the last 1-3 bays as a sort of “overflow” (I was only there for a few months so I didn’t fully know what they were for.)
We would call it the “abyss” because no one went back there, and there were a few lights out so it was kinda dark. I mostly worked there, when it was a heavy day and the belts were pretty full they would send all packages to the abyss and we would get so back up with packages it worked jam halfway up the shoot to the trailer. So we would have to get a ladder and a stick to fix the jam.
We would sometimes solve the jamming issue by spraying lube on the shoots to help them slide better. It would make the shoots very slick if you tried to walk on them. Also we had fans blowing air into the trailer and if it was a very hot day they would just blew already hot air into a hotter trailer.
I had a joke about you and the Platinum Chip, but I lost it at that funny description. I bet in Fallout world many people have disproportional arm muscles due to swinging around pre-war Pip Boys on their hands.
I too have a disproportionate arm from uhhh… swinging around… arm computers… yeah that’s why.
Loading was my usual, and our hub sucked. Fuck tons of goddamn fruit in wax, and then would come the big packages about right as I was loading on my own, so now I had that thing strapped to me, trying to work around the belt with a damned TV to scan.
Smalls was my dream. Lightweight, wrapping took no time, steady pace but never overwhelming. Night just flew by, chatting about bullshit. Jumped at the chance any time they needed a body.
It’s that thing Turanga Leela wears!
I was curious if Leela’s thing had a name, and according to the wiki it’s apparently called a Wrist Lojak-a-mater..
I don’t think “wrist LoJak-a-mater” was meant to be the name of the device, I think it’s just the name of the device’s tracking feature and the author of the fandom page is jumping to conclusions.
I bet you’re right. I feel like Leela has called it a few different things over the years.
War, war never changes…
I remember using something like this - they can hook up to a barcode scanner you wear on your finger
I have the same problem with my watch. I could tighten it but then it starts to hurt. Anyways I keep it just loose enough to be comfortable but tight enough I can correct it every half hour.
FedEx package warehouse used theses when I worked there.
They weren’t these exact models when I was there in 2013-2014, but they’re definitely similar. The finger scanner thing was so cool; I was always playing with it when there weren’t any packages coming down the conveyor.
FedEx used their own custom version that booted directly into the proprietary scanner system. The new version uses Android (probably 10 or lower) and does the exact same thing. Also, the scanner attachment is now Bluetooth, which only seems like an upgrade until you give it more than one second of thought and realize how easy they are to lose.