Anybody carry a blade?

[olroadbeech]

on a serious note.

there are many everyday items that you can bring to work that can be used for a defensive weapon.

you gotta a google machine.....look it up.

 

[oldngray]

If I had a hammer ...

 

[clean hairy]

If I had a hammer ...

Peter, Paul and Mary 1962.
Sorry for the double post but did not see this one when I came back here...

 

[clean hairy]

If I had a hammer ...

Peter, Paul, and Mary 1962 is the version I remember best.

 

[sailfish]

Just get a nice little pen knife.

 

[Shift Inhibit]

@rod used to carry a flintlock rifle with bayonet while working

 

[Indecisi0n]

I wouldn’t drop a bar of soap in the locker room....

Live a little ...

 

[watdaflock?]

So, at my building we had a span about a year or so ago that we were told knives would no longer be allowed to come into work. I haven’t heard anything since. Maybe it was the flavor of the month. On to my question

what is the official ups and teamster policy on a 3.25ish inch folding knife? I cannot find any real info in writing.

also, for those who carry a blade, what do you prefer and why?

Why do you need a knife at work?

 

[watdaflock?]

Funny, fedx can carry. Oh wait, they're not unionized. Maybe the management can ride with the drivers in the hood after dark and show us how to take command of situations.View attachment 317508

Hopefully more UPSers quit and join Fed Ex, if carrying is so important to them.

 

[sailfish]

Why do you need a knife at work?

 

[EverybodyLovesMike]

So, at my building we had a span about a year or so ago that we were told knives would no longer be allowed to come into work. I haven’t heard anything since. Maybe it was the flavor of the month. On to my question

what is the official ups and teamster policy on a 3.25ish inch folding knife? I cannot find any real info in writing.

also, for those who carry a blade, what do you prefer and why?

I have a 3.5 incher. Nobody says anything

 

[Boywondr]

Hopefully more UPSers quit and join Fed Ex, if carrying is so important to them.

Ignorance is bliss. Carrying is only as important as surviving in some areas. Hopefully more upsers will refuse to deliver after dark in war zones and that would be important to their families. SMH

 

[Boywondr]

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Why use romex where thhn is already installed?

 

[sailfish]

Why use romex where thhn is already installed?

I don't know what you mean. Adding a new circuit to an existing panel requires a new wire run.

 

[Boywondr]

I don't know what you mean. Adding a new circuit to an existing panel requires a new wire run.

It's just the type of wire. Looks like #12 Romex and the contactors have thhn wire running to them. It's not a big deal just normally use emt conduit or fmc not Romex wire for commercial installs.

 

[sailfish]

It's just the type of wire. Looks like #12 Romex and the contactors have thhn wire running to them. It's not a big deal just normally use emt conduit or fmc not Romex wire.

I know what THHN is. That's what most Romex has in it now anyway. It's just a residential subpanel. The single 12-2 was all I put in. That understripped, spaghetti dogsh* in the back was all existing and it was all NM.

 

[Boywondr]

I know what THHN is. That's what most Romex has in it now anyway. It's just a residential subpanel. The single 12-2 was all I put in. That understripped, spaghetti dogsh* in the back was all existing and it was all NM.

I see. Most thhn isn't as rigid as romex.. i like it a lot better for contactors and microswitches but romex is often faster.

 

[sailfish]

I see. Most thhn isn't as rigid as romex.. i like it a lot better for contactors and microswitches but romex is often faster.

Stranded makes life easier on long pulls and bends but I hate terminating it. I'd never run Romex in a commercial setting though. Raceways or MC only.

 

[PASinterference]

Why do you need a knife at work?

Stubborn shoelaces

 

[quad decade guy]

We pretty much had to carry a knife when we had to cut COD tags off packages. Wasn't a problem. Just a tool. Not a weapon. When the policy changed most people still had knives but didn't openly display them as much. Although there were still a lot on belts.

As an old hand, you remember the silver slide clips(tools) that held paper records to the clipboard. It had a pretty sharp edge to it and cut cod tags nicely and those perforated NDA "labels"(before bar codes). We carried a 9 iron on the sleeper and had BIG knives all over the place. Especially when Covid first started. And had a briefed plan if attacked by mobs or Californians....or any blue state. New Mexico was particularly weird.