Anyone dealing with extreme weather yet?
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stephieclion
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I am sure it is not fun, especially when you have way more stops than normal!!
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Not when you have a tendency to get stuck going downhill on dry pavement.
stephieclion
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If you were mormon.... god would have gotten you out of that situation....just sayin
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
Yeah! Brownslave. You should convert. Then the next time you get stuck going downhill on dry pavement, God will help you get unstuck. Lol.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
To convert you have to be something first right?
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
You're asking the wrong person.
watdaflock?
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Gatlinburg is the hot spot to be at the moment.
oldupsman
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In my 32 years in package I had a total of 6 snow days. And this was Pennsylvania. I remember more than once being out
in weather that was just plain dangerous.
stephieclion
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I believe snow days are probably less common in areas that actually get snow.
Six in PA? You must have worked in south PA. HARPA?
Hell, in my 34 years in PA I only remember one they told us to stay home and a bunch of others they called our pickups late in the afternoon and told us to come in.
Didn't help me, because I was on rural routes with no pickups in the afternoon.
oldupsman
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Eastern Pa. between Philly and Allentown. Happened later in my career than earlier. We had a district manager
in the 90's that had been a driver and actually showed some common sense when it came to bad weather.
rod
Retired 22 years
I loved delivering in the snow if it was about 20 or 30 degrees out--especially at night---seriously. It was quiet and if you had a chance you could spin some donuts. I didn't like delivering in 20 below zero weather though---that wasn't any fun.
rod
Retired 22 years
I can recall only 2 "snow days" in 30 years here and that was only because the State Patrol closed the highways coming out of Mpls so the feeders couldn't get to us. If they could get the packages to us ----we went out. We were NEVER shut down for "cold" weather. One night it got down to 52 BELOW with the high the next day of 32 BELOW --- we worked ( and needless to say we let the trucks run ALL day long). We were all issued 3 cans of HEET per truck to add to the gas that day. Normally we got one can on a winter day. That week the HIGH temperature for the whole week was 12 below.
clean hairy
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It will be.
The Company has on order for bad weather from snow storms a fleet of sleighs and reindeer whereby drivers can still deliver!
clean hairy
Well-Known Member
If a person got employment driving a plow to clear the white stuff, would that persons boss be giving them a snow job?
Farther north and west than you. The only time I remember being told to stay home for snow was one time my first year, I was covering porter and the hub shut the system down after I had already started work. Eight hours of looking for something to do.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
We've had extremely nice weather here in WI.
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