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<blockquote data-quote="sano" data-source="post: 510260" data-attributes="member: 8689"><p>Looking a bit deeper. </p><p>While I understand (and agree) that practical jokes in the workplace can get out of hand in a hurry, I also think it may be significant that this was his preloader. Would the driver have taken it better if another driver had played the joke?</p><p>I didn't understand the driver/preloader dynamic till i saw it from the other side when i was driver helping last peak. </p><p></p><p>One of the frustrations, maybe even one of the largest frustrations, of the driver job is looking for packages. With the size of the load that some of these package cars go out with there will be some searching involved. </p><p>Over peak I was loading one car that was mostly residential and was literally stacked to the ceiling front to back. There was not much that I as a preloader could do other than try to keep everything close to where it belonged.</p><p></p><p>This creates a situation where all day long the driver is fighting with his preloader in his mind. The driver I helped over peak would say "this loader is killing me" every day. I would submit that the issue may be more of a UPS issue than a loader issue, but the loader is easy to blame. </p><p></p><p>Let me hasten to say that I am not making excuses for bad loaders, but if the mission is to put 10 gallons in a 5 gallon bucket we may be set up to fail.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have no idea how I got into this rant from an April fools joke...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sano, post: 510260, member: 8689"] Looking a bit deeper. While I understand (and agree) that practical jokes in the workplace can get out of hand in a hurry, I also think it may be significant that this was his preloader. Would the driver have taken it better if another driver had played the joke? I didn't understand the driver/preloader dynamic till i saw it from the other side when i was driver helping last peak. One of the frustrations, maybe even one of the largest frustrations, of the driver job is looking for packages. With the size of the load that some of these package cars go out with there will be some searching involved. Over peak I was loading one car that was mostly residential and was literally stacked to the ceiling front to back. There was not much that I as a preloader could do other than try to keep everything close to where it belonged. This creates a situation where all day long the driver is fighting with his preloader in his mind. The driver I helped over peak would say "this loader is killing me" every day. I would submit that the issue may be more of a UPS issue than a loader issue, but the loader is easy to blame. Let me hasten to say that I am not making excuses for bad loaders, but if the mission is to put 10 gallons in a 5 gallon bucket we may be set up to fail. I have no idea how I got into this rant from an April fools joke... [/QUOTE]
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