I work for a courier and have the only vehicle without a charging cradle for the scanner. As you can imagine, it’s quite a bit busier than usual this time of year. Generally, the scanner will last about 12 hours with normal use but I’ve made it my goal to drain the battery as fast possible. To that end, I have it on max brightness and refuse to let the screen turn off. I’m tapping that thing through every break and forcing it into navigation mode (to activate GPS) as much as possible.

I’ve let management know it’s going to die and have received radio silence all day long. The moment it shuts down I’m driving back and sitting around waiting for it to charge while getting paid overtime. This company is fucking stupid.