New Guy in Warehouse Learns the Hard Way: AITA for Letting Him Figure It Out?

Some people treat “training” like a suggestion, and this warehouse guy proved it fast. OP was just trying to get through another shift when a brand-new coworker, on what was basically his ninth shift, decided he knew better than the process everyone else follows.

The problem started with a fridge run. There was a giant storage fridge packed to the brim, OP told the new guy to bring the boxes back there, and even suggested he could just put them in himself. The complication? He didn’t check for space, shoved everything onto a dolly, rolled in, and then started yelling across the warehouse because, shockingly, there was no room.

And once wasn’t enough, because the same pattern showed up again with a pump truck and a pallet that was inserted the wrong way.

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I work in a warehouse and there was a kind of new guy. It was like his 9th shift.

We had to put some boxes in a fridge; the area was full. So I didn't even bother unloading it from my forklift.

He asks "what's with this?" And I said "bring it back to the storage fridge". This is our giant fridge where we keep all our stuff.

And he goes "why??.... why???".

So I tell him "alright, try putting it in the fridge then". Without checking if there is space, he put all the boxes on a dolly and when he makes it to the fridge, he yells from across the place "heyyy!!!

There is no space!!!... Heyyy!!!..."

Then he walks back and tells me again "there is no space...".

And I tell him "alright then, do whatever you want with the boxes. I already told you what to do and you didn't want to do it so..."

He brought it down.

This isn't an isolated event, a few days before, he was about to start pumping a pump truck that had a pallet on it. The pallet was inserted the wrong way.

So I told him "you're going to break the skid". He stopped for a second, took a look at the skid.

And then he proceeded to start pumping. Very quickly the skid started making a cracking sound and he looked so embarrassed.

Another coworker asked "why did this happen?" I gave him the explanation, because the pump truck is inserted on the wrong side.

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This reminds me of the argument over whether a person should share their inheritance with their aunts after dad’s will update.

Should I Share my Inheritance with My Aunts?

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OP’s first mistake was assuming the ninth-shift guy would actually listen when he asked “what’s with this?” about the boxes going to the giant storage fridge.

That’s when the dolly trip turned into a full-blown “heyyy!!! there is no space!!!” moment, and OP basically told him to handle the mess he made.

A few days later, OP spotted the same energy brewing when the new guy was about to pump a pump truck with the pallet inserted the wrong way.

Then the skid started cracking, the coworker asked “why did this happen?”, and OP had to explain exactly how the truck got positioned wrong.

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Now OP is stuck wondering if letting him “figure it out” was actually an AH move or just the only move that made sense.

Want another inheritance blowup, read what happened when someone refused to give their mom the money. Family Feud: Should I Keep My Inheritance Instead of Giving It to My Mom?