In a famous episode of the “I Love Lucy” show, Lucy and Ethel go to work in a candy factory where their packaging skills are put to the test. Chocolates make their way one by one down a conveyor, and the women must wrap each one before it reaches the next packaging station. If one chocolate makes it past them unwrapped, they’ll be fired.
At first, they’re able to keep up with demand, but it’s not long before the speed of the conveyor belt exceeds the women’s packaging speed. Thus, they begin hastily eating the unwrapped chocolates and hiding them in their shirts and hats so that their boss believes they’ve done their job. Although this scene is hilarious for the viewing public, it might strike a chord with many warehouse employees who struggle with meeting a similar excessive demand.