Day two started off the same as day one – in the dark – but at least this morning we had badges to get us in the door. We got clocked in and then went to ‘Stand Up’. They do it every morning and after lunch, and it’s where any info is given out and we get given safety and quality tips. We also get to stretch; for about 10 minutes everyone in the building stretches together. Then the stowers, which is what we are for the next few months, were gathered together and off we went to learn how to stow. On our shift there are only five workcampers that are stowers and the other three with us all seem to be really nice and very friendly. Laurie was our teacher today and at about 7.30 off we went to stow school. We learned how to use a hand held scanner and how to check for damage and all kinds of other exciting things. Then we took another simple test then it was off to work for real.
We were taken to Aqua and set free. Aqua is in the Nevada side of the building, it’s all on one floor, and has really narrow aisles. For the rest of the morning we took product of a cart, scanned it, and then found a place on a divided shelf (they call them bins) and put the product in the bin while scanning the bin barcode.  It’s not quite that simple (there is bin etiquette to take into account), but it is that boring.  It wasn’t too complicated to figure out what to do but the scanner does have a nasty habit of beeping a lot – is it something I’m doing wrong?
After lunch we got to do the same thing but in Tan which is in the Utah side of the building and a million miles from aqua. The ground level of the building is 800,000 sq feet, and there are two more floors in most areas so every section has a name, colour, letter and number; it’s going to take some figuring out I can tell you. This afternoon was pretty much like this morning only in a much bigger area, but it wasn’t too bad.

Mike: Considering this is one of the smaller warehouses, some of the other ones are 4 times larger,
I can't imagine!