[caption caption="Gudang Amazon di Rugeley, Inggris (dok: Teguh Widodo)"][/caption]
Tour ke Gudang Amazon atau Amazon Fulfillement Centre Tour ini mungkin tidak begitu mainstream ya untuk para pelancong, tapi cukup layak untuk dicoba. Tour ini bukan cuma ada di Inggris atau UK saja, tetapi juga ada di lima negara lainnya lho: Jerman, Perancis, Italia, Polandia, dan USA. Jadi bisa dicoba di sana...
Istri dan ketiga anak saya bersama beberapa keluarga yang lain pada tanggal 26 Mei 2015 yang lalu melakukan tour ke gudang Amazon yang ada di Rugeley, UK.
Tour yang gratis ini perlu booking terlebih dahulu karena cukup panjang antriannya. Contoh saja, pada bulan Mei lalu tour ke gudang yang di Rugeley ini sudah penuh s.d. April 2016!!
Saya kebetulan nggak bisa ikut tur hari itu, jadi tidak begitu tahu bagaimana ceritanya di sana. Peserta tour-pun tidak dizinkan untuk mengambil foto di dalam gudang, jadi saya minta anak sulung saya yang sebentar lagi berumur 14 tahun untuk ambil foto dari luar dan bikin reviunya. Oh ya, lokasi Amazon UK yang dikunjungi ada di kota Rugeley yg jaraknya kurang dari 1 jam berkereta dari Birmingham, kemudian dilanjut jalan kaki 30 menit menuju gudang, capek ya hehehe...
Monggo dinikmati cerita si sulung berikut ini, sebelumnya mohon maaf karena dia menulis dalam bahasa Inggris:
Hey. It has been a long time that I have written anything that is not schoolwork. This article is about my trip to Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Rugeley with family and friends.
We went there to see how Amazon sends us things that we have bought through their online shopping website. The fulfilment centre building that we went to was named BHX1, as all Amazon fulfilment centres are named after the nearest airport, and in our case it is the Birmingham International Airport.
Let’s start with the tour. The guide was called Holly, and there are other staffs too with us, called David, Rob, another Rob, and two ladies whose name I have forgotten. Holly told us that the building is 70000 square feet, which is the size of 10 football pitches.
The first thing we did was watch a clip about Amazon; about how the founder started amazon in his garage where he only sold books in 1994, and about how there are now about 100 centres around the world, and other things.
Then we were led to a certain Pallet area on the first floor of the building (I think). This is where the larger and the more popular items are; things like nappies (they’re popular apparently) and also toys (I saw Lego), which are very popular during Christmas time.