The 'Chosen One' has returned. I love how you know eveything about a job some of us have been doing for years after three months. If you are driving at all it is air on Saturdays which isn't even the same job as a full-time driver. How many routes have you run blind ? How did you handle the last ice storm you delivered in ? I don't care whose ass you attach your lips to, it doesn 't override seniority. A UPS career is a marathon not a sprint. I don't care how great you think you did today , new pkgs are still going to come in tomorrow and you get to do it all over again.
I 'm glad I am not the only one who sees it this way. This BBAG is God's gift to UPS. Apparently if he hadn't walked in our doors we would have a truck full of boxes sitting at his center with no one to deliver them. He would have us believe there are no part-timers in his center who want to go from $40 a day to $300 a day. He posts how quickly he will drive and even when he will have his own route. He needs to learn 'humility' I would love to have a rookie with his cocky attitude come to our center and see how long he lasts. Wanting something and working toward it is admirable talking about how great you will be at it is just arrogant. Pay your dues rookie.
I say this seriously, not as a rebuttal, not as a way to win an argument (as you really have just expressed your opinion)
There is not a day that goes by in my employment at UPS where I don't THANK GOD for my co-workers with attitudes / feelings such as yours.
I don't know who you are specifically, but I see you every day at work. You have been thru the school of hard knocks, you have been thru the steps, and you'll be DAMNED before you see someone do it quicker that you. You used to have to walk to school every day, 7 days a week, uphill, both ways. You ate dirt for breakfast, but you were THANKFUL for that dirt, yadda yadda yadda....
You see me daily, and you feel compelled to come up to me and say I won't hack unloading. Then when I do, I won't drive Saturdays, then I won't get to go to school, then I won't be able to drive. Now it is I won't be able to handle, what, a catagory 5 hurricane at 10:30 PM with two flat tires in the dark. Whatever. You'd figure that one, I really don't care about what you are saying and two, that you would learn after being wrong so often.
Everything to you is a negative. You have to work to hard, you have too many stops, your feet hurt. I see it as a sunny day, I get a free workout, and I have a chance for overtime.
I'm positive that, if you were to look closely at your co-workers, that there are others like me passing you by in your shop also, just not so vocal here. Someone that is happy to be employed, thinks the pay is fantastic for the actual work involved, and is simply happy for the opportunity.
A few important points I want you to think about prior to letting your fingers type before your brain engages -
1. I have never, not once, anywhere on this board said I was good at anything. I defy you to find somewhere where I was. Although, as Will Rogers used to say, "It Ain't Braggin If Ya Done It"
2. Don't you dare even pretend to understand who I am, what I am about, whether I need humility or not. If you knew me, my life, what I have been thru, you would never think about suggesting I learn humility.
3. Look inside yourself for a second. Don't worry, it won't take too long. Ask yourself why you have to post the type of response you have. Is your life really that empty that you gain worth by stomping on others?
Finally, and maybe this will help with why I post what I do;
This is a job. That is all this is, something to take some time out of my day so I can get some green to live along with my family. It is a tool. I am not what I do during the day. Since I don't revolve my life around this, I tend to play it as a game (one that I happen to enjoy and that pays me well) How quickly can I get how far? That adds enjoyment for me. Your posting as you do only fuels that.
So, anyway, keep up the good work - and thanks for the motivation.
Shhhh. Don't tell anyone this part - Nobody's listening, right? ok...
I was hired by a person, a human being. A little book saying "UPS Master Agreement" did not interview me, does not pay me. I laugh out loud every time someone mentions "Seniority" and how that makes what I do impossible. I've tried talking to the little book, but it doesn't answer.
The GOOD thing about this is, when I work my ass off to advance, it is the person that makes the decision to move me forward, not the little book. The good thing about dealing with the person is, they can make decisions, they get my paperwork to the right place. Who am I to judge should they put themselves in a position where there is a potential for a grievance?
If a manager wants to put an unloader directly into a route, tomorrow, they can. They may openm themselves up to a future grievance, but they can. Do you understand what I am saying? I didn't think so.
Anyway, what also amuses me is that I am doing what every other person out there can do, but chooses not to.
I'll let you know how I make out during peak, in the snow, with three flat tires, like you say I must do before I'm a "real" driver, like you.
TCO - The Chosen One (Sorry, it makes me laugh)
, you should have at least 50K in the bank and another 100K in your 401K (with 29 years of contributions and growth ahead!) and senoirity to grab a decent full-time package route!
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