Amazon's Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans

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ge96 ◴[09 May 25 18:22 UTC] No.43939681[source]▶

I worked as stow, that job is brutal man, you gotta last 2-3 hrs at a time 3x a day for a 10hr shift. They don't like you listening to music so you gotta just sit there in silence. Luckily I got to unload trucks and I started drinking to get through it on my breaks.

Still it's tough to beat a place where you can walk in with no skills and start making $20/hr

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throwaway314155 ◴[09 May 25 19:23 UTC] No.43940154[source]▶

>>43939681 #

> I started drinking to get through it on my breaks

That bad, huh?

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1. ge96 ◴[09 May 25 20:20 UTC] No.43940536[source]▶

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It just made it more fun. There was a liquor store nearby so drive to it on the 30 minute break, pound a couple 100 proof 100ml bottles (99 Apples), back to it. That job was more fun than stow.

If you're curious can read the subreddit /r/amazonfc

They did recently start allowing you to buy their own approved headphones but before you'd get written up for being on your phone/having headphones in

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2. lr1970 ◴[09 May 25 21:03 UTC] No.43940842[source]▶

>>43940536 (TP) #

> pound a couple 100 proof 100ml bottles, back to it. That job was more fun than stow.

WoW, you can hold your liquor :-)

3. ethbr1 ◴[10 May 25 02:51 UTC] No.43942860[source]▶

>>43940536 (TP) #

I appreciate the irony of your optimizing your own experience as ruthlessly as Amazon optimize their operations.

Hate the game, not the player.

4. olelele ◴[10 May 25 06:55 UTC] No.43943720[source]▶

>>43940536 (TP) #

I’m always amazed at how easily ppl admit to drinking and driving..

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5. numpad0 ◴[10 May 25 10:36 UTC] No.43944619[source]▶

>>43940536 (TP) #

Could this be just a real preview of post scarcity? Intellectuals imagine it as a world where everyone researches warp drives and ancient texts all day, but this - everyone perpetually working safe and drunk sorting trash in eternal pain - sounds potentially more realistic than that.

6. ge96 ◴[10 May 25 20:43 UTC] No.43948836[source]▶

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We would drink in the parking lot before walking into work

Then 3 hrs later the buzz is gone by next break

I have an amazon shrine haha to remember

https://i.imgur.com/VogGYmw.png

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