last week i started a job airside at heathrow moving cargo from plane to shed and vise versa, i said i would write a diary to give an insight as to how it was, unfortunatley there is nothing to write, i wish i could say it was really exciting and different and interesting but it is the complete opposite, an 8 hour shift consits of going in and sitting around, i will give an example of my day yesterday:
2pm go in told to get a brew and sit in rest room,
2.30pm allocated an inbound flight from china eta 6pm
5.45pm got a truck and went the stand to collect cargo
5.50pm arrived at stand and began the wait
6.45pm theyre ready to off load cargo so reverse on to load ramp
6.55pm 1 cargo bin and 60 light mail bags loaded off to cargo shed
7.00pm arrive at cargo shed began to wait
7.45pm called to import bay to off load,began chucking bags on belt and was told to slow down theres no rush,1 bag 6ft gap.
8.50pm last bag off,unbelivable,should off taken 10mins head back to base
8.55pm arrive back told to grab a brew, even though there were no flights to do still had to wait around for an hour
10.00pm end of shift and allowed to go
and that is as busy as it will ever get, my mind is numb with boredom, i have to get out but the finances mean i cant afford to be without a wage, there must be a good job out there somewhere.
youve never been to some o the supermarket rdc"s have you?
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People recognize me on the streets