But He’s Right Though....

[Sol Rosenburg]

That's just a rookie mistake. He must not have known those things are always recording.

 

[Route 66]

That's just a rookie mistake. He must not have known those things are always recording.

Nah, I say he DID probably know, and at that point in his state of serious pisstoffness just plain DGAF...

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

LOFL. Where's the helper for the over 70#? Probably should have just left it on the truck. Good stuff. At least he didn't set it on fire and leave it at the door. That's SOP for Ground.

He was trying to put it ON the truck (it was a return). TTKU.

 

[Cactus]

Hey Fred, I hope you watched the video. Perfect example of “you get what you pay for.”

Or in this case, “You get what you DON’T pay for.”

Have Dano come on here and try to sugarcoat the situation.

 

[vantexan]

And when you make up you just look petty and stupid.

A lot of that going 'round lately.

 

[bacha29]

The focus of the gripe should have been why Wayfair wants to ship such items through X and why X peddles that freight on one man vehicles.

That's the entire point of the matter. The focus should not be the outburst but rather what he was confronted with. The reason Wayfair uses the way to ship their junk is because XG is OFFERING it to Wayfair.

 

[bacha29]

Hey Fred, I hope you watched the video. Perfect example of “you get what you pay for.”

Or in this case, “You get what you DON’T pay for.”

Have Dano come on here and try to sugarcoat the situation.

Exactly.
The right truck. The right manpower deployment. The right material handing equipment = One trip. One offload ......Over and done with.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

This is really bad for us UPS drivers. We don’t need Wayfair diverting more of that junk to us because of that guy. LOL

 

[Sol Rosenburg]

Exactly.
The right truck. The right manpower deployment. The right material handing equipment = One trip. One offload ......Over and done with.

Anything crazy heavy like that always ask for another drivers help. They will gripe and moan about it, but the fact of the matter is, If you try and be a hero and hurt yourself, they will put the blame on you everytime.

 

[Sol Rosenburg]

This is really bad for us UPS drivers. We don’t need Wayfair diverting more of that junk to us because of that guy. LOL

Yep and the next day you get a call tag to pickup the stupid thing.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Yep and the next day you get a call tag to pickup the stupid thing.

We’re already getting call tags for FedEx Ground delivered furniture. Had one today.

 

[Jkloc420]

I get it but this homeowner is a ing idiot, i hope when she gets a new one it gets dropped off at the end of the sidewalk, have her stupid ass haul it up the sidewalk

 

[Fred's Myth]

Exactly.
The right truck. The right manpower deployment. The right material handing equipment = One trip. One offload ......Over and done with.

Isn’t that the contractors responsibility?

 

[bacha29]

Isn’t that the contractors responsibility?

You got it. It is their responsibility but the rates that XG pays them is based one guy in one truck delivering x amount of stops per hour, traveling x amount of miles , payed x amount per hour, driving a truck the costs x amount per hour to operate. . What they're paid is measured right out to the penny but then again they're "independent contractors".

 

[Fred's Myth]

You got it. It is their responsibility but the rates that XG pays them is based one guy in one truck delivering x amount of stops per hour, traveling x amount of miles , payed x amount per hour, driving a truck the costs x amount per hour to operate. . What they're paid is measured right out to the penny but then again they're "independent contractors".

But, didn’t the contractors sign a contract to deliver and pick up that freight?

 

[Flaco50]

I suppose FedEx don't have the "get help with over 70's" clause in their contract------------------never mind.

Express policy recently changed to anything over 50 lbs must get help. And I comply to the chagrin of many co-workers.

 

[eats packages]

Express policy recently changed to anything over 50 lbs must get help. And I comply to the chagrin of many co-workers.

Gotcha, then the center can fire anybody asking for help.

 

[bacha29]

But, didn’t the contractors sign a contract to deliver and pick up that freight?

Yes, but one of the main gripes from contractor employed drivers is no help moving shipments with the same weight and dimensions that other carriers provide additional manpower to move. Most of the time it falls on deaf ears. It's one among many reasons why contractor turnover is high. I have also been informed by a number of UPS drivers that the kind of stuff you saw the guy in the video trying to move is business they don't like to get too involved with due to their labor contract that requires sending out help with moving that kind of stuff off the trucks.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

That is one of the reasons the company jacked up the surcharges on oversize packages.

 

[Fred's Myth]

Yes, but one of the main gripes from contractor employed drivers is no help moving shipments with the same weight and dimensions that other carriers provide additional manpower to move. Most of the time it falls on deaf ears. It's one among many reasons why contractor turnover is high. I have also been informed by a number of UPS drivers that the kind of stuff you saw the guy in the video trying to move is business they don't like to get too involved with due to their labor contract that requires sending out help with moving that kind of stuff off the trucks.

And the sooner the program fails, the sooner Express returns to full trucks.

Sounds good to me!