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Chapter 13 The first part-time night shift job, the conveyor line of the logistics factory
In the early winter of 2020, in a certain city in the south.

This was my second month in the city, I don't remember the exact date.Due to the transfer of work, I left the north, left the city and hometown where I lived for more than 20 years, and came to a small city in the south of the Yangtze River alone.The city is not very big, but it is an ancient city with a long history.It has a beautiful environment and a prosperous economy. It is a livable city and a retirement city in the eyes of many people.

When I first came here, I visited many places in the city, including bustling streets, landscape gardens and historical sites. Of course, there are also many dilapidated buildings that need to be improved.I have been to this city a long time ago, but only in the form of tourism.At that time, the time was limited, so I just walked around for a while, and it was the first time that I really lived here at such a close distance.

It seems that if you stay in any city for a long time, you will find that it is different from what you imagined, or it is not exactly the same.No matter how beautiful a city is, not all are beautiful, and there are more or less problems of one kind or another.And the longer you live, the more problems you have.I think the beauty here is very different from what people say. Frankly speaking, I don't like it here, but I have to be here, and I am forced to accept that it is the norm in the adult world.

The south in mid-November is still in the late autumn season, with only a hint of winter.Shady mornings and evenings, pleasant temperatures during the day.At this time, the howling cold wind has begun to blow in the north.

Although I have lived here for more than a month, I have not made any other friends here except my colleagues and people related to work.When I am free, I basically stay in the office or the place where I live, and the scenery outside the window has long been numb.

By chance, when I was browsing a recruitment website, I was attracted by a message pushed by this website. According to the content on it, it should be that the leader of a labor service company was recruiting a large number of factory workers.Not only that, this position can also be closed as a part-time job.

I don't know what the best way to integrate into a city is, but doing a part-time job is definitely one of them.I clicked on it and took a look. I haven't tried the work in the factory yet, so I just took this opportunity to experience it.With this in mind, I added the contact person's WeChat account according to the contact information provided on the recruitment page and started chatting.

Through chatting, I probably learned that this is the leader of a labor service company. She is a girl. Looking at her profile picture and speaking voice, she is about 25 or six years old.She sent me three jobs of the same type and told me they were all available as permanent or part-time day jobs.I took a look at the work content and salary situation. The working hours are all at night, and there are also shuttle buses. The work content is similar to the express sorting I have done before, but it seems to be different. I have never been in contact with it. Some of the work on the assembly line in the logistics factory.

Part-time wages in the south are slightly higher than those in the north, but only about 20 yuan higher.I searched on the map one by one according to the address and bus route of each job she sent me to check the distance and the means of transportation to get there.It's a pity that every one is far away from me, whether it's the location of the shuttle bus or the location of work, all of which I can't solve by public transportation.

The tour leader asked me where I lived, and I gave her the name of the nearest subway station to me.She was also very sorry to tell me that there is no shuttle working around there.Indeed, the lot where I live is a single dormitory arranged for me by the company.It is located in the bustling area of ​​the city center, with shopping malls and subway stations, complete living facilities and close to the company.Although it's not free and the environment is very simple, don't expect too much to live here.So, this matter was so regretfully missed.

After about an hour, things turned around.This part-time tour leader contacted me suddenly on WeChat, saying that she has a friend who is also a part-time tour leader like her. He has a shuttle bus that gathers not far from where I live and asked me if I want to do it. I asked her the specific location and job. In content, she directly forwarded the recruitment information to me and attached the mobile phone number of the team leader.

I took a closer look at the recruitment information, and it was similar to the job I just consulted about, and it was the assembly line of a logistics factory.It's just that it is difficult for me to extract too specific information from these texts, because the above description is relatively general.The working hours are from 160:03 p.m. to 30:[-] a.m., and the salary is [-] yuan.The location of the shuttle bus is at a large supermarket not far from me.I added the team leader's WeChat account, and there was a quick response.The team leader is a boy with a WeChat name of "Fei".I briefly communicated with him about some details needed for the part-time job, and then confirmed with him that I will start the part-time job the next night.After he asked for my name, mobile phone number and ID number, he reminded me to bring the original ID card to a large supermarket in the sending location at [-]:[-] the next afternoon to gather for the shuttle bus. If I don’t have the original ID card, I can’t Those who enter the factory to work, just contact him immediately after arriving.

