Your most embarrasing or funny moment while on the job.

Brown Dog · 01-13-2008, 05:05 AM

delivering in the dark and cold, park the truck to make two deliveries, one on each side of the street, open drivers door take both pkgs, deliver hse on left side of street than house on right side of street, then proceed to jump back in truck from passenger side only to realize passenger door was closed. roll backwards on ground, get up, walk slowly back to truck OPEN passenger door, get in and try to remember lesson learned

govols019 · 01-13-2008, 08:03 PM

I would have paid good money to have seen that.

IWorkAsDirected · 01-13-2008, 08:19 PM

When delivering to a local pro shop of one of our many golf courses, I had a heavy packages and held it between me and the outside of the building while I opened the door. Well the bottom opened up and out came golf balls rolling and bouncing all over the place down the sidewalk all over the parking lot. People running after them helping me round them up. It was a pretty good-sized box probably at least 150 balls loose in it. Range balls I would assume since they weren't packaged.

IWorkAsDirected · 01-13-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Brown Dog

delivering in the dark and cold, park the truck to make two deliveries, one on each side of the street, open drivers door take both pkgs, deliver hse on left side of street than house on right side of street, then proceed to jump back in truck from passenger side only to realize passenger door was closed. roll backwards on ground, get up, walk slowly back to truck OPEN passenger door, get in and try to remember lesson learned

roflmaf

Tony31yrs · 01-14-2008, 09:11 AM

When we first got the diads, I was walking back from a suburban residential delivery and as I walked back to the car while punching in info with my head down, I was cold-cocked by a horizontal branch that was about 5'9" above the ground (I'm 5'11"). It was like someone hit me across the forehead with a bat. I went down like I was shot, but bounced up quick as I went down before anyone saw me. When I got back to the car, I went into the back to clear my head and swear like crazy. I had a bump for days.

freeloader · 01-17-2008, 09:10 AM

This is more of a practical joke...

When I was a small sorter we had to carry around tote boxes quite a bit. There was a damaged box with bottles of hand lotion in it. So we secretly smeared some of the lotion on the outside of a tote box. The next guy who picked up the tote box got hand lotion smeared all over the front of his pants. We all got a good laugh out of it.

55andout? · 01-19-2008, 08:32 PM

Years ago while making a pickup I took a world class slip and fall on the ice and split my pants. It was a cold day and it got even colder with my jacket wrapped around my waist.

tunemixer · 01-20-2008, 02:43 PM

I was delivering a NDA letter to a guy who had been laid off from IBM. I grabbed the storm door handle with the hand that had the letter in it. I let go of the letter and it fell straight down between the house and the steps.At that very moment the guy opened the front door and there I was empty handed. The steps were made of cement so we couldn't move the steps.The crack between the house and the steps couldn't have been more than a half an inch.The odds of that ever happening were so low I prbably had better odds of getting struck by lightening. I had to call the center and tell my manager what happened. He told me to continue on my route. I later found out it was a job offer. They had to track the letter and have the shipper fax the documents to the center and they brought them back the the receiver.That letter is probably still under those steps.

longlunchguy · 01-20-2008, 03:51 PM

When I was a rookie I covered the route on the beach... tons of condos. By thursday I thought I had the route dialed in a little bit and feeling good about myself I strolled into an elevator twirling my keys. I promptly dropped said keys and watched as they fell through that little gap between the elevator floor and the edge of the building. That was the day I became longlunchguy!

MitEman · 01-20-2008, 07:53 PM

I was filling in on an in-town bulk commercial route on a very hot, humid summer day. I made an afternoon delivery at a Doctor's office that was crowded with patients. The air conditioning felt great. So I decided to get a cool drink from the water fountain. I bent over the fountain, and pushed the button, anxiously awaiting the cold water. The water came out so forcibly, that my entire face was covered with water. It came out so strong that the water even went up my nose. I started coughing, and I cut a very LOUD fart. All of the patients were in hysterics, I mustered what little dignity I had, shrugged my shoulders, and listened to the roar of laughter out the door.

Docparcel79 · 01-21-2008, 08:08 AM

I was delivering in a cul-de-sac neighborhood finishing up my last 5 stops. Previsouly I had just got done doing PUS. I put the safety chain on the back of the truck at the last PU. Back to delivering I went into the back to retrive the package and I happaned to slip on a long titaium roll I had picked up, I rocked the truck , and there goes the bulk head door slamming shut!! Mind you I'm in one of the oldest UPS trucks we get, the one's that lock without being able to open from the back!!! I was with out my cell phone and DIAD(in the cab) NO WAY TO GET OUT. I was locked in the back for an 1 1/2 hour in the middle of the summer. Thank god that a women was walking by with her pooch and heard me screeming in front of her house. She called the 1 800 number and sure enough a sup came out and unlocked me. I was the laughin stock for sometime

old brown shoe · 01-21-2008, 08:52 PM

There have been so many over the years but one of my favorites. We use to load our own trucks and we had a guy that would pick up any piece of pipe, hose or anything like that and try to do his famous elk bugle in it. So one day we took a radiator hose and smeared old black grease inside of it and let it go down the belt. Sure enough he picked it up and blew threw it. Everyone was gut rolling the rest of the sort and he could not figure out what was so funny. The best part was when he got in his truck and left and had this big black ring around his mouth. Not sure how long before one of his customers asked him about it. After that we never herd a elk bugle on the sort again. Guess it's not my most embarrassing moment but maybe his.

doctor brown 688 · 01-23-2008, 08:16 AM

Was running a split car mid July helping 3 or 4 drivers in the same general area.Guy gives me this stop and at the time remember thinking to myself you'll be closer to this than me,but took the stop anyway.
I get there and the lady comes to the door butt naked...............
she's about 80...................................and you guessed it signature required. Kinda like a car wreck ,you gotta look! I saw the driver later that night and told him thanks for giving me such a wonderful stop,he laughed and teased me for weeks.Apparently this is normal behavior when you live in the middle of no where,he had found this out the hard way also.

jds4lunch · 01-25-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by longlunchguy

When I was a rookie I covered the route on the beach... tons of condos. By thursday I thought I had the route dialed in a little bit and feeling good about myself I strolled into an elevator twirling my keys. I promptly dropped said keys and watched as they fell through that little gap between the elevator floor and the edge of the building. That was the day I became longlunchguy!

