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<blockquote data-quote="dannyboy" data-source="post: 456552" data-attributes="member: 484"><p>Sober</p><p> </p><p>You hit on several issues that would have made a difference.</p><p> </p><p>For one, UPS needs to quit the prostituting of its core value by promoting "green" delivery methods without the proper pay off. The business of ups is to make money. If we can save trees, pollute less, that is great. I am all for that.</p><p> </p><p>But unfortunately, we now have people in power at ups that dont understand the basics of our business. That of the safe and economical movement of the largest chunk of the GNP of any company on earth. And to think that boys out on bikes is the answer.........maybe in places over seas where snow and ice are not issues. </p><p> </p><p>One thing that UPS has chronically done is to under size their delivery buildings. One here was built, and never was large enough from day one. Lack of proper planning causes a lot of further issues. Many of which these same planners have to solve. So maybe they are not so stupid after all, instead of offering a good long term solution, they come up with the cheapest, knowing that they will need to be kept on to solve the additional issues from under building.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the cost of the floors, I can not speak to that. What I do know is that it takes a lot of time to get the concrete to harden enough to drive on.</p><p> </p><p>One option, believe it or not is the same product I use on the floors at the Zoos for the larger animals. Tough, flexible easy to clean, and depending on the surface treatment, slip proof. I might have to give it some thought as to approach UPS with the solution. The elephant at the Knoxville Zoo is the 5th largest in the US. And he has not been able to do any damage to the lining at all. And he lives to destroy anything in his enclosure.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p> </p><p>I also think that more part timers should be allowed to work more hours as helpers. And more hours closer together. Nothing keeps them from helping than waiting from 12 noon to 3:30 for the next driver to call them for help. All knowing that in 5 hours they need to be in bed to be able to make it in for the preload. That dead time in between is a killer.</p><p> </p><p>I hope Atlanta is paying attention to what happened at the other end of the US.</p><p> </p><p>d</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dannyboy, post: 456552, member: 484"] Sober You hit on several issues that would have made a difference. For one, UPS needs to quit the prostituting of its core value by promoting "green" delivery methods without the proper pay off. The business of ups is to make money. If we can save trees, pollute less, that is great. I am all for that. But unfortunately, we now have people in power at ups that dont understand the basics of our business. That of the safe and economical movement of the largest chunk of the GNP of any company on earth. And to think that boys out on bikes is the answer.........maybe in places over seas where snow and ice are not issues. One thing that UPS has chronically done is to under size their delivery buildings. One here was built, and never was large enough from day one. Lack of proper planning causes a lot of further issues. Many of which these same planners have to solve. So maybe they are not so stupid after all, instead of offering a good long term solution, they come up with the cheapest, knowing that they will need to be kept on to solve the additional issues from under building. As far as the cost of the floors, I can not speak to that. What I do know is that it takes a lot of time to get the concrete to harden enough to drive on. One option, believe it or not is the same product I use on the floors at the Zoos for the larger animals. Tough, flexible easy to clean, and depending on the surface treatment, slip proof. I might have to give it some thought as to approach UPS with the solution. The elephant at the Knoxville Zoo is the 5th largest in the US. And he has not been able to do any damage to the lining at all. And he lives to destroy anything in his enclosure.:happy-very: I also think that more part timers should be allowed to work more hours as helpers. And more hours closer together. Nothing keeps them from helping than waiting from 12 noon to 3:30 for the next driver to call them for help. All knowing that in 5 hours they need to be in bed to be able to make it in for the preload. That dead time in between is a killer. I hope Atlanta is paying attention to what happened at the other end of the US. d [/QUOTE]
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