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Originally Posted by soberups  I had an incident today that, after I thought about it, made me grateful for the GPS and DIAD software that can follow my every move.
I was at a residential stop with a signiature required package. I rang the bell and the door was answered....by a girl wearing nothing but her underwear and a bra. She was probably 12 or 13 years old, and she had a couple of friends at home with her who were standing in the hallway watching, giggling and laughing. School was out yesterday, and it was a case of 3 teenage girls at home playing a joke on the UPS guy. It was probably a dare or a silly juvenile prank, they were just trying to embarrass me. Had she been an adult, I might even have enjoyed it...but I have a daughter about that age and I felt sad and a bit embarrassed for her.
Well, I got the signature and got the hell away from there. I didnt react, I didnt say anything to them and I didnt go inside. As I continued my route, I was grateful for the GPS in my DIAD. Had this incident resulted in any sort of false accusation of inapropriate behavior on my part, the GPS would be able to prove that I was at the house for less than 2 minutes, and that I left immediately and continued working. There would be a record of 15 deliveries in that neighborhood over a 25 minute period. I had a computerized, tamper-proof alibi. I know it sounds paranoid, but we live in a YouTube world and you never know when some teenager with a cellphone is going to play a prank on you and post it. As a husband and a father of a teenage girl, I am glad to be able to show that I didnt participate or do anything inappropriate. |
Things are pretty sad and crazy these days.
As others have said, it wouldn't have been a bad idea to call in as CYA.
Just as GPS alone can't be used to fire you, I've yet to hear of GPS to be used in court. It's likely that it wouldn't be able to defend you when one of her friends go home and tell their parents or when they come across the the video on You Tube after somebody mentions it at the PTA meeting.
GPS is still highly flakey, especially when you made 15 deliveries in the same neighborhood.
Have you not had the DIAD tell you that you're delivering to the wrong address when you know you can see the street numbers and know you are in the right spot because you have been delivering there for years?
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"Just let it all Hang out" LOL 
