Block 1 Came, Saw, and Kicked Some Can
David Lechner
Issue date: 11/7/06 Section: News
On October 20th, Block 1 spent the day volunteering at the Food Bank for New York. It began far too early on a rainy Friday morning, where the first of two shifts bravely traveled to a far off mysterious land we had only heard about in fairy tales and rap music - The Bronx. Once assembled, our motley crew compared Beer Blast hangover stories and their lack of sleep.
Our friendly hostess, Jessica Le gave us a briefing, and then cracked the whip. Adorned in our snazzy, limited edition, Citigroup-Food Bank t-shirts (available on eBay), we got a tour of the warehouse, were introduced to a giant 1500lb pumpkin, and then set upon our task for the day - repacking boxes with cans of garbanzo beans.
Like the Jordan era Chicago Bulls, our team gracefully jumped into position and owned the floor. Some cleaned "dirty"cans, others labeled and stuffed, while the rest made more boxes. Pallets of cans on one side of the room emptied, while pallets of packed boxes stacked up on the other end. "We took what we learned in Operations class, chucked it out the window, and created a great "supply chain," said a student preferring not to be named fearing the Wrath of Caldentey™.
As time flew by, the group bonded like Fixodent on dentures. We ran through 30-second life story drills, highlights of the year so far, and then things got a bit more…adventurous. "I rubbed him down good," stated a grinning Ruchi Gupta, who reiterated, "what goes on in the back room, stays in the back room."
A Hallmark moment was witnessed when Levent Egritag (from Turkey) was shown the "Made in Turkey" writing on the cans, and he then grew an ear-to-ear grin. Before we knew it, our shift was over, and it was time to look over the results. 3600lbs of garbanzo beans packed and ready for delivery (I also got a funny inside scoop on one of the companies that recruits on campus, but can't say what it is though). "You could say we did a tonne of work," added the oh-so-punny Jaison Lee.
Our friendly hostess, Jessica Le gave us a briefing, and then cracked the whip. Adorned in our snazzy, limited edition, Citigroup-Food Bank t-shirts (available on eBay), we got a tour of the warehouse, were introduced to a giant 1500lb pumpkin, and then set upon our task for the day - repacking boxes with cans of garbanzo beans.
Like the Jordan era Chicago Bulls, our team gracefully jumped into position and owned the floor. Some cleaned "dirty"cans, others labeled and stuffed, while the rest made more boxes. Pallets of cans on one side of the room emptied, while pallets of packed boxes stacked up on the other end. "We took what we learned in Operations class, chucked it out the window, and created a great "supply chain," said a student preferring not to be named fearing the Wrath of Caldentey™.
As time flew by, the group bonded like Fixodent on dentures. We ran through 30-second life story drills, highlights of the year so far, and then things got a bit more…adventurous. "I rubbed him down good," stated a grinning Ruchi Gupta, who reiterated, "what goes on in the back room, stays in the back room."
A Hallmark moment was witnessed when Levent Egritag (from Turkey) was shown the "Made in Turkey" writing on the cans, and he then grew an ear-to-ear grin. Before we knew it, our shift was over, and it was time to look over the results. 3600lbs of garbanzo beans packed and ready for delivery (I also got a funny inside scoop on one of the companies that recruits on campus, but can't say what it is though). "You could say we did a tonne of work," added the oh-so-punny Jaison Lee.
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Ferda Egritag
posted 12/01/06 @ 4:06 PM EST
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posted 12/07/06 @ 7:56 AM EST
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