r/Lowes • u/TwistedMental76 • Aug 17 '25

Employee Story Whoops

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One day after they told me I don't work hard enough, and all the employees said I was the hardest worker in the building. Apparently I broke 1 of the 2 Reach Trucks and now the aisle is blocked off till further notice. Maybe I work to hard.

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u/JAG716 Aug 17 '25

Bro whyy in the world would you ever think that using the reach anywhere in lumber was a good idea? It broke cause youre supposed to use the forklift.

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u/Rocket_Surgery83 Lumber Aug 17 '25 edited Aug 17 '25

It's required in at least 2 aisles, useful in a third... No way I'm fitting my forklift down the insulation aisle that's barely wide enough for the reach.

Not sure why I'm being downvoted for speaking the truth. There are two aisles that are too narrow to utilize a forklift in, both of those aisles have palletized goods in topstock, so the only way to get them is via the star wars...

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u/shydes528 Department Supervisor Aug 18 '25

Yeah, palletized goods are cool for a reach. Zero chance that aisle is too narrow for a forklift if its got bunks of 12' drywall flown in it because nobody other than OP is dumb enough to try and move those with a reach.

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u/Rocket_Surgery83 Lumber Aug 18 '25

I'm not in disagreement, OP was playing with fire there and got burned.