Your gut is right--delivering on Christmas Day is wrong.
With the Internet, there should be absolutely no reason for anyone to have to wait until the 24th to do their shopping.
Uh, Discounts??
The average person doesn't care about those out on the road, in the hub, on the Flight Deck, etc.
The good news (I hope) is that although you're abused, you're appreciated and respected
This won't affect me at all. I fully expect to be punched out and gone by 1700 Christmas Eve. Deliveries only, no pickups. Sweet.
Question: If things get effed-up enough, can UPS "mando" you to come-in on Christmas, or does your contract forbid it?
Question: If things get effed-up enough, can UPS "mando" you to come-in on Christmas, or does your contract forbid it?
We had to work Christmas day several years back due to a fierce snow storm that delayed packages 2 days prior.
They had to start at the bottom of the seniority list and force up the list, only after all part time, cover drivers and air drivers were working.
Good news was it paid double time for being forced to work a holiday, plus the 8hrs holiday pay!!
LOL!Uh, Discounts??
The average person doesn't care about those out on the road, in the hub, on the Flight Deck, etc.
The good news (I hope) is that although you're abused, you're appreciated and respected
Really and to hell with all the last minute online shoppers and the companies that send out emails advertising that "you can still order and get it by the 24th." That's gonna be the biggest farce since that old saying, "the check's in the mail."I have never worked one minute of Christmas Day in my life....nor will I ever. There are still a few things left that are more important than the almighty $. And December 25 is at the top of that list for me.
I'm not selling my soul for this sorry outfit that's for sure.
Christmas comes around at the exact same time each and every year. People have 12 full months to prepare for it. Then in the final few days all the procrastinators hit the 'order' button and overload the system, toss in various and sundry severe weather throughout the majority of the country, sprinkle in the requisite cold weather-related mechanical issues here and there, and you have the catalyst for "Little Timmy's" Christmas morning tantrum.
Nope, if it ain't delivered by nightfall December 24 - I personally don't give a ratsass whose fault it is - it ain't going anywhere (on my account) until the 26th, and I really don't care who's pissed off at me.
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