That's it, this matter is finalized.In the past, I just had the idea of ​​going to work a night shift, but I never practiced it. It was only an action. This was my first time working at night.

The next day, I slept in and needed as much rest as possible during the day due to the night shift.At noon, the young girl who contacted yesterday specially reminded me not to forget that I have a part-time job to do tonight, so don’t be late, and you must bring your ID card.I replied she received it.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, I rode my bicycle to the large supermarket where the shuttle bus departed. I purchased many daily necessities there when I first arrived in this city, and I am already very familiar with it. In about 10 minutes, I rode there.I contacted Fei, and Fei gave me a cell phone number and told me to just call this person, and he would tell me to take the shuttle bus and go to work.I dialed the number, and the phone said it was a home number from a coastal city.The phone was connected. It was a man's voice. The age range could not be judged from the voice. I told him where I was, and he told me to go to a well-known hamburger brand chain store opposite the supermarket and wait for a while. He then said arrive.After I answered, I went there and sat there waiting for his arrival.

The air conditioner in the hamburger restaurant is warm and comfortable, and the picture of adults eating hamburgers with their children is very warm.This can't help but remind me of such a heart-warming scene that I also experienced when I was young.It's just that time has passed, and the former child has now unknowingly become an adult who runs around for life every day.

I took out my phone and used the short time to edit the latest chapter of a novel I had written.About 10 minutes later, the phone rang, and I knew who it was from the coastal city where I belonged.When the call was connected, he asked me where I was, and I told him I was sitting in the burger joint.I looked out the door and saw a handsome guy in his early twenties in a sky blue jacket peering in while talking on the phone.I looked at him, he looked at me and waved me to go.I hung up the phone and walked out of the burger joint and started following his steps.He walked in front and I walked behind, he asked me if I was recruited by Fei, I gave an affirmative answer, and then we both stopped talking.He is very white, and his hair is a little yellowish, which should have been dyed before.

The car was parked next to a building next to the hamburger restaurant. It was a white minivan. The car was old and worn out. It seemed that it was not far from being scrapped.There were only four people in the car including the driver and me, one of whom was sitting in the co-pilot position, and the guy in blue and I sat in the last row.The backrests of the seats in the last row had been removed long ago, so they couldn't lean on them at all, and could only sit with their backs straight.When going out, there will always be places of one kind or another that require patience.

The guy in blue was playing competitive mobile games as soon as possible. I looked out the car window. The route of the car had many places I had never been to, and naturally there were scenery I had never seen before.The city doesn't attract me that much, although the impression of the outside world is that it has beautiful mountains and rivers.

The car stopped at a bank at an intersection in the economic development zone, and at the same time three women got into the car.I know this place, although I have never been here before, but I know that there are nearly a hundred large and small factories nearby, and several communities here are so large that they are well-known in the whole city.Due to the distance from the city center, housing prices here are relatively low, whether it is buying or renting.

Two of the three newcomers are over 40 years old, and one is relatively young, probably in his 20s.She didn't have any makeup on, and she wore ordinary clothes, basically keeping warm and practical.I don't know if I feel sorry for not being able to dress up beautifully in the period that originally belonged to the blooming season.However, people have their own pursuits, and appearance does not necessarily explain everything.

The car continued to drive, and it didn't take long to come to the industrial zone of the economic development zone. From here, there were factories on both sides of the pass, and almost all of them were factories of well-known well-known companies. The city's airport was also nearby.After driving through about two intersections, I saw a large factory area. The big characters on the main building told me that this is where we are going to work.

After the car arrived at the factory area, it stopped at the gate, and we got off one by one.At the entrance to the factory area, a tall and thin guy wearing a hat greeted him and chatted happily with the guy in blue clothes. They were very close, either they had worked together for a long time, or they were friends from the beginning.

