Stock Clerk OLYMPICS?

Stock Clerk OLYMPICS?

 
Stock Clerk OLYMPICS?

You gotta be kidding me, right?

Nope. I think our guys are better than their guys, and I can imagine all kinds of contests to prove it!

For example:

PALLET TOSS: How many CHEP pallets can you toss onto a single stack in a certain amount of time? Judged for quantity, with possibly points off for degrees of non-straightness. A test of strength and accuracy. I mean, heck, if the Scots can toss cabers (check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gc2A1-BL5k) , why not us tossing pallets?

RESHOP RELAY RACE: Team competition. Each person gets an aisle, which they run down, in sequence, collecting everything they can spot on both sides of the aisle that is out of place. Said items go into a shopping cart that the team member then has to pass to the next person as a "baton," for them to begin the next aisle. Judges plant known items ahead of time, some easy, some hard to spot, so each team gets the same challenge. Each team gets a chance ahead of time to inspect
the aisles with nothing out of place, before the judges plant the reshop items. Teams do NOT get to watch each other compete, so everyone's dash is fair.

POWER-JACK RESTACK / HIGH-LIFT RERACK: How fast can you move a specified configuration of pallets on both the floor and up in the racking from configuration A to configuration B? Some pallets might need to be split first. Some might be in need of wrapping before handling (or not -- how daring are you?), etc., etc. Time trial with
points off for non-neatness, spills, pallets in wrong place, etc., etc.

THROW IT IN THE HOLE! Speed trial for individuals, working a runner of load. Mix of boxes, cans, jars, etc. High, low, middle spots on the shelf, etc. Points off for any labels not thrown forward, etc.

Think ESPN might be interested? ;-)

Got any more/better ideas?