Turkey Day at Laws R Us
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving at my workplace is Turkey Day. Okay, it's not officially called that but it is the day they give every employee a turkey. Giving away six or seven thousand turkeys is quite a production.
During the two weeks leading up to Turkey Day, everyone is given a turkey ticket. You then have the choice of hanging onto the ticket and turning it in for a turkey or you donating your turkey to Second Harvest (which I did).
Early in the morning on Turkey Day, they cordon off a large area near the front door. Why a large area? Well, they need to park four or five large moving trucks full of turkeys nearby. They also need room for the conveyor belt that runs from the truck parking area to the front door.
Early in the day, the boxes containing 14-17 pound turkeys start rolling down the conveyor belt. Third shift workers pick up their turkey on the way home. Some people pick up the turkeys at lunch time and head home. Retirees come in for lunch and a turkey. During the day you see people walking around the building carrying the boxes.
At the end of the day (people start leaving in droves at 3 p.m. and stream out until 5 or 6), you can either just take a turkey off the belt or drive up to the conveyor belt and have a cheerful volunteer puts your turkey into your car. I suppose they're there distributing turkeys until the end of the second shift in manufacturing.
Turkey day kicks off the holiday celebrations at work. That will be the subject of my next post.
During the two weeks leading up to Turkey Day, everyone is given a turkey ticket. You then have the choice of hanging onto the ticket and turning it in for a turkey or you donating your turkey to Second Harvest (which I did).
Early in the morning on Turkey Day, they cordon off a large area near the front door. Why a large area? Well, they need to park four or five large moving trucks full of turkeys nearby. They also need room for the conveyor belt that runs from the truck parking area to the front door.
Early in the day, the boxes containing 14-17 pound turkeys start rolling down the conveyor belt. Third shift workers pick up their turkey on the way home. Some people pick up the turkeys at lunch time and head home. Retirees come in for lunch and a turkey. During the day you see people walking around the building carrying the boxes.
At the end of the day (people start leaving in droves at 3 p.m. and stream out until 5 or 6), you can either just take a turkey off the belt or drive up to the conveyor belt and have a cheerful volunteer puts your turkey into your car. I suppose they're there distributing turkeys until the end of the second shift in manufacturing.
Turkey day kicks off the holiday celebrations at work. That will be the subject of my next post.
posted by changingagain at 8:14 PM
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I think it would be more intersting if the five large moving trucks were full of live turkeys.
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