We hope everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

This afternoon we are going out for a Thanksgiving dinner with a group of our neighbors at the campground who also work at Amazon. We are looking forward to a good meal and great conversations. Hopefully the Packers can get a win today…? Unfortunately we won’t be able to watch the game today, but at least we should be able to stream the audio.

Tomorrow begins the official start of the Christmas shopping season, and all shifts will be working at Amazon.  Should be an interesting day.  We may, depending on the volume of orders, start mandatory overtime next week.  We are hoping for it.  We have  already had 3 voluntary overtime days so far this season.  We could potentially have mandatory plus voluntary overtime for 2 weeks, which would mean 60 hour weeks ( we may need to buy another pair of tennis shoes!)

This week the managers handed out fresh fruit during our afternoon break, which was a pleasant surprise.  I guess they will be providing occasional treats for us.

They have also been having picking contests one day a week.  Dan has won both times now!!  The first time he won two tokens which can be used in the vending machines.  This week he won $10 in “Campbellsville cash”.  The ‘cash’ can be used to purchase Amazon branded items such as t-shirts, chip clips, glassware, etc.

Quote for the day –  “Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more.  If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”  Oprah Winfrey