A Recount After the Driver Has Left
The driver is gone. Your first total does not match the bill. The bay door rumbles to a close half a foot from your work […]
The driver is gone. Your first total does not match the bill. The bay door rumbles to a close half a foot from your work […]
The scale printed a ticket. The tally has its own weight line. You hold both slips side by side, the crinkled thermal edge of the […]
One carton has no label. You have not decided which row it belongs on. Fork trucks beep two bays over, rain streaks the overhead door […]
One pallet has more than one item. The tally row is still a single line. You prop the freight document flat on the edge of […]
The seal is already open. You have not started the tally. The driver stands off to your left, holding their delivery manifest and scrolling through […]
The seal is in your hand. The bill has a seal number. You can feel the raised embossed serial on the plastic seal you just […]
You have more pieces than the bill. The tally total is still the old number. A half pallet of unmarked corrugated boxes sits at the […]
Your count is lower than the piece count on the bill. The sheet is still in your hand. The semi-truck driver is scrolling on their […]
The sheet has a carton column and a pallet column. You have been counting one of them. The freight behind you is half unloaded, the […]
The last carton is on the dock. The tally sheet is not totaled yet. The air around you still smells like diesel and corrugated cardboard, […]
Several copies are in the set. One of them stays with you. You’re standing at bay 4, the edge of the bill stack crinkling where […]
Liftgate or inside delivery is written under the rate. You are still at the door. The driver leans against their rig’s step, waiting for you […]
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