Christmas Eve 2017 - Are you working on a Sunday? -- Off Topic

The Driver

I drive.
I get these boxes from Amazon all the time that are 70% air.
I'm like WTH?

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We had 50% of our worst day all peak. Unexpected they said. Skeleton crew loaded about 1.5 trailers and helped a seasonal chomping at the bit for book. This person will make it I'm sure of it, I'm already very proud of their work.

Drivers went out as helpers, over their 70h on Friday. Very few seasonal helpers went out with drivers. Almost every driver was union and no PVD.

We were told to leave our phones on Monday night. Thank god this is over I can finally see my wife for more than 10 minutes the past 2+ months.
 

Catatonic

Nine Lives
Anyone want to cut and paste so the rest of us can read it?
Google the title
In Final Holiday Push, UPS Grabs Its Accountants to Deliver Packages
and link from there to get around login.

Scrambling to deliver a crush of holiday shipments before Christmas, United Parcel Service Inc. is using hundreds of its accountants, marketers and other office staff to deliver packages at the last minute.

UPS normally has “ready teams,” or office workers that help to sort, load or deliver packages, that it sends out to clear problem spots throughout the network. The initial sign ups are voluntary and usually set weeks before the busiest periods.

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