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Hi listeners, I'm Anthony Coons and I have a story I want to tell you.

A story of a part-time job packed with full-time nightmares.

So, gather around and listen, close.

Working in an Amazon fulfillment warehouse is about as soul-satisfying as it sounds.

It wasn't my dream job, but nothing really was.

College was a wash and trade school didn't go any better for me.

I landed here through a temp service downtown.

The work is garbage, but the money is decent.

About a year in, the company even hired me full-time to run the night shift supervising the order picking crew.

Night shift picking was miserable work and it tended to attract desperate people, at least at my warehouse.

Most of them were nice enough, but it wasn't exactly America's best and brightest.

Strong out junkies, pillheads, high school dropouts, and other amulets jerks like me usually pull the mass produced shit you order online and ship it your way.

Be sure to send up a silent thank you when you open your box of friends DVDs and your new iPhone charger, American Consumer.

We're doing the Lord's work here.

Anyway, I had been running the night shift for about three months when I got an email about a new night picker who would be joining the team.

Aaron Waitman

His resume made it clear he was overqualified for the job.

I mean he worked as a paralegal for over 20 years and was the owner and operator of a company called Waitman Exotic Animal Service.

6pm hit and I had already passed out my picking carts and scanners to my rag tag crew, but after they shuffled off into the rows of shelving, there was still one man standing in the prep area.

He appeared to be in his late 40s with thinning red hair and a pair of wire-room glasses clinging to his nose.

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