rod
Retired 22 years
Hey---that is about the only fun we have during this pandemic.
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rod
Retired 22 years
I'm sure he will eat those words eventually-------------if he is lucky.
quad decade guy
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This is against our District policy. It was decreed on the same day(memo) as not parking on hub dock doors with the lights on(feeder coupled )(as this caused a fire, as there is so much debris around the dock area). News flash....clean up the dock areas(bumpers). Never gonna happen. If you don't think those old incandescent trailer lights get that hot...they do. Have seen them melt right through the plastic.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
Max it out brother, the robots are coming for our jobs.
SaladTosser
Kill me now
Shifting is so boring.
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
The worst.
I'm no fan, but some guys seem to like it. I know a couple senior guys who could take any route/ schedule they want and yet they stay on shifting jobs. And then there's balmd, where half the guys shifting can't go on road because they got a dui....
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
I’m not going to say all shifters, but I would venture to guess part of the drivers that just stay on shifting are afraid to go on the road. Whether it be weather conditions in the winter or they just aren’t comfortable driving on the road. I know of one or two drivers that could have basically any job they want, and what I said plays a factor in them staying on shift jobs.
I don't blame'em, driving got old sometimes especially the longer runs. My last few years I stayed local and it definitely crossed my mind to take a shifting job for the fall bid just to get off the road.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
I liked shifting but it wasnt my full time bid. Did it for a week at a time on relief or during peak periods they would ask.
wouldnt like it year round. but's it's nice for a change of pace.
wouldnt like it year round. but's it's nice for a change of pace.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
i would make work. straighten out the yard, wash trailers,etc. but only if well rested. otherwise cat nap in the shade.
A friend described it perfectly: "Time stops when you're in a shifter".
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
IMO the only tolerable days to shift is sunny and 70 without a cloud in the sky. And even that gets old after a day or two. No thanks.
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
Nothing worse than aiming for lines on the ground that you can’t see because of blinding rain.
Even better when they got that spotlight next to the bay door aimed directly at your mirror...
No kidding! I think it's about 3,000 watts...
Siveriano
Well-Known Member
I dont really get bored doing shifting, got my phone + unlimited data.
I only do it all 14 hours on my first day where i have to put the extensions in and everything but the hub dies after 2am or so then is netflix time.
I took the job because i wanted to do OT and the starting time is just perfect for it.
I only do it all 14 hours on my first day where i have to put the extensions in and everything but the hub dies after 2am or so then is netflix time.
I took the job because i wanted to do OT and the starting time is just perfect for it.
robot
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Helps keep those trailers warmer on those 100+ degree days