After everyone got together, the guy in the hat asked everyone to hand over their ID cards to him. The guy in blue was the first to take out their ID cards and hand them over to him, and the others also handed over their ID cards. in his hands.I hesitated and asked him when he would return it. Before he could say anything, the guy in blue replied for him, "When I get off work." Put it together and tie it with a rubber band.I saw that the ID cards in his hand were not only those of a few of us, but a whole stack thick!Obviously, there are far more than just us who came to work.I also understand the meaning of the sentence that you cannot enter the factory to work without the original.

The factory campus is very large. The guard opened the electronic gate and let us enter the park. We followed the footsteps of the hat guy to one of the factory buildings.This factory building is very large, and it takes a long time to walk to the place where we work. After walking for about 15 minutes, we came to a place on the second floor of the factory building. There is a fully transparent glass corridor passage. After passing this The channel is the area we want to work on.

Walking on the corridor and looking at the scene outside the factory building through the glass, several huge factory buildings surrounded the place. As night fell, the working area in the factory was lit up, and there were planes flying in the sky.At that moment, I felt as if I was in a huge wall fighting a trapped beast.You will find that your whole body is filled with a sense of powerlessness, which is extremely oppressive.

I followed this group of people to the worker's lounge, which is almost the same as the lounge of the courier sorting I did a few years ago.There are hot water machines, microwave ovens and several rows of conjoined dining tables and chairs.Before we came, many people were sitting and resting here, some of them were playing with their mobile phones, eating snacks, and others were smoking and bragging.There are men and women, but most of them are men, and their age structure is uneven, most of them are around 35 years old.

The guy in blue smiled and greeted several people in the house, and they also gathered around talking and laughing with the guy in blue, and one of them handed him a cigarette, which cost more than 20 yuan a pack.The guy in blue took it with a smile, and the guy dispersed around to share with the people who were joking and joking. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

I picked a corner and sat down. I checked the time and it was five thirty in the afternoon.According to the usual practice, the shuttle bus will often send the workers here in advance and leave it to the workers to wait in the break room by themselves, and start working immediately when the working hours are reached.The capital side would rather ask the workers to stay in the lounge and wait more than to ask them to be late, because being late means delaying work and loss.

At a table seat in front of me sat a young girl in her early twenties, a bit fat.She was lying on the dining table, smoking a cigarette and constantly swiping short videos on her mobile phone. The wrist of the hand holding the mobile phone was exposed from the sleeve of the cotton coat, and a tattoo on the inside of her wrist could be clearly seen.The tattoo was not the kind drawn by a professional tattoo artist, but a black crooked cross-like shape with only rough lines and no other coloring.The lines are drawn like those drawn by a kindergartener in an art book. I guess it should be tattooed for free by one of her friends for the purpose of practicing hands when she was learning tattoos. Poor her wrist is regarded as "Human Flesh Workbook".

Workers came one after another in the lounge, and every time a person came in, the guy in the hat would ask for his ID card and put it in the pile tied up with a rubber band.I looked at the people in the lounge, and most of them had black and red complexions, which were caused by staying up late for a long time.Their clothes were stained by the stains left by the assembly line, and they simply wore this set during working hours.Are they happy?At least on the surface, they are talking and laughing.But are they all hopeful for the future?It seems not.They are using their time and even their lives to create performance and productivity for the company. They are indispensable links and hard workers. They are worthy of praise, but they are also the most hopeless.

When the time came to [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the guy in the hat began to greet everyone to get ready to go to work.He asked again if there were any people who hadn't handed in their ID cards. After getting the answers that everyone had handed in, he began to count the number of people. After the count, he checked the number of ID cards. After getting the same number, he picked up the Take everyone to the work area according to a list listed on the ID card.Just like the sorting work done before, mobile phones and personal items are not allowed to be brought into the work area. The guy in the hat took out a large sorting box, and put all our mobile phones and personal items in the box. Return your belongings.

The working area is only a 5-minute walk from the break room. The factory building is very large, and the types of work are different, but we have only one job, which is the conveyor belt assembly line in charge.

