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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 383926" data-attributes="member: 14176">On the bright side My center manager called me tonight at 845 to see how things were going. I was kinda nervous at first,(you know answering the phone while driving) but he was very positive and it really was a bright spot to a completely crappy day.&nbsp;First of all I&#039;m assuming that was 845pm. If that&#039;s the case I would have answered and then hung up on him. If he was truly concerned the call and some help would have come much earlier.&nbsp;Secondly in the state I live in it is not illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving. The contract clearly states local laws will apply when using a cell phone while operating a UPS vehicle. So unless it&#039;s illegal in the state you work in there is nothing to be nervous about when you answer your after dark, bull<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2&nbsp; &nbsp; :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />, courtesy call from your Center Facilitator. I call him that as he isn&#039;t afforded the authority to manage anything but the stacks of reports on his desk. They don&#039;t manage. They facilitate whatever mandates that come down from the pencil-neck, laptop toting geeks in the ivory tower.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 383926, member: 14176"] [I]On the bright side My center manager called me tonight at 845 to see how things were going. I was kinda nervous at first,(you know answering the phone while driving) but he was very positive and it really was a bright spot to a completely crappy day.[/I] First of all I'm assuming that was 845pm. If that's the case I would have answered and then hung up on him. If he was truly concerned the call and some help would have come much earlier. Secondly in the state I live in it is not illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving. The contract clearly states local laws will apply when using a cell phone while operating a UPS vehicle. So unless it's illegal in the state you work in there is nothing to be nervous about when you answer your after dark, bull:censored::censored::censored::censored:, courtesy call from your Center Facilitator. I call him that as he isn't afforded the authority to manage anything but the stacks of reports on his desk. They don't manage. They facilitate whatever mandates that come down from the pencil-neck, laptop toting geeks in the ivory tower. [/QUOTE]

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