dannyboy
From the promised LAND
rocky
bringing reporters to the hearing is a two way street. it is news either way it goes, and it is a public place where news people usually go for a story.
red, while i find myself at odds with you on different subjects, either way it goes, do the right thing.
tie, et al
many years ago, before diad, there was a driver that really wanted to do nothing but be the best. for christmas he was assigned a route that had a lot of small businesses and home deliveries. from december on he had at least two helpers, and the ten days at peak, three. not unusual to have 15-20 hours helper time per day or more. but all went very well, the driver had the helper team well trained and everyone knew their jobs and did them well. usually. that christmas, the team set new records for packages and stops delivered and at the end of the season, everyone rejoiced with the success of the delivery team.
around the 15th of january, lp pulled said driver into the office. on the wednesday before peak, there was a package delivered that was cod. the package had been attempted twice earlier in the week, and had been indirect delivered to one of the pickup stops on the route. as the driver was setting up the stops for the next round of deliveries, two helpers loaded the pickup pieces, and the third made the cod delivery.
the delivery showed being completed on wednesday, but the problem was that the money was not turned in until that friday, two days after the delivery.
now, as a driver, if i ended up with 900 bucks plus in cash in my pocket, that would send up a signal that something was wrong. i did not have the money, had no idea where the money could have been during that time.
when lp questioned the helper that actually made the delivery, he told them that he gave me the cash and tags every night when the work was done.
so they fired me for dishonesty.
while i knew that i never had the cash in my possession overnight, i had no answer as to where it could have been. even the ba that took the case to the panel really did not believe that i was Innocent.
during the hearing, i presented a lot of evidence including bank statements, etc etc etc that really did not prove anything, but did show that i had financial needs at the time that could have easily been taken care of by an infusion of cash, but was not.
as they asked if i had anything else to say, i said a silent prayer. i knew i had no proof that i did not have the money, and while they really had strong circumstantial evidence against me, they had no actual proof. but it was not looking good.
all of a sudden it hit me, right there in the room. the friday night before peak, one of the car washers had handed me a wad of money and cod tags that the helper had brought in earlier in the evening. said he had forgotten to give them to me and found then as his mother was washing his clothes. at the time, gave it no thought at all.
bottom line, the damage to my reputation had been done. there is no way to unring a bell. but it is up to the responsible parties to handle this matter in an adult way.
in my case, it was done by an lp guy that took inaccurate statements (after the fact we found out that the statement had been altered to fit the lp guys "proof") and that he had promised to see to it that the helper would get on at ups (which was a lie as well).
i would suspect that this was in retaliation to a situation where i discovered an overlabling ring out of atlanta's overgoods department that was sending packages to stops on my area.
brought two suspect deliveries to him, and without lifting a finger, instructed me to deliver them. two days later i brought him another one. he told me to deliver it as well, to which i replied if he wanted it delivered, to deliver it himself (it was a large case of shotgun shells)
that next monday they had me deliver it while the sheriffs department taped it. i ended up getting a small reward and an article in the regional "big idea", and made him look bad.
So tie, as you can see by my experience, my faith in the information that lp has gathered is always suspect. while some i have met are sincere and good folk, many are scumbags not worth the ground they stand on, interested only in justifying their jobs, regardless of what they ruin in the mean time.
and that also explains why i ended up as a shop steward. i was blessed to get my job back. i promised myself i would never allow ups or some of its misbegotten children to railroad another person like they did me.
sorry for the length of the post, but hard to keep it short when dealing with things like this.
d
bringing reporters to the hearing is a two way street. it is news either way it goes, and it is a public place where news people usually go for a story.
red, while i find myself at odds with you on different subjects, either way it goes, do the right thing.
tie, et al
many years ago, before diad, there was a driver that really wanted to do nothing but be the best. for christmas he was assigned a route that had a lot of small businesses and home deliveries. from december on he had at least two helpers, and the ten days at peak, three. not unusual to have 15-20 hours helper time per day or more. but all went very well, the driver had the helper team well trained and everyone knew their jobs and did them well. usually. that christmas, the team set new records for packages and stops delivered and at the end of the season, everyone rejoiced with the success of the delivery team.
around the 15th of january, lp pulled said driver into the office. on the wednesday before peak, there was a package delivered that was cod. the package had been attempted twice earlier in the week, and had been indirect delivered to one of the pickup stops on the route. as the driver was setting up the stops for the next round of deliveries, two helpers loaded the pickup pieces, and the third made the cod delivery.
the delivery showed being completed on wednesday, but the problem was that the money was not turned in until that friday, two days after the delivery.
now, as a driver, if i ended up with 900 bucks plus in cash in my pocket, that would send up a signal that something was wrong. i did not have the money, had no idea where the money could have been during that time.
when lp questioned the helper that actually made the delivery, he told them that he gave me the cash and tags every night when the work was done.
so they fired me for dishonesty.
while i knew that i never had the cash in my possession overnight, i had no answer as to where it could have been. even the ba that took the case to the panel really did not believe that i was Innocent.
during the hearing, i presented a lot of evidence including bank statements, etc etc etc that really did not prove anything, but did show that i had financial needs at the time that could have easily been taken care of by an infusion of cash, but was not.
as they asked if i had anything else to say, i said a silent prayer. i knew i had no proof that i did not have the money, and while they really had strong circumstantial evidence against me, they had no actual proof. but it was not looking good.
all of a sudden it hit me, right there in the room. the friday night before peak, one of the car washers had handed me a wad of money and cod tags that the helper had brought in earlier in the evening. said he had forgotten to give them to me and found then as his mother was washing his clothes. at the time, gave it no thought at all.
bottom line, the damage to my reputation had been done. there is no way to unring a bell. but it is up to the responsible parties to handle this matter in an adult way.
in my case, it was done by an lp guy that took inaccurate statements (after the fact we found out that the statement had been altered to fit the lp guys "proof") and that he had promised to see to it that the helper would get on at ups (which was a lie as well).
i would suspect that this was in retaliation to a situation where i discovered an overlabling ring out of atlanta's overgoods department that was sending packages to stops on my area.
brought two suspect deliveries to him, and without lifting a finger, instructed me to deliver them. two days later i brought him another one. he told me to deliver it as well, to which i replied if he wanted it delivered, to deliver it himself (it was a large case of shotgun shells)
that next monday they had me deliver it while the sheriffs department taped it. i ended up getting a small reward and an article in the regional "big idea", and made him look bad.
So tie, as you can see by my experience, my faith in the information that lp has gathered is always suspect. while some i have met are sincere and good folk, many are scumbags not worth the ground they stand on, interested only in justifying their jobs, regardless of what they ruin in the mean time.
and that also explains why i ended up as a shop steward. i was blessed to get my job back. i promised myself i would never allow ups or some of its misbegotten children to railroad another person like they did me.
sorry for the length of the post, but hard to keep it short when dealing with things like this.
d
. -Rocky
their way from pay check to pay check.
