Time Clock

I've never had a job where I punched a time clock. I might have written my time down on some time cards at a restaurant or two back in high school, but being governed by the time clock is new to me.

At Amazon, there are specific rules about when you can and can't clock in. Everyone stands around and waits until exactly 4:30 am to clock out. One day Chris walked to the front of the line and clocked out at 4:28, figuring it was no big deal.

Turns out those people waiting in line weren't just creatures of habit. They knew the rules. I think Chris got docked for an hour or two of work for clocking out early. We haven't checked our paystubs, but I got paid about $20 more than he did that week.

At the end of the workday, a couple hundred people pile out of the innards of the warehouse and punch the time clock before heading home. I've become one of them and each time I'm in the line of people leaving the mods, it reminds me of this: 

Yabba Dabba Do!