Its All about Choices
b'Welcome back, and thank you for checking in with us today! I\\u2019m Marty with Warehouse and Operations as a Career and today I\\u2019d like to talk a little about choices. This week I\\u2019ve witnessed a lot of incidents where people made some great one\\u2019s and where individuals went a different direction than I would have. I guess when we think about it we\\u2019re making choices every day, really every hour that is going to affect us or that next hour in some way or another. Just this morning going to work I saw driver speed up to go through an amber or yellow traffic light instead of safely applying his breaks to stop. Now I\\u2019m talking about him wanting to make it through the light, with more than enough room to safely stop but he made the choice to accelerate and run through the red light. He chose to risk his vehicle and life as well as the other vehicles and the lives of the people that had started proceeding through their green light. Another choice I see a lot here in the Dallas area are people that just lead such busy lives that instead of waiting their turn in the left turn lane they choose to run ahead of everyone that\\u2019s waiting their turn and turn from the center lane. They don\\u2019t seem to care that everyone\\u2019s slowing down now while their inching in front of someone and forcing others to stop. I\\u2019m certain their just special people or entitled in some way but they Choose to make that choice, again that\\u2019s their choice. We can find ourselves doing the same thing at work can\\u2019t we? We\\u2019re in a hurry, or think we\\u2019re in a hurry and can make a less than desirable outcome choice. I saw a gentleman lifting a pallet from the 4th level, there was about 3 cases hanging from the front right corner, probably dislodged when the pallet us placed there. Anyway, instead of pausing the lift and going to get someone to help scoot the cases back in place he chose to try and pull the pallet out. Although he was being extremely careful and by the way taking a lot of time trying to remove the pallet without dropping the cases, 2 of the three fell the 12 feet to the ground, damaging $212 worth of freight. But it\\u2019s all about choices right.
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\\nHere\\u2019s one that left me scratching my head. I was at a sourcing company and had a Recruiter grab me to visit with a young applicant she was interviewing. She ask me to speak with him about a training class I would be teaching the following Monday. The gentleman had just really entered the workforce, I think he\\u2019d said he\\u2019d had two jobs before and was presently working as general labor at a lumber yard. He was moving and needed a job in the area. She had told him about the 3 day class and how it included some instruction on the pallet jack and forklifts as well as the basics of warehousing 101. I visited with the gentleman and his father, explained what the class could offer and how it could be advantageous for him to take it. The recruiter had some great jobs that he would qualify for upon graduation but she also had a position he could start tomorrow. I had explained that after graduating the class and being accepted for one of the positions she had spoken with him about that he should see 5 to 10% increases pretty quickly and once he\\u2019d gathered a little more experience on the equipment, which they would be willing to spend time training him with, getting a little experience, he\\u2019d be looking at substantial increases within 6 to 8 months. His issue with the class was that he\\u2019d have to wait a week to start working. Keep in mind now that the class was going to be free, the new employer was refunding its cost. But he couldn\\u2019t get past the fact that it\\u2019d delay his start by 1 week. Even after I ran the numbers for him, and showed him the difference in just the first month of employment between his choice of taking the position starting in the morning and forgoing the training class. He chose to make $40 a week less so he would not have to wait a week to start?'