This practice happens at all UPS facilities and it is in no way an isolated incident. The center management team will try to avoid showing up on ANY of the various lists that are available the next morning by having packages sheeted improperly.
The most common "mis-codings" are:
1) security
2) emergency conditions
3) Not ready 1 (even though this is a pickup code)
4) left in building at destination (even if they rode around the city all day)
5) weather delays (even in so california)
These should be considered a dishonest act by the management team collectively when it is used as a practice. Any supervisory team found to be using this practice should be discharged on the spot the moment it is discovered or reported by an hourly employee.
Unfortunately, the company merely looks the other way on this issue. It has been reported to upper management for years and the best we can get out of them is "we will look into it".
Numbers mean more than service in todays UPS. When a driver service fails 1 package for the day, you would think the world was ending as the company goes on and on about the customer and the like, but when you can show literally hundreds of failed packages to them on 1 business day and mis-coded they dont quite feel the same way about the customers.
Its the same ole' UPS double talk.
Calling the hotline is a joke, calling atlanta is a joke, we can only sit back and watch those responsible for disciplining us when we mess up on 1 package, fail hundreds of pieces and go on like nothing happened.
IF the company truly cared about service in todays UPS, they would terminate anyone in charge who instructs any employee to false code a package intending to defraud the customer out of a legitimate attempt on a paid package.
No driver who has seen this practice in his hub is alone on this issue.
Peace.