Had to tell..

OK so two posts in one day may be two many (get the pun?), but there were a few things I forgot. First, a story.

Everyday, we move stuff that is packed on pallets. These pallets are about an inch thick and made of solid aluminum. There is however, no space when they are laid on the ground, (this is an important fact). Usually, these are brought to us on forklifts who set them on the back of the aircraft's ramp and we push them over rollers onto the jet. Last night, we were supposed to pick up three pallets. There were only two forklifts, so each had one pallet, and the third was on the cement a ways behind the aircraft. The first two loaded easily and it was time for the third. The forklift guy couldnt quite get the two tines (the forks on the front of the forklift) under the pallet due to the aforementioned lack of clearance. so his idea was to get a running start at it and use speed to ram the tines under the pallet. As we saw him back up like 40ft, we all looked at each other like, 'no way is he gonna do this'. Sure enough, he kicks it into high gear and slams the gas. The forklift was surprising like fast and reached the pallet at about 15mph maybe a bit more. Unfortunately, the tines were not quite flat on the ground, so when they hit the pallet, it pushed back and they jumped up, ramming straight through the bags, boxes and cases loaded on the bottom of the pallet. He had enough speed that he buried the thing to the hilt before he could stop. Slowly, he did the back of shame and successfully retried at a slower speed. We couldn't help but break out laughing. When we got the pallet loaded, sure enough, there were two big holes in the boxes on the bottom. Wow, what a bad idea, but it was a nice change of pace for us.