We were wearing bright yellow fluorescent vests that had been issued, and the guy in the hat brought us to the factory manager, who immediately asked us to line up in two rows.The person in charge is a male, about 35 years old, very short.His accent can clearly tell that he is not from a local, but from a place that the locals hate and despise the most.The accent of that place is somewhat similar to the local one, but the difference can be recognized immediately.Although the slogan of canceling regional discrimination has been shouted for many years, and people know the meaning of "a hero does not ask where he comes from", the real situation is that the chain of contempt for regions always exists.

Several male workers were insulting the person in charge in a low voice while lining up. Not only the city, but even the workers under him spurned him.As for why he is so despised?I also really saw it.

After queuing up, he didn't immediately check the number of people, let alone assign tasks.Instead, he looked around the crowd with a happy face behind his hands.During the inspection, it didn't look like a superior leader went to a local area to inspect work, but rather like a devil inspecting a traitor team in an old movie.

"Align to the right!" "Look forward!" "Align! The front row is all aligned! If it is not neat, why should we line up?"

He gave orders and spoke, and there was a sense of gloating in his tone.Obviously, he was originally just a worker in this logistics factory, and he just happened to be in charge of leading the temporary workers. He put all the criticism he received and the grievances in his life on the lectures to the temporary workers before they started work.

He didn't start to count the number of people until we were arranged very neatly.

"Let me emphasize again, what is the most important thing in our work? Safety! Safety comes first! If you encounter something during your work, you must protect yourself first, even if the items are lost. All work must Do it under the premise of ensuring your own safety, do you understand?"

Everyone nodded or remained silent, which aroused his strong dissatisfaction.He asked a little angrily, "What? Are they all dumb? Do you understand everything?"

"I understand."

"can not hear!"

"Understood!" Everyone raised their voices and raised their voices in response, and he nodded in satisfaction and began to assign work.

Since I was a newcomer and had no experience in this factory or similar work before, he deliberately appointed two old employees to take me with him.One of the two old employees is an uncle in his early 50s, and the other is a young man in his 30s. He is dark-skinned, tall and strong with glasses, and everyone calls him "God of War".Under the leadership of the two of them, I walked up a simple step to work on the upper conveyor belt.I looked at the layout here, a conveyor belt, and there are four square delivery ports below the conveyor belt.

The uncle popularized the work content and precautions here for me.The content of the work is very simple, which can be regarded as pure physical work.After the conveyor belt starts to operate, there will be packages packed in huge woven bags passing us on the conveyor belt.We need to take off the large package and cut off the plastic cable tie tied to the package seal, and then dump all the items in the package into any delivery port, and the fallen items will be scanned by the scanner on the lower floor .The uncle reminded me not to throw the large woven bags under my feet after being dumped, otherwise it will be easy to trip myself when I am busy, and I should put them back in the recycling bin behind me in time.If there are a lot of large packages on the conveyor belt when you are busy, don’t worry, everyone should try their best to get the packages, and the rest of the packages will follow the conveyor belt to the workers in other groups behind.If it is not very busy, the parcels can also be properly put to the workers of other groups behind to do it, which is conducive to the balance of goods in each group and the balance between work and rest of the personnel in each group.

After I replied that I remembered it, I went to look at the conveying port. The conveying channel is inclined, like a slide, to facilitate the falling of goods.Through this opening, you can see the staff at the lower level. They are all women, and their work is different from ours. We split it up, and they are responsible for scanning.Below the delivery port is a scanning platform, and next to the platform is a conveyor belt that is much smaller than the one above.The scanned items will be placed on that small conveyor belt, but I don't know where it will be sent.

The uncle handed me a pair of labor protection gloves and a pair of small steel pliers, which are used to cut the plastic cable ties that tightly bind the seals.After I thanked them, I asked them what would they use if they gave this to me?They laughed, waved at me and said they didn't need this.

It didn't take long for the conveyor belt to start running.After a while, a huge package came to us, and the uncle demonstrated the workflow.I saw that he picked up the huge package skillfully, pulled it with his right hand, and he opened the seal of the package, and then put it on one side with his strength, and all the contents of the package were poured into the delivery port, and along the way Sliding down the delivery channel.

