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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1157390" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I am aware of the fact that I am supposed to have an uninterrupted lunch.</p><p></p><p>I am also aware of the fact that <em>life happens</em> and people order NDA medications or airline tickets or other urgent packages that they need right away. That is why they call us a <strong>service</strong>.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The <em>intention</em> of the contract language regarding meal periods was to prevent <em>management</em> from forcing the driver to interrupt his lunch break. It was <em>not</em> intended to force the driver to be an <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> towards the customers that he sees on a regular basis</strong>.</p><p></p><p>There is an disabled Iraq war veteran on my route who left a big chunk of his anatomy somewhere over in the desert. He gets medications thru the VA and he isnt always at home to sign for them when I show up. He knows where I eat lunch and if he misses me in the AM he will come look for me at lunchtime to get his meds. If I see his car pull up next to the truck I get up, walk out there, get him his meds, go back inside, and continue eating my lunch. It takes all of 2 minutes for me to provide service to this "damn customer", <em>which I simply add onto the end of my lunch break </em>so that I am not working off of the clock. Are you <u>seriously suggesting</u> to me that I should make the man park, pull his walker out of the trunk, and then limp inside so that I can tell him to wait 24 more minutes for me to get up and give him his meds?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1157390, member: 14668"] I am aware of the fact that I am supposed to have an uninterrupted lunch. I am also aware of the fact that [I]life happens[/I] and people order NDA medications or airline tickets or other urgent packages that they need right away. That is why they call us a [B]service[/B]. [B] The [I]intention[/I] of the contract language regarding meal periods was to prevent [I]management[/I] from forcing the driver to interrupt his lunch break. It was [I]not[/I] intended to force the driver to be an :censored: towards the customers that he sees on a regular basis[/B]. There is an disabled Iraq war veteran on my route who left a big chunk of his anatomy somewhere over in the desert. He gets medications thru the VA and he isnt always at home to sign for them when I show up. He knows where I eat lunch and if he misses me in the AM he will come look for me at lunchtime to get his meds. If I see his car pull up next to the truck I get up, walk out there, get him his meds, go back inside, and continue eating my lunch. It takes all of 2 minutes for me to provide service to this "damn customer", [I]which I simply add onto the end of my lunch break [/I]so that I am not working off of the clock. Are you [U]seriously suggesting[/U] to me that I should make the man park, pull his walker out of the trunk, and then limp inside so that I can tell him to wait 24 more minutes for me to get up and give him his meds? [/QUOTE]
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