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<blockquote data-quote="flupser" data-source="post: 51551"><p>danny..... let's use a real occurance instead of a make believe one. I got stuck almost exactly like your fictitional driver. I was going down a sandy dirt road, I stopped in the road to open the customer's gate so I could make the delivery. After finding the gate locked I went back to truck and was going to back up to the neighbors drive to turn around. The truck never moved from where I had parked it. ( STUCK IN THE ROAD ) I called center and let them know I needed a tow truck. Center Mgr. came out and took some photo's and tow truck pulled me out. Truck was stuck on top of the ground, not buried, it just could'nt get traction. A couple weeks later I get called in the office and am given a warning letter signed by the division automotive manager. It stated that I caused economic loss to UPS and that any other incedents might lead to further disiplinary action. I was not charged with an accident however. I did not do any property damage and no accident paperwork was used. Do I think it SUCKS, YOU BET. I was pissed for a few weeks but I got over it. It did give me a written excuse or pass to not deliver any package that I feel might be a problem getting to. In my mind that pretty much means anything off the pavement. Who loses here, yep you guessed it, the customer. You gotta look out for number one right? After all, I do have a family to feed. What really stinks about this whole deal is this, UPS gives me a warning letter over a 200 dollar wrecker bill but says nothing to any of the drivers in our building about burning up the diesel trucks by filling them with gasoline. We have had at least six diesel engines blown up in the last year due to this idiotic driver oversite.(Where does UPS find these people.) Our mechanic has plenty of job security for sure. Enough said, I am starting to ramble. Don't you just hate that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flupser, post: 51551"] danny..... let's use a real occurance instead of a make believe one. I got stuck almost exactly like your fictitional driver. I was going down a sandy dirt road, I stopped in the road to open the customer's gate so I could make the delivery. After finding the gate locked I went back to truck and was going to back up to the neighbors drive to turn around. The truck never moved from where I had parked it. ( STUCK IN THE ROAD ) I called center and let them know I needed a tow truck. Center Mgr. came out and took some photo's and tow truck pulled me out. Truck was stuck on top of the ground, not buried, it just could'nt get traction. A couple weeks later I get called in the office and am given a warning letter signed by the division automotive manager. It stated that I caused economic loss to UPS and that any other incedents might lead to further disiplinary action. I was not charged with an accident however. I did not do any property damage and no accident paperwork was used. Do I think it SUCKS, YOU BET. I was pissed for a few weeks but I got over it. It did give me a written excuse or pass to not deliver any package that I feel might be a problem getting to. In my mind that pretty much means anything off the pavement. Who loses here, yep you guessed it, the customer. You gotta look out for number one right? After all, I do have a family to feed. What really stinks about this whole deal is this, UPS gives me a warning letter over a 200 dollar wrecker bill but says nothing to any of the drivers in our building about burning up the diesel trucks by filling them with gasoline. We have had at least six diesel engines blown up in the last year due to this idiotic driver oversite.(Where does UPS find these people.) Our mechanic has plenty of job security for sure. Enough said, I am starting to ramble. Don't you just hate that. [/QUOTE]
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