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Carlos Warehouse Chronicle X - Distracted Dumpster Diving

Yesterday was the last day of the 4th week of S.I.T. (Supervisor In Training) which was focussed on learning to perform return audits. As it sounds, the responsibility of the assigned FE (Front End) Supervisor is to audit the merchandise returns at the house for the day. It was also the first day I done 'dumpster diving'; twice in twenty-minutes! "With the red vest comes great responsibility!" As the auditor, you determine if you agree with the membership crew that accepted the merchandise as salable or non-saleable. I won't cover every painstaking detail, but here's a high-pass breakdown. As I mentioned, items are either salable or not. If it can be sold then it's scanned in and returned to inventory to be sold yet again. If non-saleable then it's further classified to R.T.V. (Return to Vendor) or destroyed. Most spoiled food in non-saleable therefore destroyed. The process is straightforward. Scan the label the returner placed on it, remove