UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
...or switched seats with him...
70 hours
- Thread starter Brown Biscuit
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...or switched seats with him...
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Which one am I?
Whither
Scofflaw
And further break down our already lackluster DOT-regulated working conditions? No thanks shop boy.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Don't care. No way I am sitting in the jump seat with an idiot behind the wheel.
UPSER1987
Well-Known Member
I agree. I’m very cautious of maroons too.
Whither
Scofflaw
Yup. So, if the driver won't oblige a request to drive safely, you jump ship and call the center for a ride. You don't disregard DOT hours.
Get out and walk. You don't want that kind of DOT violation.
I would have call my sup right off the bat, I wouldn't have sat in the passenger seat all day.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Screw that noise.
That's not a minor DOT infraction.
Come on , you know better than this.
What would happen if you got a pedestrian in the crosswalk being way over your DOT hours?
You would be toast.
UPSER1987
Well-Known Member
That mentality weakens your credibility. Got to follow the rules. Simply exiting the package car keeps you out of harms way.
80 hours next week..
The Driver
I drive.
Paid at straight time, of course
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
He never was much for the rules.
DumbTruckDriver
Allergic to cardboard.
My boss said I can Uber out some extra volume after 80. Just have to clock into one of those phones under an assumed name.
MECH-lift
Union Brother ✊🧔 RPCD
80 hours? I’m just getting warmed up ...give me 100 hours
Whither
Scofflaw
I think I've finally gotten clear info. Neither the Central supp nor our local rider protect us here against a forced 6th punch. Exhausting and/or having less than 8 DOT hours doesn't protect us against getting assigned the jump seat.
More power to the drivers eager for a 6th punch. To me the money isn't worth the lost time off, the increased risks of injury and accident, the hazard to the public. My immediate plan the rest of peak is simple: double down on the methods.
While the company obviously doesn't mind that much paying us boatloads of OT, seems they never stop caring about production numbers haha. Talked with a driver in my loop who was called into the office Fri re: production. I won't absolutely lay down, but if I have to look forward to driving right at 60 M-friend then spending my S jumping, and a gracious 1 day off to 'recover' from the extra-strenuous week, then starting M I adopt a 70-plus hr pace.
I say we start getting the word out re: insisting on legitimate protections against unwanted OT, even during god-blasted peak, for 2023.
MECH-lift
Union Brother ✊🧔 RPCD
I got lucky , they didn’t want me to be a helper for 8 hrs double time... DEMAND YOUR 8 on Saturday they will think twice before bringing you in.
Whither
Scofflaw
Better: he never let the rules get in the way of his loyalty to the company.