My buddy did the same thing with his cell phone.

My most embarrassing moment probably would have to be last summer when I was picking up at a seed plant just outside of the city. They had just re-gravelled the parking lot and the gravel was still pretty loose. Well, me being in a bit of a hurry, jumped out of the package car, and went to walk around the front of the car, when all of a sudden the gravel gave way which sent me falling shoulder first into the front bumper.

longlunchguy · 01-25-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Docparcel79

I was delivering in a cul-de-sac neighborhood finishing up my last 5 stops. Previsouly I had just got done doing PUS. I put the safety chain on the back of the truck at the last PU. Back to delivering I went into the back to retrive the package and I happaned to slip on a long titaium roll I had picked up, I rocked the truck , and there goes the bulk head door slamming shut!! Mind you I'm in one of the oldest UPS trucks we get, the one's that lock without being able to open from the back!!! I was with out my cell phone and DIAD(in the cab) NO WAY TO GET OUT. I was locked in the back for an 1 1/2 hour in the middle of the summer. Thank god that a women was walking by with her pooch and heard me screeming in front of her house. She called the 1 800 number and sure enough a sup came out and unlocked me. I was the laughin stock for sometime

Thank goodness you weren't injured from the heat.............. but since you weren't hurt

:laugh ing:

PassYouBy · 01-27-2008, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Brown Dog

delivering in the dark and cold, park the truck to make two deliveries, one on each side of the street, open drivers door take both pkgs, deliver hse on left side of street than house on right side of street, then proceed to jump back in truck from passenger side only to realize passenger door was closed. roll backwards on ground, get up, walk slowly back to truck OPEN passenger door, get in and try to remember lesson learned

Been there, done that!

ol'browneye · 02-02-2008, 09:23 AM

I have split my pants a few times -one time so bad I called the center and they brought me out another pair. I guess that's what happens when you are squatting and lifting properly?! I have also been locked in a pkg car. My first route,probably my first year. Parked the P500 on a slant at side of the road in a resi area. At the time our trucks had the bulkhead door chain that latched at the top. I turned the key and pulled down on the chain and flung the door open then stepped through the bulkhead door. Well since I was parked on such a slant, the door didn't make it all the way to latch open and it slid back shut with me inside. I could lift the latch that the key operates but this truck had no small hole in the door to pull the chain down from the inside! It was summer and it was hot. I started hollering and beating on the bulkhead door hoping someone would hear me. luckily the customer had seen me pull up and had come outside. I had to tell her, "Please pull that chain down so I can get out!" She did and I emerged with her pkg and a very red face.

0759THazMat02 · 02-09-2008, 12:37 AM

this was on seriously embarrasing but funny moment. 2 years ago during the summer it was 120 plus degrees outside with an easy 150 plus degrees in the trailers. I was loading a heavy truck with only a gallon jug of water to keep me from dropping like a fly... unfortantly it didn't work. after 2 hours of loading my butt off and the gallon of water gone i told my sup that i wasn't feeling good, I walked in the break room and collapsed on one of the benches and started trembling like an epoleptic having a seizure. After 20 minutes the loader that was covering for me walked in the break room and saw me in my little shaking episode got the sup, who then got the full time sup, who then radio'd the hub manager. When the call went over the radio, the hub manager was in a meeting with the division manager, so of course the division manager ran in the break room. after about 20 minutes of trying to get me cooled down and being force fed water like a baby not drinking their milk, i finally made the decision to have an ambulance called. While we were waiting for the ambulance, I could feel myself slipping out of consiousness... that is until i got slapped in the face by the DM. The funny part of this story was when the EMTs were loading me on the "cot" (sit-up gurney), the hub manager joked arpund asking me if I was ready to return to work. While trying to breathe normal, I replied "If I had the strength to flip you off, I would." The paramedics, EMTs, cops and the bosses all had a good laugh, and the DM decided to help me out, he took my hand and helped me flip off the hub manager. the embarrising part of this story was looking around I saw the whole belt watching me being rolled out of the door on the belt and into the ambulance. I come back two days later, and I'm being asked about every little rumor that flew around the building.

fredly00 · 02-10-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jds4lunch

...Well, me being in a bit of a hurry, jumped out of the package car, and went to walk around the front of the car, when all of a sudden the gravel gave way which sent me falling shoulder first into the front bumper.

I Had a similar experience, they had just changed me from a P1000 to I think a P700 or something, except the 700 had a wider bumper than the body, I walked(at a brisk pace)
around the front corner of the truck and caught my thigh on the bumper, just about
floored me, I had a charlie horse for the next week on the leg. When I got back to the center
I looked at the other vehicles that were the same size, and it seemed that they put a P1000
bumper on this smaller car.. I was fuming.

CBUK · 02-12-2008, 01:04 PM

Had a Tub of Tile Adhesive to deliver to a construction site. Only found out when I tried to pick it up off the shelf that the bottom was split and it was stuck fast to the Package Car.

Needless to say the guy refused it. Didn't have much choice really.

I then discover that the package next to it is also stuck to the shelf. When I got to the address for that one the customer had to get in the back of the van and remove his goods from the box.

He thought it was hilarious and it took some cleaning to get that shelf clean!