Material Handling Equipment Makes A Scene
As is often the case these days, material handling played a role in two events I attended this weekend. Before I started writing for The MHEDA Journal, items like these would not have made an impression on me…now I notice them ever more frequently. I’m sure MHEDA’s Industry Advocacy Committee would be happy to hear that!
Friday night, I went to see the new animated movie Despicable Me. The main character, Mr. Gru, is intent on becoming the greatest villain of all time by stealing the moon. More than once in the film while devloping his plans, Gru ascends a scissor lift. I’m sure most people wouldn’t give it a second thought, but material handlers with children may want to give Despicable Me a view. It was a funny movie, and the aforementioned scissor lift scenes could be a nice teaching moment!
Then on Sunday, a local brewery held an anniversary party outside its facility. There was a good crowd on hand, and my group of friends carved out a spot near the brewery away from much of the crowd to chat in relative quiet. Every so often, a gentleman on a well-used Nissan forklift would go through the loading dock door and come back with two or three kegs of brew. Again, I doubt most people noticed how the material handling industry kept the party come off smoothly, but as we all know, material handling played a huge role!
Tags: general lines, lift truck, material handling
