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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 816294" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>"Coincidence" means the occurence of a lucky or fortuitous event. And to "gamble" means to risk something upon an event whose outcome is uncertain.</p><p> </p><p>There are few, if any, coincidences at UPS and <em>nothing</em> happens by chance. The system that is in place for dispatching routes and creating time "allowances" has been in use for decades and is constantly being refined. It is part of a carefully calculated plan to maximize the number of hours of labor that the company can get for free. Those who try to argue the "fairness" of a specific route or allowance are completely missing the underlying point; <em>as a whole</em>, the time allowances for each center were <u>never intended to be fair or realistic in the first place</u>. They were specifically designed to maximize profits by creating a "standard" that can only be met by working off of the clock. The handful of "bonus" routes in each center are no different from the slot machines at a casino that occasionally hit a jackpot; for every dollar paid out there are 3 or 4 going in and in the end the house <em>always</em> wins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 816294, member: 14668"] "Coincidence" means the occurence of a lucky or fortuitous event. And to "gamble" means to risk something upon an event whose outcome is uncertain. There are few, if any, coincidences at UPS and [I]nothing[/I] happens by chance. The system that is in place for dispatching routes and creating time "allowances" has been in use for decades and is constantly being refined. It is part of a carefully calculated plan to maximize the number of hours of labor that the company can get for free. Those who try to argue the "fairness" of a specific route or allowance are completely missing the underlying point; [I]as a whole[/I], the time allowances for each center were [U]never intended to be fair or realistic in the first place[/U]. They were specifically designed to maximize profits by creating a "standard" that can only be met by working off of the clock. The handful of "bonus" routes in each center are no different from the slot machines at a casino that occasionally hit a jackpot; for every dollar paid out there are 3 or 4 going in and in the end the house [I]always[/I] wins. [/QUOTE]
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