I did my TDG training today. That's Transportation of Dangerous Goods, for those of you unfamiliar with the lingo. So now I'm in posession of VITAL skills and knowledge that I will use for approximately 21 more work days. As it happens, TDG training is only valid in relation to the company that gave you the training, it's invalid anywhere else. It wasn't particularly difficult or anything, but it was long - 4.5hours. As a result of that (and other factors, to be spoken of shortly) I was at work for 12 hours today. That in and of itself isn't too bad, hours are fine usually. Especially when 1/3 of the day is spent in training in the board room.

No, the problem with the day was how it ended. Jody and I unloaded 2 trailers of bulbs and other shit. That would be fine on any other day, except today the drivers decided to become absolute bastards. The first trailer was loaded like shit, nothing was grouped by order, all of the bulbs were mixed up. Jody and I had to unload everything onto the floor, and then go through the work orders and reorganize everything. That took forever, then we turned to the next trailer - with only half an hour left in the shift and a memory of the driver saying "Good Luck" before he had left.

Good luck indeed, though not for us. This was apparent when we opened the back door and found kerosene dripping down in our faces. Turns out the idiot had double stacked a whole bunch of drums and pails filled with - you guessed it - kerosene. Along with that a large number of lights, terribly organized of course in wet kerosene soaked boxes. That took well over an hour to empty. Then we poured some floordry all over the trailer to absorb the kerosene, pulled it inside for the night and left it. I really hope those drivers catch some shit tomorrow because those two trailers were bloody brutal.

Ah well, I got home and found an approved MasterCard application and a cheque from the government for my GST refund. Thus, I was happy again. Peace out folks.

~K