Brussels Hub Work-Out
Sunday, 30. December 2007, 19:19:13
The night of 20th December was the most laborious night I ever had. It was time for white collar employees of DHL to work in Brussels Hub voluntarily and experience the core work in this once-in-a-year event. They gave us options of work places and I had no idea what to choose because I had never been to a hub before. I picked "Offload" just because it sounded good and when I got there I found out that it's pure physical work.
The evening started at 7 after work in an italian restaurant and after this long dinner we arrived to hub around 11 pm. In my team there were just 2 other women and totally we were around 15 people. When I first went to the gathering place some young guys were making fun of me, I guess because I cannot speak Flemish, but later on they were very kind. I worked with a young guy who could speak English and a bit German and we could communicate pretty well. It took quite a while until I could explain him why I was there and what I was doing at DHL and all team thought it was my first day (well night) at work. We were busy emptying containers that came out of airplanes and throw parcels on bands so they could go to auto or manual sorting. It was a tough job and working whole day at the office and working at night again made it even more exhausting. The shift was supposed to last until 4 am. but I was lucky and we had to finish at 3.30. Others went on working in another part of the hub but I had no energy to keep on working.
I arrived home at 5 am., fell asleep immediately and didn't wake up until my alarm started to ring (which is a very rare case for me) at 11.30 am. I wasn't done with carrying stuff because I had to move to my new home
I was wondering if labours there found it arrogant us to work there one night or they did appreciate.
The evening started at 7 after work in an italian restaurant and after this long dinner we arrived to hub around 11 pm. In my team there were just 2 other women and totally we were around 15 people. When I first went to the gathering place some young guys were making fun of me, I guess because I cannot speak Flemish, but later on they were very kind. I worked with a young guy who could speak English and a bit German and we could communicate pretty well. It took quite a while until I could explain him why I was there and what I was doing at DHL and all team thought it was my first day (well night) at work. We were busy emptying containers that came out of airplanes and throw parcels on bands so they could go to auto or manual sorting. It was a tough job and working whole day at the office and working at night again made it even more exhausting. The shift was supposed to last until 4 am. but I was lucky and we had to finish at 3.30. Others went on working in another part of the hub but I had no energy to keep on working. I arrived home at 5 am., fell asleep immediately and didn't wake up until my alarm started to ring (which is a very rare case for me) at 11.30 am. I wasn't done with carrying stuff because I had to move to my new home
I was wondering if labours there found it arrogant us to work there one night or they did appreciate.
