Unfiltered Story #56597

Time for another tale in the series, “Bush League Lumber”…

Recently, 2 more yard employees have quit and not been replaced (not an uncommon thing here). Then our yard foreman’s second-in-command went on leave for a week, unexpectedly. As we are nearing inventory, the yard needs to be cleaned up and organized, so the owner decided that we would get a temporary worker from the unemployment office (EI).

EI set someone up for Saturday to come in, but on Friday, that person apparently mentioned to a friend of his that there was no way he was cleaning up a lumberyard and wasn’t going to show up.

His friend then showed up in his place and explained to the foreman that his friend wasn’t coming, but he could use some money if we wanted him to clean up the yard for the day.

He was immediately hired and was sent out of town on drywall and shingle deliveries within an hour of walking into the yard.

No interview with store management.

No background check.

No training.

No paperwork signed.

Instantly delivering thousands of dollars worth of material into brand new homes in a company vehicle.

This is a monthly, if not weekly occurrence here…