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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 281793" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>This is my point of forced lunch. They load us up with business deliveries some days that we can't finish before pickups unless we run our lunch. Who wants to sit somewhere at the end of the night when the job is done? I sure as hell don't. I want to get home as soon as I can.</p><p> </p><p>Now, there are going to be people here that say just stop 1 hour before pick-ups and call the center and let them know you will have X amount missed. I can't argue that point, but it would make everyones life easier if they just paid us for what we worked and dock us for what we take as a lunch break.</p><p> </p><p>This seems a lot easier than sending a driver doing residentials from another town to take 10 business stops from a driver that can't get his lunch in. Think of the cost in labor and fuel for that!</p><p> </p><p>My feelings are that if I'm going to be out there all day I want to work and I want to be paid. If its up to me I would never take a lunch. I would take 10 minutes to eat a sandwich, or if I needed to grab something at a sub shop I would take 20 minutes and then get back to work. 1 hour just seems a bit too much.</p><p> </p><p>We are only alive for so many hours and we are wasting 5 of those every week sitting in a UPS vehicle freezing our buts off and doing nothing. Our hours are long enough. I say lunch should be optional so we can get home to our families.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 281793, member: 4653"] This is my point of forced lunch. They load us up with business deliveries some days that we can't finish before pickups unless we run our lunch. Who wants to sit somewhere at the end of the night when the job is done? I sure as hell don't. I want to get home as soon as I can. Now, there are going to be people here that say just stop 1 hour before pick-ups and call the center and let them know you will have X amount missed. I can't argue that point, but it would make everyones life easier if they just paid us for what we worked and dock us for what we take as a lunch break. This seems a lot easier than sending a driver doing residentials from another town to take 10 business stops from a driver that can't get his lunch in. Think of the cost in labor and fuel for that! My feelings are that if I'm going to be out there all day I want to work and I want to be paid. If its up to me I would never take a lunch. I would take 10 minutes to eat a sandwich, or if I needed to grab something at a sub shop I would take 20 minutes and then get back to work. 1 hour just seems a bit too much. We are only alive for so many hours and we are wasting 5 of those every week sitting in a UPS vehicle freezing our buts off and doing nothing. Our hours are long enough. I say lunch should be optional so we can get home to our families. [/QUOTE]
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