New Female Feeder Driver Needs Some Advice

Coldworld

60 months and counting
That's it, not paying for your lap dance
Or you can just do what my buddies did when I turned 18 and we went to the juice bar. I had my eye on a hot 22 year old with big sexy boobs but for my " birthday dance " they paid for the "40 something" dancer who had smaller boobs than me.... So disappointing..!!!!
 

Wally

BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
cleveland steamer??
Yep!

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104Feeder

Phoenix Feeder
OP- glad you found my thread helpful. We have 7 female drivers out of 221, All can do the job just as well and in some cases better than the men & gender, as well as race, is a non-issue in our department. 2 more are full time shifters and both could back circles around me. We even have a few married in the department. Our division manager is female, though we don't see her all that much compared to the last one.

I can't recall any complaints about discrimination or comments like what you described. If that had been brought to me I would have been up managements ass so fast they wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
 

raceanoncr

Well-Known Member
Just my experience HERE or surrounding centers/hubs. The first female feeder driver here had to fight for that. Had to make it a union issue before company would capitulate. That was about '71 or so. She, though, was one of the BEST drivers. BEST?

Never asked for a quarter. Never flinched in bad weather. Never balked at hooking up her own set. Never made waves. Always helped other drivers hook up when available. I could go on and on about her.

Others since? What pathetic excuses for workers. I'm sure the company regretted every moment since they were hired. In many cases, we did too. "Anxiety" issues driving in bad weather. Refusing to go out in some cases. Calling in "sick" more than any other drivers we have had. Claiming "The dolly is at a slant, I can't lift it on the trailer". ETC, ETC. One female driver, in particular, has had so many "incidents", accidents, confrontations, what have you, that, as a steward, I just told the manager that so many of our drivers were predictable, in that you could count on them have some kinda of "problem" at regular time intervals, and she was one. I was not proven wrong.

BUT, in defense of the gender, we have had some, sadly from other centers, that were outstanding, like the aforementioned driver that was groundbreaking at my hub. They were the first to help YOU with hooking up, going out of the way to help. I fondly remember them as fellow drivers.

On the OTHER hand....WE, that is, the males that were "star-struck" when an attractive female driver arrived on the lot, could not be separated with a chisel around their trailers. All work would come to a halt! That is no joke! So, could it be that WE, the males, are some of the problem? Well, here, again, I said HERE, yes, I can say that. Then they would complain about the female drivers behind their back.

To the OP, don't worry what others think. Just do the job you were trained for. Don't ask for any favors, don't give any favors. You WILL be respected, if you do.
 

olroadbeech

Happy Verified UPSer
both excellent posts , 104 feeder, and race. probably some info the OP was looking for.

too bad the same ol clowns derailed this as they do every other serious thread.
 
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