Newspapers take over the life of everyone in the mailroom this week and next. The Black Friday editions of the shopper supplements, and the regular paper next Wednesday are the biggest ones we do all year. They are huge, difficult and heavy. We have several pieces of semi-broken equipment, and we ended up having to pull papers off the end by hand today instead of sending them through the stacker.
Today I worked 8.5 hours, but I did actually sit down for 10 minutes, mid-afternoon. In just a couple of hours I get to go do it all again.
This is part of what we stuffed this afternoon. Some of the tubs and high-rises had already gone to the warehouse.
And next week? This is about half of our storage space, filled with inserts for next week's papers. The other half is just as full.
After watching us work for a bit last time she was here, Ester said, "It's like getting paid to have a gym membership." That's sure true now and next week. We are all sore and tired and working right out at the edges of our limits.
So that's all that is going on in my life today.
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I remember long ago seeing someone else talk about this as well, saying it's the roughest time of the year. I sympathize with you. I hope the time goes by fast for you.
ReplyDeleteSince the Thanksgiving paper was always my favorite of the year I know how big it is with all the inserts. I can only imagine how tired you are
ReplyDeleteAll those ads certainly put a strain on the system. It must be tons of fun for the delivery crew.
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