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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 751929" data-attributes="member: 14668">Correct.&nbsp;That expectation, however, has to apply both ways.&nbsp;If the company is going to take the position that hitting a dog running loose in a public road constitutes an avoidable accident....then the logical conclusion to that position is that a driver can face discipline up to and including termination, per the contract.&nbsp;This position is unreasonable...but more importantly, it puts the driver in a position of having to protect himself---even at the cost of being unreasonable himself.&nbsp;You cant have it both ways. You cannot say &quot;we will take any disciplinary action against you that we can for accidents...such as hitting a dog...that we deem to be unavoidable&quot; only to turn right around and say &quot;but you still have a professional responsibility to be reasonable and find a way to make the delivery even if you see a dog running loose.&quot;&nbsp;My responsibility as an employee to be reasonable and professional ends the moment that my employer starts making unreasonable and unprofessional threats against my job.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 751929, member: 14668"] Correct. That expectation, however, has to apply [I]both ways[/I]. If the company is going to take the position that hitting a dog running loose in a public road constitutes an [I]avoidable accident....[/I]then the logical conclusion to that position is that a driver can face discipline up to and including termination, per the contract. This position is unreasonable...but more importantly, it puts the driver in a position of having to [I]protect himself[/I]---even at the cost of being [I]unreasonable[/I] himself. [B]You cant have it both ways[/B]. You [I]cannot[/I] say "we will take any disciplinary action against you that we can for accidents...such as hitting a dog...that we deem to be unavoidable" only to turn right around and say "but you [I][U]still[/U][/I] have a professional responsibility to be reasonable and find a way to make the delivery even if you see a dog running loose." My responsibility as an employee to be reasonable and professional [I]ends[/I] the moment that my employer starts making unreasonable and unprofessional threats against my job. [/QUOTE]

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