True Fedex Stories and Rants

Well I was 18 years old just graduated High School and was delivering auto parts in Kearney N.J. waiting for a job interview at Newark Airport for this place called Federal Express. I never even heard of the company, saw the ad spots every now an then but you know I was a Teenager I didn’t pay any attention whatsoever..

A few weeks and a few calls went by an got my interview, I gotta admit she was pretty hot but never the less I got the job an feelin pretty good about myself the hours were 11 pm to 4 am in the morning on the airport ramp loading and unloading airplanes it was friggin cool.. But for the next 4 years I worked a full-time day job at the parts store then back to the gas station I worked at all through High School..So I was up at least 20 hours a day during the week, I dont know how I did it but I had my falling asleep on the job moments..

All my managers were super cool and actually helped me out, if it was cold and I did not have my uniform yet they would give me theirs.. If I needed something they would take the time and order it for me. If I had a question they would answer it, and I mean with out thinking and actually knowing it type of answer no Ummm Uhhh Ill get back to you.. They would actually say hey how are you and how was the work night..

The older guys were great and really taught me the ramp and how things go, now dont forget this was my  first job with a hugeeeeeeee group of others outside my neighborhood so I had a lot of learning to do and growing up to do to I just did not realize it yet..

I thought EVERYBODY worked like me right, well wrong I learned no matter how cool the guy is or how hot the girl is they can be lazier than 30 pound house cat

I also learned not everybody will like you for some-kind of bullshit reason, your race,your decent or what the hell ever and they will screw with you, I had a ramp agent have a hard-on for me forrrrrrr years until I transferred to another state..But everybody knew I was a good guy and a hard worker and all his accusations were bullshit so they always took my side over his anyway 

I look back at this time as the best time I ever had in this company