I asked him how to pull the seal open, and he replied that after a long time, he would be able to master it naturally, but at the same time he told me not to do it with my hands, otherwise it would be easy to get hurt.The three of us guarded a delivery port, "God of War" guarded the front one, the uncle was in the middle, and I was the last one.

There were not many goods in the early stage, and the scattered large packages were basically taken by "God of War" and the uncle.The uncle asked me to try to get one. I took a package from the conveyor belt. The package was very heavy, and it was very difficult for me to hold it.I put the package on the ground, picked up the steel pliers, and cut the plastic cable tie at the seal very unskillfully. After two cuts, I cut it off, and then staggered and poured a bag of goods into the delivery port.The goods in the bag are generally packed in small paper boxes or envelopes, and there are no large and fragile items.

The uncle said that's the way to do it. Every time after pouring out the goods, you must make sure that all the things in the bag are poured out. If something falls into the bag, it will be troublesome.I nodded to show I understood.

After being busy for a while, the uncle chatted with me during a not very busy time.He asked me where I was from, whether I had a permanent job, etc., and I answered them all.When he listened to where I worked and where I lived, he told me that it was the location in the city center.During the chat with him, I learned that they are all monthly temporary workers, and their daily salary will be 15 yuan higher than that of daily workers.You can set a rest day according to your own wishes, but most people will not choose to take a rest if they can insist on doing it. After all, it will save one day's salary.The settlement salary is paid by the labor service company in the form of WeChat or payment software transfer, but it is often in arrears, and it is usually paid about a week later than the promised salary date.

The uncle pointed to "God of War" and told me that he is the most efficient and strongest temporary worker here, not only that, but also very hardworking.As long as it is on the assembly line or other work within his ability, he will be obliged to do it without reservation and hard work.

It lasted until almost eight o'clock in the evening, and the assembly line stopped working, and it was time for dinner.This logistics factory provides free dinners to employees on the night shift, whether they are original workers or temporary workers in the factory, and the types of meals they eat are also uniform.

The dinner provided is an ordinary lunch box, each person has a box of rice, a box of vegetables and a soup.After taking the meals, everyone found a place to sit down and eat. Since there were no tables and chairs in the factory building, everyone gathered together and used some packing boxes to cushion them or simply sat on the ground.I found a corner and sat down on the ground and ate.The dishes include meat and vegetables. What I got was a chicken drumstick and two vegetarian dishes. As for the taste, it was the same as the box lunches that you can buy on the street. Can.

A very young guy took a meal and sat down near me to eat. He was very white, very thin, and his hair was a little long.I just noticed him in the break room, he was maybe nineteen or twenty years old.It seems that everyone here, male, female, old or young, knows him and likes to joke with him. Every time, he will smile and say a few words to the other party, but his articulation is not clear and stutters a little.It can be seen that the young man is very nice and likable, but he may still prefer to be quiet in his heart.While he was eating, someone called him not far away and asked him if he had enough to eat. The young man replied "enough" with his unclear articulation.

After dinner, everyone tidied up their leftovers and threw them into a large black garbage bag, and then hurriedly prepared to go to work.A lot of experienced "old fritters" brought cigarettes into the hidden parts of their bodies secretly, and secretly smoked one in it in the name of going to the bathroom after eating.The smell of tobacco is everywhere in the bathroom, but they cannot be caught by the factory inspection. It has to be said that smokers will always try their best to avoid other people's inspection. This is the case when they are in school. It will still be the case in the future.

After returning to their posts, the conveyor belt did not start running immediately, but it took about five or six minutes to start running, which was equivalent to giving everyone a short buffer time.The time it takes from the start of dinner until the conveyor belt is running again is only about thirty minutes.

Just like before the meal, there were not many packages on the conveyor belt at the beginning, but as time passed, the packages on the conveyor belt began to increase gradually, and everyone began to get busy. Uncle's gap began to become apparent, even though I was working hard. "God of War" is extremely powerful and as the uncle said, he is very hardworking. He alone can match the efficiency of two or three of me, or even more.The uncle's hand and foot coordination is also very quick, and the unsealed opening with bare hands and the use of force are all used properly, and the whole action from picking up the goods to unloading is done in one go.Only I was still carrying, cutting, and pouring out a little bit. After a few rounds, my waist hurt and my arms were sore.

