there are a lot of ifs with everything. Refusing to follow a supervisors direct instructions for some ifs won't fly. If the drivers personal safety was threatened then that would be a different issue.
Hell yeah me too!
there are a lot of ifs with everything. Refusing to follow a supervisors direct instructions for some ifs won't fly. If the drivers personal safety was threatened then that would be a different issue.
Hell yeah me too!
there are a lot of ifs with everything. Refusing to follow a supervisors direct instructions for some ifs won't fly. If the drivers personal safety was threatened then that would be a different issue.
Last week, during a production ride, a San Francisco driver refused to double park for a delivery. After parking legally, the superviser fired him on the spot. Driver said, "ok, i don't work for you anymore", and gave the superviser his uniform and walked away in his underwear. I got this confirmed by a business agent. Funny stuff going on.
I can confirm this. He was a 30+ year vet too. I had to stop lurking and post because he was a solid union man and we are hoping the best for him.
Sounds like he had just had enough BS. Wish I could have seen the look on the Supervisors face when he walked off.
Hope he gets his job back, or whatever he wants. After 30yrs he deserves the best.
Maybe he wanted to retire and this was his way of saying "goodbye".
About 10 yrs ago I worked for a union quarry/paving company. One day the paver operator didn't show up, same thing the next day.Now when they get ready to pave they have a bunch of dump trucks loaded with material, the roller operators, laborers, all ready to go to work at 6 or 7am. The dump trucks were loaded and dispatched, etc. etc. The third day they got someone else to operate the paver.
The operator stopped in a week later, he'd hit his retirement time, and that's how he did it. He said they screwed him for xx# of yrs and this is how he got even. Probably cost the company quite a few thousand dollars, the material that had to be thrown away, plus the wages for the crew. Wasn't anything they could do to the operator, his pension came from the union.
There is another key point as well, Over. I think I read that this employee was a long time driver. It has been stated in here that policy used to be we could not wear uniforms to and from work. Or at least not pants (Which makes no sense to me. It has been pointed out that our shirts have the UPS logo, not the pants). Maybe this hub/ctr still pushes this policy or recently started pushing the policy again. Flavor of the month and all.
As far as one having the cajones to walk away without pants on does not surprise me in the least. 1 because it is SF, 2 because my hubby would do the same thing if he was pissed off enough. He simply doesn't care what people think of him. He will walk out in the yard or on the front porch with nothing but bvd's on. It is no big deal to him.
There is another key point as well, Over. I think I read that this employee was a long time driver. It has been stated in here that policy used to be we could not wear uniforms to and from work. Or at least not pants (Which makes no sense to me. It has been pointed out that our shirts have the UPS logo, not the pants). Maybe this hub/ctr still pushes this policy or recently started pushing the policy again. Flavor of the month and all.
As far as one having the cajones to walk away without pants on does not surprise me in the least. 1 because it is SF, 2 because my hubby would do the same thing if he was pissed off enough. He simply doesn't care what people think of him. He will walk out in the yard or on the front porch with nothing but bvd's on. It is no big deal to him.
There is a reason why him and I get along so well. Actually there are many reasons why him and I get along so well.It sounds as though you don't feel the same way.
There is another key point as well, Over. I think I read that this employee was a long time driver. It has been stated in here that policy used to be we could not wear uniforms to and from work. Or at least not pants (Which makes no sense to me. It has been pointed out that our shirts have the UPS logo, not the pants). Maybe this hub/ctr still pushes this policy or recently started pushing the policy again. Flavor of the month and all.
As far as one having the cajones to walk away without pants on does not surprise me in the least. 1 because it is SF, 2 because my hubby would do the same thing if he was pissed off enough. He simply doesn't care what people think of him. He will walk out in the yard or on the front porch with nothing but bvd's on. It is no big deal to him.
Chan, While I think what the driver did was very funny I never said that it was normal or even professional. His actions may or may not be excusable. It is not my judgement to make.Understanding this happened in San Francisco, it is still not normal behavior to take your pants off and walk away in your underwear, during business hours. Regardless of how upset the driver was with the instruction of the supervisor, his actions are inexcuable in my mind.
I would love to attend this hearing. How is the union going to defend a 30 year employee who chose to make a statement by removing his UPS pants and walking away in his underwear.
With all due respect to your husband, I personally would kick my husband's ass if he walked out of the house in his underwear, which he would never do anyways, much less in the business world.
Each to their own, I suppose.