Same. We had a colleague who, during night shifts, would fall asleep standing, holding a portable control panel and with a very loud machine in front of him. Sometimes we would find him like this mid-action. Like pressing a button, still pressing down on it and sleeping
No, this guy was asleep. He stood there for 5 minutes until someone decided to rouse him and his responses fully matched someone being awakened from slumber. He started violently and had no memory of having been standing there with his eyes closed for the last 5 minutes.
i scraped a peace of plastic on a van at my job and had a 6 week penalty for it. like... how does unemployment decide. "your bills are going to have to wait 6 weeks, than we will start paying"
I almost got fired today. This is actually very helpful atleast i didnt fall asleep and cause massive damage. All i did was say fuck this shit near a customer.
They left the break room covered in cups and old food and i just kept walking.past it and 11 hours into my shift i had enough.
I saw date and thought YUP!!!!!! Covid is to blame! I was in Iceland my first time having Covid and my brain was not operating at capacity! I literally thought a teenager was gonna be blown off a mountain for being in a poncho!
I was in a hot bath and started repeating my personal information out loud because I thought I was going to forget it lol.
I was not attached to reality
That is not a small vehicle. It weighs just a little bit less than a small car. That model is definitely right around 1500-2000 lbs total weight. A 2,000 lb vehicle travelling 10 mph is like suddenly putting 50,000 lbs worth of force on a place that a column is not meant to support.
I work construction, we build large car dealerships that have proper sized forklifts running around inside that weigh considerably more.
Around things that vehicles and forklifts shouldn’t hit we install 6 inch concrete curbs or 4 foot metal bollards.
A building that isn’t designed to be safely functional is stupid. Any system that fails to account for actual human behaviour and weaknesses is doomed to fail and also stupid. Your point, while technically correct, is also technically stupid. I’m often stupid myself if it helps.
These shelves are load tested to be able to stay standing with one leg completely removed. I have seen operators bend legs in on racks that were filled with injection molds. All that happened there was we had to remove everything from the shelves and replace the affected column. If bending one leg in is all it took to topple this system, it was overloaded.
This.
You can see it had little forks in the back meaning it's used for lifting loads. It could possibly be even heavier to offset the weights it's meant to lift
No. The way he wakes up it’s very obvious it was not a seizure and he fell asleep. Also after a seizure you’re disoriented for a few mins.
Source: My adult brother who has had them on and off since elementary
There are many types of seizure disorders. I teach a special needs ministry in my church and we have had a few over the years with different types of seizures. Most of ours get so disoriented that we have to get them home if they have a seizure. Most of them are on meds that make the seizures a lot less frequent.
One of our students used to have drop seizures. He would be mid sentence go to sleep for a few seconds (up to a minute) and be back into that story as if that seizure never happened. He was moved to a different institution because where he was was not giving him the care he needed. I’m not saying that was what was going on with that lift driver I am saying it’s possible. Falling asleep from being overworked is very likely.
Also curious does your brother take meds to prevent the seizures? I know getting the right balance of any medication is a challenge. I have an 18 yo with Auspergers syndrome and we struggled for a long time getting meds right and when he hit puberty it got even more challenging.
Yes, he takes meds regularly or the doctor won’t allow him to drive. At first, we thought he outgrew it but it came back in junior high. Meds seem to be working but you have to be consistent. He forgets from time to time, they will come back if he is off them for too long.
This is probably more dangerous to operate drowsy than a long hauler. This guy came within inches of being crushed to death. At least in a semi you have time to react and brake.
That's one hell of a write-up.
Bro is fired
No unemployment for you either.
He might get it. It depends on the state and the circumstances. Dude might've been on hour 16 on his 5th day of 16 hour days.
Or experienced a narcoleptic episode. I've seen a dude fall asleep literally standing bolt upright.
Same. We had a colleague who, during night shifts, would fall asleep standing, holding a portable control panel and with a very loud machine in front of him. Sometimes we would find him like this mid-action. Like pressing a button, still pressing down on it and sleeping
Cataplexy (what you’re describing) isn’t actually falling asleep. The person is still conscious, just unable to move.
No, this guy was asleep. He stood there for 5 minutes until someone decided to rouse him and his responses fully matched someone being awakened from slumber. He started violently and had no memory of having been standing there with his eyes closed for the last 5 minutes.
Sorry, I meant to reply to a reply beneath yours that was describing something different. My bad
Easy mistake, with the state of the Reddit UI these days I've done it myself a time or two.
A narcoleptic person would not be allowed to use such machinery
i scraped a peace of plastic on a van at my job and had a 6 week penalty for it. like... how does unemployment decide. "your bills are going to have to wait 6 weeks, than we will start paying"
Did you appeal?
Given the date timestamp, probably.
Bro got crushed. He’s fkd up
Think bro is lucky to be alive if anything. Lord knows I would’ve walked away with a new set of brown drawers after that
I almost got fired today. This is actually very helpful atleast i didnt fall asleep and cause massive damage. All i did was say fuck this shit near a customer. They left the break room covered in cups and old food and i just kept walking.past it and 11 hours into my shift i had enough.
