I'm sitting in my recliner, enjoying the fireplace and the Christmas Tree, and I am reflecting on this Peak Season that just ended for me. This is a hectic time for the people that work in our business, and I was wondering what the rest of you reading these words are thinking.
What is it that you like about your job?
I'm not going to gripe and complain about the minor stuff we get bent out of place at with work. We vent and talk it out in the workplace.
What I am interested in in, what is it that you enjoy about your work?
I actually enjoy being the "UPS Man". I get to work on my own all day, I don't have the boss looking over my shoulder. I enjoy meeting all kinds of people all day, I know my customers by name, I know what they do for a living and their hobbies, their dog's name, I watch their kids grow up, and I share funny stories with them. I'm an "outdoors type", I'm not sitting in a cubicle all day answering the phone. The Spring is beautiful in my native South, I love watching everything come alive. The Fall is special too, watching the leaves change and nature do its thing. The Winter is mild here in the Atlanta area, I'm glad I don't have to deal with the snow and ice like you guys up North. My least favorite season is Summer, it can get pretty miserable sometimes. One Summer I hung a cheap thermometer in back of my package car. One hundred Thirty Degrees. You have to guzzle a lot of water to stay alive sometimes.
Yes the money is good, the Direct Deposit in the checking account is nice. I'm in Cental States, so I'm not crazy about my Pension and Health Plan. I started working part-time when I was seventeen, eight years later went full-time into Package, twenty-two years driving, just made it through my thirty-first Peak Season. Its all one day at a time.
I like the people I work with. Most of them are the greatest, hardworking people in the world. I've always thought that if I started a business of my own, I would want to hire UPSER's, I could take over the business world.
I'm still in good shape, I got most of my hair and I'm still under two hundred pounds. I am planning to hang in there as long as I can, I feel pretty good and still out do most of the young guys.
Merry Christmas to everyone, remember the real reason for the season, forget all this commercial stuff and enjoy your families. After all, is'nt that what its all about?
Jeff Tidwell
What is it that you like about your job?
I'm not going to gripe and complain about the minor stuff we get bent out of place at with work. We vent and talk it out in the workplace.
What I am interested in in, what is it that you enjoy about your work?
I actually enjoy being the "UPS Man". I get to work on my own all day, I don't have the boss looking over my shoulder. I enjoy meeting all kinds of people all day, I know my customers by name, I know what they do for a living and their hobbies, their dog's name, I watch their kids grow up, and I share funny stories with them. I'm an "outdoors type", I'm not sitting in a cubicle all day answering the phone. The Spring is beautiful in my native South, I love watching everything come alive. The Fall is special too, watching the leaves change and nature do its thing. The Winter is mild here in the Atlanta area, I'm glad I don't have to deal with the snow and ice like you guys up North. My least favorite season is Summer, it can get pretty miserable sometimes. One Summer I hung a cheap thermometer in back of my package car. One hundred Thirty Degrees. You have to guzzle a lot of water to stay alive sometimes.
Yes the money is good, the Direct Deposit in the checking account is nice. I'm in Cental States, so I'm not crazy about my Pension and Health Plan. I started working part-time when I was seventeen, eight years later went full-time into Package, twenty-two years driving, just made it through my thirty-first Peak Season. Its all one day at a time.
I like the people I work with. Most of them are the greatest, hardworking people in the world. I've always thought that if I started a business of my own, I would want to hire UPSER's, I could take over the business world.
I'm still in good shape, I got most of my hair and I'm still under two hundred pounds. I am planning to hang in there as long as I can, I feel pretty good and still out do most of the young guys.
Merry Christmas to everyone, remember the real reason for the season, forget all this commercial stuff and enjoy your families. After all, is'nt that what its all about?
Jeff Tidwell