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Buddy retired 5 years after his retirement date.
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<blockquote data-quote="Shiftless" data-source="post: 4106119" data-attributes="member: 47472"><p>I have seen so many drivers do this thru my years it just boggles the mind.</p><p></p><p>Lucky for me I met a long time driver about to retire who taught me one heck of a lesson! It's mid 1976 I am a punk <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> kid learning the do's and don'ts and this driver was really one heck of a driver and company spokesman. I did his route for 6 months after he retired and I would get asked daily "hey driver where's Harry" and I would have to tell them he retired and they would all say the same thing "he really did it huh?". This was one well liked driver!!!!</p><p></p><p>Sad thing was he died after 6 months of retirement sitting and drinking beer on the couch as he had promised! At 65 and 6 months of age! UPS was all he knew and he was loved BIG TIME by people on his route! Such a spokesman for the company! Such a mentor for me! He was my first introduction into WAD (work as directed) and "don't be a slacker" he would say. Meaning give more than a 100 %, treat your customers right, yet work as directed so they cant fire you! Seems simple to say and for the young guns of today probably tough to understand I'm guessing.</p><p></p><p>It taught me? I didn't want to be that old guy clinging on to something that was blinding himself on the real meaning of life! Life is to be lived, not be run over by it! Prepare to retire NOW!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiftless, post: 4106119, member: 47472"] I have seen so many drivers do this thru my years it just boggles the mind. Lucky for me I met a long time driver about to retire who taught me one heck of a lesson! It's mid 1976 I am a punk :censored: kid learning the do's and don'ts and this driver was really one heck of a driver and company spokesman. I did his route for 6 months after he retired and I would get asked daily "hey driver where's Harry" and I would have to tell them he retired and they would all say the same thing "he really did it huh?". This was one well liked driver!!!! Sad thing was he died after 6 months of retirement sitting and drinking beer on the couch as he had promised! At 65 and 6 months of age! UPS was all he knew and he was loved BIG TIME by people on his route! Such a spokesman for the company! Such a mentor for me! He was my first introduction into WAD (work as directed) and "don't be a slacker" he would say. Meaning give more than a 100 %, treat your customers right, yet work as directed so they cant fire you! Seems simple to say and for the young guns of today probably tough to understand I'm guessing. It taught me? I didn't want to be that old guy clinging on to something that was blinding himself on the real meaning of life! Life is to be lived, not be run over by it! Prepare to retire NOW! [/QUOTE]
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