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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 456596" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The people who go to the extremes of locking up or marking their handtrucks are missing the point.</p><p> </p><p>The question is not "how can I keep my handtruck safe?"</p><p> </p><p>The question should be "why has my management team made a business decision to refuse to purchase an adequate supply of necessary tools?"</p><p> </p><p>I am paid by the hour. If my management team wants me to use a handtruck, they will supply me---and ALL of my fellow drivers---with one. If they dont want to spend the money on an adequate number of handtrucks, I will simply do my job without one and they can then pay refunds for all of the service failures that result. For $45 an hour on overtime I will carry the boxes one at a time and miss service on multiple deliveries and pickups. Management will then have the opportunity to reevaluate the wisdom of their decision and act accordingly. UPS as a company has the ability to supply every driver with an adequate hand truck. All it lacks is the motivation. Service failures will help to supply that motivation. Nobody wants to do their route without a handtruck, but it is idiotic for us as drivers to have to hide or lock up necessary items of equipment that we need to do our jobs. Sometimes, the only way to force management to stop acting like idiots is to shove the consequences of their stupidity so far up their asses that they will do anything to make the pain stop. Its called "tough love" and it can be just as tough on the giver as it is on the reciever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 456596, member: 14668"] The people who go to the extremes of locking up or marking their handtrucks are missing the point. The question is not "how can I keep my handtruck safe?" The question should be "why has my management team made a business decision to refuse to purchase an adequate supply of necessary tools?" I am paid by the hour. If my management team wants me to use a handtruck, they will supply me---and ALL of my fellow drivers---with one. If they dont want to spend the money on an adequate number of handtrucks, I will simply do my job without one and they can then pay refunds for all of the service failures that result. For $45 an hour on overtime I will carry the boxes one at a time and miss service on multiple deliveries and pickups. Management will then have the opportunity to reevaluate the wisdom of their decision and act accordingly. UPS as a company has the ability to supply every driver with an adequate hand truck. All it lacks is the motivation. Service failures will help to supply that motivation. Nobody wants to do their route without a handtruck, but it is idiotic for us as drivers to have to hide or lock up necessary items of equipment that we need to do our jobs. Sometimes, the only way to force management to stop acting like idiots is to shove the consequences of their stupidity so far up their asses that they will do anything to make the pain stop. Its called "tough love" and it can be just as tough on the giver as it is on the reciever. [/QUOTE]
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