dhl america is history.

[moreluck]

I always said we should be able to freeze-dry teenagers and just add water at age 26 to bring them back.

[DS]

My wife's boy is doing pretty well.He's going to college and paying for it by working at applebees as a waiter.He just turned 22 and he's pretty responsible,we are helping by letting him stay here rent free.And although his taste in music leans to hip hop,he also likes Michael Buble'.He's had the same girlfriend for 3 years,and she makes sure his pants are pulled up.ok..back to the original topic...
I hope DHL goes tits up in the USA,then maybe the layoffs will stop when we get all thier business.Theres no place for the German post office in America.

[rod]

The current generation as it pretty good. When I was 19 I was drafted and ended up sitting behind a 50 cal. on an armored personel carrier ( another usless war- remember the "domino theory?)

[RockyRogue]

Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer

I am always tempted to walk up behind him and grab his jeans and pull them up to where they are supposed to go, not halfway down his ass. He turns 21 May 3rd and doesn't have a clue, which means he is just like everyone else his age.

My brothers wear their pants like that. I softly snarled in one's ear last summer that if he didn't pull his D*&M pants up, I'd put my UPS boot up his derriere! Guess what? The pants stopped hanging down QUITE so far. No, I don't advocate violence but with some teens....in their face is all they understand!

Originally Posted by dannyboy

Not all teens are that way. But a lot are.

THANK YOU, Danny....I was 18 not all that long ago but I NEVER wore my pants like most of them do today.

Originally Posted by dannyboy

REsponsibility they know not much about. Accountability much less. But they really know each and every word to the hip hop they listen to, and the most intimate details in the artists life.

Ouch. That ones true. I can hold my head high and say, "I paid for that car, that car's insurance, its gas and maintenance AND put myself through college while working part-time for Big Brown." How many young people can say that today? Very sad...

Originally Posted by dannyboy

When they grow up and find out that the very people they were trying to impress are not worth the time of day, things change.

Well said. That point is coming for some of them. For others, they somehow manage to keep up the partying, frat boy antics and other such behavior until close to their 30's. I don't associate with many of those but I still hear about them every now and then.

Originally Posted by rod

The current generation as it pretty good.

Yeah, some of us know this. The others are fooling themselves if they don't. As a student of history, I'm very well aware of this point. A shame more of my peers aren't. They'd make great discussion partners if they were....-Rocky

[filthpig]

Originally Posted by BLACKBOX

Until we see credible reports of DHL going away and FDX having problems I wouldn't take what "upper management" is telling you. As far as I'm concerned they (FDX) maybe telling their employees the same about us. Besides with this down economy who is making any profit??

We are.

[trplnkl]

Originally Posted by moreluck

I always said we should be able to freeze-dry teenagers and just add water at age 26 to bring them back.

I always said we should be able to kill them with no punishment, or at least make them think we could.

[moodaddy247]

Originally Posted by mikestrek

Here in California, The Fed-Ex guys are pissed. Sense the lawsuit fed-ex has been treating them like crap. and now there telling the drivers that fed-ex can and will treat the drivers as "CONTRACTORS" . There telling drivers that they can't just own one route. If they own just one route there an employee, If they own two routs they are a "CONTARACTOR" WITH NO OVERTIME PAY OR BENIFITS. All drivers with one route have to purchase another route or leave the company.

You're aware of the $ 319 M fine that was levied against the company from the IRS for the year 2002.. right?
Like someone else posted....the hen house is gonna get crowded

[UpstateNYUPSer]

Trplnkl, fear is a wonderful tool.

[coldworld]

Originally Posted by moodaddy247

You're aware of the $ 319 M fine that was levied against the company from the IRS for the year 2002.. right?
Like someone else posted....the hen house is gonna get crowded

Thats just for that one year, the irs is looking into 03, 04, 05, 06, 07.....you can see where this is going, right. They have lots of debt right now. I have heard that both fedex and ups were recently looking to purchase dhl, but decided that when they went under that it wouldnt do any good to have the bldgs and trucks, and the customers would come to us anyway. Some say that dhl isnt going anywhere, but they cant continue to loose money....german post office or not. How many times have they said that the following year will be profitable, but it doesnt happen.

[filthpig]

Originally Posted by dragracer66

Thank's Helen.....like a idiot I'm sitting here trying to make sense out of that mess. And these people are out on the street doing sales leads???? WOW!!!!

Amen! Preach. Please learn to communicate!

[filthpig]

Originally Posted by big_arrow_up

"Hip Hop Culture" has brought the most ridiculous looking fads and ignorant sounding language the Earth has ever known. LOL!

Thank god someone said it.

[brownmonster]

You sound like your dad complaining about your loud Black Sabbath and AC/DC music and bell bottoms and long hair. My son still likes the Hip Hop crap but my daughters have graduated to country and some of the oldies.

[BrownSuit]

As far as all the "rumors" . . .

Whoever purchases DHL would be bound by their contracts with customers for X length of time until they could send notice to have them canceled.

Not sure what that would be for DHL, but for UPS I believe it's around 30 days.

That means that they would be stuck sending ground packages for $3 and air packages for like $9 for a lot of these people. That's a bit of an exaggeration, but I think you get the idea. For at least a month, imagine the amount of money that would be lost.

That combined with a faulty infrastructure (DHL owns very little these days, most is owned by "resellers" and "operators") it's not as attractive as everybody makes it out to sound.

Both FedEx and UPS are better off avoiding it like the plague and getting more money from customers they get back and from not having to offer cut-rate deals to keep customers from going to DHL or get them back.

[moreluck]

My granddaughters (12 & 13) know every word to Bobby Darin's Splish Splash because when they are in the car with me, we all do a sing along with grandma's music. Working on the Beach Boys tunes too. It WILL sink in eventually.

I'll bet they are glad they don't live closer to me.

[brownmonster]

As long as they don't have you singing Mariah carey's "Touch My Body" out in public.

[Wild Bill P]

Fed Ex Drivers should have voted to get into the Teamsters. With the price of fuel going up, they will all be out of business soon. The main company will milk them dry.

[Leftinbuilding]

Can't speak for Fedex, but all UPS is interested in are DHL's international air lanes. The rest would be disposed of asap. At least thats what I was told by mgmnt.

[feeder53]

Never underestimate your adversary........Part of a good defense is to put out false signals.....

[Forty6and2]

an aquaintance of mine (who i see at my wifes friends parties) works in operations at DHL. i asked her about this and she told me what she knew. she said that they had made some layoffs but not in operations and not any of the drivers. she said they would never lay off drivers because they are independent contractors. she also told me that there were some talks about giving their ground volume to fed ex- but the it didn't work out because the talks fell through.
sorry i wish i could be more help on this thread but i have forgotten exactly which subject of DHL she said they laid off this year. she said they laid off in operations last year, but it was a different position this year.

[filthpig]

The DHL chick on my rt. quit because she said they were going out. Her replacement is a real piece of work. He's one of those kids who is apparently allergic to clothes that fit. Talks like "Mushmouth" on Fat Albert. A real moron and looks like a thug.