1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
That's why I get annoyed when the drivers leave the locker room door open with the thermostat set at 67. We have some temporary trailered in buildings inside the center.
A/C Petition
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retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
I had a CPU for a number of years at Compaq Computer. I picked up at one of their warehouses on their huge campus. Their buildings were easily as big as some of our hubs, and every building was air conditioned/heated 24/7. I couldn't even imagine how much money it costs to cool a bunch of buildings that big.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
Lets see all that covered with solar and wind power!
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
No stopping at all. Just DR fling it and keep going.
Faceplanted
Well-Known Member
I work in one of the most hostile environments in the usa. Humid and hot as hell with afternoon thunderstorms that make it even more humid.
Ups won't give us ac, from their perspective or will make us slower and imho they are right. So what do I do? When I feel any type of heat illness coming, I send a msg let them know I will be shutting it down for a few min to get shade and cool down. Your personal safety is #1. You have all right when feeling heat illness coming to notify your management team what is going on and what you will be doing. Disciplin for "stealing" time will not stick if it's not a daily occurrence and as you send an ods message. There are 2/3 days per year I have to shut it down and take a little break in ac or in the shade after I have no more meal left. I have done the same with severe thunderstorms. I would love to see a case like that get dead locked and end up jefore a judge. Ups has no case.
Ups won't give us ac, from their perspective or will make us slower and imho they are right. So what do I do? When I feel any type of heat illness coming, I send a msg let them know I will be shutting it down for a few min to get shade and cool down. Your personal safety is #1. You have all right when feeling heat illness coming to notify your management team what is going on and what you will be doing. Disciplin for "stealing" time will not stick if it's not a daily occurrence and as you send an ods message. There are 2/3 days per year I have to shut it down and take a little break in ac or in the shade after I have no more meal left. I have done the same with severe thunderstorms. I would love to see a case like that get dead locked and end up jefore a judge. Ups has no case.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
Think I got my prototype finished.....
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
East L.A.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
I know companies like Apple have buildings with thousands upon thousands of servers for cloud computing. A large amount of the energy they use up is just from the air conditioning. Those servers can get really hot and they can't afford to have them overheat and burn up.
At my old job they had a good sized server room for the company and it was hidden deep inside the building. The maintenance guy and I were doing landscaping all day and he said lets take a break, just don't tell anyone where we are going. Walked right in the server room and it had to be 60 degrees. Felt like heaven. He made me promise not to share his hiding spot, because nobody would think to look for him there!
Yeah lets let a communist make the decision for me. That way I can wait 5 years for something I want and hope they ordered enough food so I can eat today.
no YOU the worker should be deciding LOL
Big brown garbage machine
New Member
Forward to all employees
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Foamer Pyle
Well-Known Member
What I find funny is, UPS claims that A/C would not be efficient in our cars because we leave the doors open. Well don't you think if we had A/C the doors would be closed? Has anyone ever stepped into a FedX package car with air? I have, and I can tell you that even 78 degrees feels better than 95 with 90% humidity. The simple truth is that they don't want the added expense of A/C, even if a few employees die or are sent to the ER.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
The simple truth of the matter is that the company is right-----A/C would not be efficient in our pkg cars.
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Keeping your doors closed if you had a/c will not help unless you are a country driver with 5 miles between stops.
If you only drive a minute or two between stops, the a/c would not cool the truck down at all.
When you get out to deliver the package, even if you closed the door behind you, the 90 degree heat and the sun would instantly heat the cab back up.
The only advantage to a/c would be blowing cool air on you when driving between stops.
While that may feel good, it will do nothing to cool the truck down.
FedEx trucks are cool because they keep them running, even when they make the delivery.
If UPS let us keep the truck running all the time, a/c may help. But that will never happen.
Foamer Pyle
Well-Known Member
I deliver in the city, and the Fedx trucks I am talking about are not FEDX ground, they are the air trucks that are the same design as ours. The air drivers do not leave their cars running so I believe you are wrong. I have stepped foot in a FedX cab a few times in mid summer, and it feels cool to me. Having cold air blow on me all day long would be a great improvement from our current situation.
Foamer Pyle
Well-Known Member
So why don't we take the heaters out too?
