The receiving dock of a chilled-goods distribution centre on a wet winter evening, at a receiver’s eye height. A reefer trailer is sealed into the shelter of door 14; through door 15 you see rain, the sodium yard light and the tractor idling with its cab light on (the driver stays in the cab). Four pallets stand on the ambient dock, each with a dock-time tag; a chill bay sits behind a strip curtain, with the accept lane and quarantine (reject skid R1) at the front and the CMR on the receiving desk. Core temperatures are unknown until probed; the IR gun reads only the surface. Every decision in this scene can also be made with the buttons in the controls panel.
