School Prepares for UPS Driver

[Catatonic]

While wkmac was talking about Schools versus Prisons, I noticed the similarities to UPS Driver. It would seem the military would prepare to be a UPS Driver as well.

Compare to a UPS Driver with a few modifications:
- authoritarian structure
- dress code
- emphasis on minimal talking and order
- negative reinforcement
- walk shortest distance
- loss of individual autonomy
- abridged freedoms
- no input in decision making
- set times enforced for walking, eating, lifting, placing, etc.

 

[ZQXC]

Is your assumption based upon your own military experience?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Is your assumption based upon your own military experience?

No, but mine is and Hoke is spot on.

 

[ZQXC]

No, but mine is and Hoke is spot on.

I'm confused; Do you also answer for Hoaxster now?

 

[oldngray]

Look at some really old UPS pictures. Drivers would line up for morning inspection like in military.

 

[tourists24]

Mine is too..... Ive often told people that the experience I had holds a strong resemblance to how UPS tries to run things. Its much easier to stand up and question mgt though compared to my military unit.

 

[PT Stewie]

UPS Management Pic showing past military experience.

 

[PT Car Washer]

I do not see a Warrior Ethos among drivers. Not with 9.5 rules and need help with over 70's. 8 hour request and seniority rules. Nice try but not even close.

 

[Notretiredyet]

Someone once told me a UPS driver is a cross between a Mormon and a Marine.

 

[Catatonic]

Someone once told me a UPS driver is a cross between a Mormon and a Marine.

Sometimes referred to as a Morme Vet.

 

[PT Car Washer]

While wkmac was talking about Schools versus Prisons, I noticed the similarities to UPS Driver. It would seem the military would prepare to be a UPS Driver as well.

Compare to a UPS Driver with a few modifications:
- authoritarian structure
- dress code
- emphasis on minimal talking and order
- negative reinforcement
- walk shortest distance
- loss of individual autonomy
- abridged freedoms
- no input in decision making
- set times enforced for walking, eating, lifting, placing, etc.

UPS driver or burger flipper? More to serving your country then a uniform.

 

[Catatonic]

UPS driver or burger flipper? More to serving your country then a uniform.

Like spelling?

More to being a UPS Driver than a uniform as well.

 

[PT Car Washer]

It's just a job you go to in the morning and come home from at night to sleep in your own bed with your family nearby. And have the weekends and holidays off.

 

[brownmonster]

I do not see a Warrior Ethos among drivers. Not with 9.5 rules and need help with over 70's. 8 hour request and seniority rules. Nice try but not even close.

We have only a couple drivers on 9.5, none that ask for help with an over 70. Nothing wrong with the occasional 8 hour.

 

[PT Car Washer]

I agree. Nothing wrong with any of it. It is a civilian job. If you don't like it just walk away. In the military it would be called desertion, and you could be executed.

 

[Catatonic]

No one has said anything to compare a UPS Driver to a Soldier except you.
The premise was that being a soldier prepares one to operate within the UPS system as a driver.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Then I apologize for my misunderstanding. Strong discipline helps in whatever a person chooses to do.