Something something cargo cults.
Quite neat!
Nice work! I used to work with an equipment operator who had a neat trick like that. You would throw a quarter on the ground anywhere he could reach it, then he would reach, slam the bucket down precisely, and flip the coin onto one of the teeth of the bucket, then swing it back to you all in under 5 seconds.
Physical/mechanical intelligence. Donât underestimate it!
Iâve been following the whole âCoryâs headlinesâ comments.
Disappointed the driver does not flip the coin at all; that would have been stunning.
He drops the coin, letâs call it what it is.
Iâm disappointed that the driver doesnât actually do it. Itâs all the forklift. What a letdown.
Thatâs forking awesome.
âŚand hired! Video resumes are generally dumb for anyone who isnât doing video, but that guy is a keeper.
Time theft.
Or, equally likely, fired for hours of machine time and diesel wasted practicing this trick.
Youâd be surprised what having a little fun can do for the moral of a bunch of working class guys stuck together for 8-12 hours a day in hot/cold/dangerous/unpleasant conditions. I used to be the foreman of a construction crew that ranged in size from 8-25 guys. I guarantee that if you clamp-down and make sure that every minute of every day every employee is hard at work, you will get far less done. If you let the employees be themselves a little, and not feel so commodified, they will get more done and the day is much more pleasant.
People like to do the right thing when given the choice to do so. When you force them, not so much.
Consume!
I found it uplifting. Suited my pallet perfectly.
Oh, I completely agree. Just having a cynical moment about the outcome; wouldnât be the first case of someone getting sacked for having some fun or even simply being human at work.
I hope that either your higher-up bosses were similarly enlightened or that you were able to shield your crew from pointless and petty exercises of âbecause I said soâ authority.
Thatâs why I pay my dues.
YeahâŚbut can he shove and alien into an airlock?
If I was a forklift manufacturer, Iâd hire the driver to make such videos as ads.
Right on! You sound like a good supervisor!
And âtricksâ like this remind me that people who do hard labor, service type work are fucking talented and deserve good pay and fair treatment.
I work in a tech industry and god knows these people work harder than I do on any given day.
I think Cory is suffering from Huffington Post Syndrome. I.e. âYou Wonât Believe How Easily These Misleading Headlines Are Going To Change Your Entire Life (and keep the adtrackers that pay my mortgage from going to some other click-bait website)!â
To be fair I have noticed Salon.com has been doing it too. The internet is broke, it runs on NSA funding and pornography. The rest is getting by on scraps.
Letâs face it capitalism is over, can we all just move forward into something better now?
Also, the development level of expertise in the precise control of a forklift must have benefits for the employer.
not to brag, but i can pick up a dime and put it in a bottle without even using a forklift.