I took the time to glance at the other people in the factory building. They were all busy with their work. Whether they were part-time workers or the workers in the factory, everyone was sweating profusely.

I don't know how long it took, but this big wave of packages finally passed.I thought I could take a breather, but unexpectedly, another large wave of packages gradually passed from the distant conveyor belt.What a wave of ups and downs!

In this way, the intense and busy state lasted for more than two hours. The security inspection staff brought news that it could finally come to an end, and everyone ran to drink water or go to the bathroom to secretly smoke a cigarette.I wiped my sweat and moved my sore waist and shoulders a few times, and I wanted to drink some water, but I didn't bring a water glass, and there were no mineral water bottles to buy or use, so I had to bear with it.The uncle told me that today's workload is not too heavy. When I'm really busy, I don't have any chance to breathe, and I need to work overtime. It's common to work overtime until seven or eight o'clock in the morning.Of course, there is an overtime fee for overtime work, which seems to be 15 yuan an hour.

"God of War" stood aside, holding a big water glass and drinking water in big gulps without changing his expression.Seeing him drinking water, I think I can only use two words to describe it, that is happy!He eats a lot, drinks a lot, and has more strength. He is the most suitable person for the job.The uncle said that he can directly work in this factory, but many employees in the factory are afraid that the hard-working "God of War" will affect their own interests after entering, so they have never recommended it to the logistics factory, and the labor service company still relies on deductions. You earn profits for your working hours, and you don't want to be directly signed by the factory.Honest and honest workers are always the ones who are squeezed the most.

The on-and-off state lasted until [-]:[-] in the morning. After carrying the last package of today's night shift, the conveyor belt stopped, and our mission was completed.My arms, which had been busy all night, covered my waist, which was tired all night, and stretched vigorously.The team leader asked us to do some trivial chores such as cleaning up the garbage and then prepare to line up again.After a busy night and the joy of getting off work, most of the people walked over to line up while talking and laughing, and some of them took this opportunity to make an appointment for a drink and planned to have a drink or two when they went back.This aroused strong dissatisfaction from the short man's leader.

After we lined up, we were considered prey to fall into his hands.With his hands behind his back, he walked slowly back and forth in front of the team with a serious expression on his face.

"Laugh! Is it fun? It's so lazy to form a team! Since you like to play so much, why don't you stay and play? Anyway, I have to get off work overnight, and I'm not in a hurry to get off work. I have plenty of time."

He speaks like a leader.I'm sure, this is what the leaders usually say when they criticize him. He just used another outlet to vent his anger. What a sad person.Many people in the team below were already whispering to him, "greeting" his family, and I was silently "greeting" in my heart.

After [-] minutes of stalemate in line, he took out his mobile phone and took a group photo for us to settle the transaction with the labor service company. We also dragged our tired bodies back to the lounge.

After returning to the lounge, the guy in the hat began to roll out the stack of ID cards one by one and hand them out to the original owner.After I got my ID card, I found the guy in blue and followed him to the gate of the factory to wait for the shuttle bus.

The cold air in the middle of the night is very biting.Although it is in the south, the wind blowing through is damp, and getting into the gaps in the clothes is enough to make people shiver all the time.

After waiting for about 5 minutes, the car came.At that moment, I felt as if I was waiting for a savior, which was a very rare feeling for me before.The car is still the same car, and the seat is still the same worn-out seat. The people and things here may also be passers-by in each other's lives, at least for me.

This is the first time in my life that I worked night shift. My most direct feeling about night shift is fatigue.This kind of exhaustion is not only from physical exhaustion, but also from mental exhaustion. At this moment, I seem to have a deeper understanding of the phrase "staying up late hurts the body".

When I finally got home, I boiled a pot of hot water and fell asleep after a little adjustment.The salary was sent in the form of WeChat red envelopes at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.This is the time when I feel that I am making hard-earned money the most since I have done so many part-time jobs.

(End of this chapter)