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<blockquote data-quote="GeorgiaBrown" data-source="post: 607744" data-attributes="member: 24716"><p>Hello all,</p><p> </p><p>Well... where to begin...... two Tuesdays ago I was set to return to work.... then the DM said he was too busy to meet with me so I was postponed a day.... <span style="color: sienna">Wednesday</span>... I had to sign a paper that said I would have to follow all proper methods and procedures from now on and if I did not then I could be subject to suspension or dismissal...... The BA and I looked it over and I signed..... after our half an hour meeting which started at 8am sharp I headed downstairs to the center....... where I had a meeting with the center manager who told me that the person who had been filling in for me on my rte had some issues leaving packages at businesses without a signature (<span style="color: blue">I was also guilty of this in the past</span>) at locations like lawyers offices and pyschologists' offices..... I <span style="color: red">limited</span> my DR's to letters which I could <span style="color: red">slip in either the mailslot or under doors</span>.... my reasons were in the <span style="color: blue">customers best interests</span> since these two types of businesses on my route are often not open to deliveries (lawyers in court, pyschologists seeing patients) anyway..... the other driver Dr'd a letter for a lawyer (<span style="color: red"><strong><u>outside the door</u></strong></span>) which allegedly contained a check from a client.... when the lawyer picked it up, the check was missing..... the customer was raising hell about UPS leaving the package without a signature.......UPS thinks the sender is lying and they told me so.......anyway.....I tell you all that to say this..... my center manager and BA said <span style="color: sienna"><strong>"You're route is hot right now.....so don't make any mistakes because the higher ups are watching"....</strong></span> <span style="color: red"><strong><em><u>great</u></em></strong></span>...just what I needed..... (<span style="color: blue">the other driver by the way did not get into any trouble, he is a cover driver and is in wage progression so my theory is UPS likes these guys because they can work them cheaper</span>)...back to my story..... I could not work that Wednesday because they changed my route to a 7:50 am start time and the cover driver already was gone with my car.....The BA was like that's their problem you reported for work, they owe you 8 hours......My oncar supe is really cool, he was against me getting discipline from this incident from the beginning, he says how would you like to go home with 8 hours.....I said how did you swing that he says "I told the center manager that if I put you on road then I would have two drivers underallowed today and she could not support that idea....... I jumped on the offer and went home.....felt kind of good even though 1 day doesn't quite equal 7 weeks....My route is better starting up early..... still finishing up at 3pm though....(<span style="color: blue"><u>I'm not whining</u></span>) yet since I am driving two cars everyday and getting an extra 36 miles from it, my route is planning better (yes I am in a bonus center)..... now plans to 9 hours with 90 stops and between 450-550 del pieces and less than 20 pickup pieces and just about 100 total miles...... I had to tell all my customers about what happened and everybody was glad I was back and shocked at what happened.... I got so tired of telling the story..... that was almost punishment enough!.... anyway I am trying to keep on the straight and narrow because I know at least for a while they will be watching me closely..... The BA brought up a good point however...... he said..... "<span style="color: blue">Look it's getting pretty close to peakseason..... in a couple of weeks they (<span style="color: sienna">management</span>) will be all caught up in planning for peak and you won't be on their radar.... soon enough they will be needing every warm body they can find to deliver packages so I think you will be fine</span>"......let's hope so....Thanks again for all the good advice.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgiaBrown, post: 607744, member: 24716"] Hello all, Well... where to begin...... two Tuesdays ago I was set to return to work.... then the DM said he was too busy to meet with me so I was postponed a day.... [COLOR=sienna]Wednesday[/COLOR]... I had to sign a paper that said I would have to follow all proper methods and procedures from now on and if I did not then I could be subject to suspension or dismissal...... The BA and I looked it over and I signed..... after our half an hour meeting which started at 8am sharp I headed downstairs to the center....... where I had a meeting with the center manager who told me that the person who had been filling in for me on my rte had some issues leaving packages at businesses without a signature ([COLOR=blue]I was also guilty of this in the past[/COLOR]) at locations like lawyers offices and pyschologists' offices..... I [COLOR=red]limited[/COLOR] my DR's to letters which I could [COLOR=red]slip in either the mailslot or under doors[/COLOR].... my reasons were in the [COLOR=blue]customers best interests[/COLOR] since these two types of businesses on my route are often not open to deliveries (lawyers in court, pyschologists seeing patients) anyway..... the other driver Dr'd a letter for a lawyer ([COLOR=red][B][U]outside the door[/U][/B][/COLOR]) which allegedly contained a check from a client.... when the lawyer picked it up, the check was missing..... the customer was raising hell about UPS leaving the package without a signature.......UPS thinks the sender is lying and they told me so.......anyway.....I tell you all that to say this..... my center manager and BA said [COLOR=sienna][B]"You're route is hot right now.....so don't make any mistakes because the higher ups are watching"....[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=red][B][I][U]great[/U][/I][/B][/COLOR]...just what I needed..... ([COLOR=blue]the other driver by the way did not get into any trouble, he is a cover driver and is in wage progression so my theory is UPS likes these guys because they can work them cheaper[/COLOR])...back to my story..... I could not work that Wednesday because they changed my route to a 7:50 am start time and the cover driver already was gone with my car.....The BA was like that's their problem you reported for work, they owe you 8 hours......My oncar supe is really cool, he was against me getting discipline from this incident from the beginning, he says how would you like to go home with 8 hours.....I said how did you swing that he says "I told the center manager that if I put you on road then I would have two drivers underallowed today and she could not support that idea....... I jumped on the offer and went home.....felt kind of good even though 1 day doesn't quite equal 7 weeks....My route is better starting up early..... still finishing up at 3pm though....([COLOR=blue][U]I'm not whining[/U][/COLOR]) yet since I am driving two cars everyday and getting an extra 36 miles from it, my route is planning better (yes I am in a bonus center)..... now plans to 9 hours with 90 stops and between 450-550 del pieces and less than 20 pickup pieces and just about 100 total miles...... I had to tell all my customers about what happened and everybody was glad I was back and shocked at what happened.... I got so tired of telling the story..... that was almost punishment enough!.... anyway I am trying to keep on the straight and narrow because I know at least for a while they will be watching me closely..... The BA brought up a good point however...... he said..... "[COLOR=blue]Look it's getting pretty close to peakseason..... in a couple of weeks they ([COLOR=sienna]management[/COLOR]) will be all caught up in planning for peak and you won't be on their radar.... soon enough they will be needing every warm body they can find to deliver packages so I think you will be fine[/COLOR]"......let's hope so....Thanks again for all the good advice....... [/QUOTE]
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