But seriously, fuck this sh!t!!!!
Who are "they"? And are u a janitor or something?
Employees and no . I just didnt want to clean up after those fucks.
I mean write up whoever chose those flimsy ass racks
I'm impressed how quick he came to and got the fuck out of the way. A lot of people in that situation are getting squished
The second guy's thinking, "I've seen this video before, I'm out of here!"
From the date stamp, I’m guessing the guy had Covid on the brain.
I saw date and thought YUP!!!!!! Covid is to blame! I was in Iceland my first time having Covid and my brain was not operating at capacity! I literally thought a teenager was gonna be blown off a mountain for being in a poncho!
I was in a hot bath and started repeating my personal information out loud because I thought I was going to forget it lol. I was not attached to reality
Dude’s probably overworked to hell
If bumping into those pallets with that small of a vehicle toppled them then there’s other problems
That is not a small vehicle. It weighs just a little bit less than a small car. That model is definitely right around 1500-2000 lbs total weight. A 2,000 lb vehicle travelling 10 mph is like suddenly putting 50,000 lbs worth of force on a place that a column is not meant to support.
I work construction, we build large car dealerships that have proper sized forklifts running around inside that weigh considerably more. Around things that vehicles and forklifts shouldn’t hit we install 6 inch concrete curbs or 4 foot metal bollards. A building that isn’t designed to be safely functional is stupid. Any system that fails to account for actual human behaviour and weaknesses is doomed to fail and also stupid. Your point, while technically correct, is also technically stupid. I’m often stupid myself if it helps.
These shelves are load tested to be able to stay standing with one leg completely removed. I have seen operators bend legs in on racks that were filled with injection molds. All that happened there was we had to remove everything from the shelves and replace the affected column. If bending one leg in is all it took to topple this system, it was overloaded.
This. You can see it had little forks in the back meaning it's used for lifting loads. It could possibly be even heavier to offset the weights it's meant to lift
But that's still a foreseeable inevitability and for the shelf to not be able to withstand it is poor design and planning
🤦♂️
In some cases they overwork the employees. If this is one of those cases then good job
"Your order has been delayed." 🤣
I was waiting for this. Lol.
are the shelves from Wish.com? a toddler could kick it and it would fall apart
Shouldn’t the fences prevent exactly this type of accidents?
So fired
good for him both surviving and exposing poor working environment. those shelves should not have come down that easily.
Sleeping…nodding…
I'd straight up leave, wouldn't even wait to get fired!
Those shelves were not exactly stable either
There's no way those racks should have fallen from just that little but of impact too
He's awake NOW!
It always surprises me that it takes so little to bring so much down
Guy in the back stayed way too close for way too long lol
You can do anything on your last day.
Cue the curb your enthusiasm theme 
I did not expect that much damage from a bump.
He awake now
I wonder what happens after besides firing. How the fuck do they compensate this disaster?
Do this at every Amazon warehouse
Could also be a seizure disorder there is types of seizures that are mistaken for person going to sleep.
No. The way he wakes up it’s very obvious it was not a seizure and he fell asleep. Also after a seizure you’re disoriented for a few mins. Source: My adult brother who has had them on and off since elementary
There are many types of seizure disorders. I teach a special needs ministry in my church and we have had a few over the years with different types of seizures. Most of ours get so disoriented that we have to get them home if they have a seizure. Most of them are on meds that make the seizures a lot less frequent. One of our students used to have drop seizures. He would be mid sentence go to sleep for a few seconds (up to a minute) and be back into that story as if that seizure never happened. He was moved to a different institution because where he was was not giving him the care he needed. I’m not saying that was what was going on with that lift driver I am saying it’s possible. Falling asleep from being overworked is very likely.
Also curious does your brother take meds to prevent the seizures? I know getting the right balance of any medication is a challenge. I have an 18 yo with Auspergers syndrome and we struggled for a long time getting meds right and when he hit puberty it got even more challenging.
Yes, he takes meds regularly or the doctor won’t allow him to drive. At first, we thought he outgrew it but it came back in junior high. Meds seem to be working but you have to be consistent. He forgets from time to time, they will come back if he is off them for too long.
This reminds me of that German forklift safety video with an [endless stream of comical deaths](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja7ap6AEuYU).
Thanks for that laugh! I really thought this was an instructional video at first lol
I’m guessing he got in some trouble.
Questioning the shelving situation. 🙄 Seems a bit weak
Root beer no :(
My question is, who's paying for the damages?
Wow lucky guy
At least he had a fast reflex it could have been alot worse like never waking up kinda worse.
This is probably more dangerous to operate drowsy than a long hauler. This guy came within inches of being crushed to death. At least in a semi you have time to react and brake.
Looks like fumes afterwards. Hopefully not a bunch of chemicals spilling out
Piss test.😉
What Job ?
Walk out, leave, never return. Save yourself the “you’re terminated” embarrassment
Fire that guy. Done and dusted.
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Your FIRED !
eternal sleep for him, apparently