Nothingness Fluff ,part 2

[tonyexpress]

97 was the big strike.

Yep.. I had to manage the pre-loading, drive through a picket line, take out a route, complete pick-ups, unload my package car and then fizzle in the office for a few and do it all over again. Two weeks of pure fun... .. All to save your jobs because Ron Carey was a spoiled brat.

 

[Brownslave688]

I think that charge has doubled now.

Just for peak.



Guess it didn't matter. I delivered 3 boxes almost as big as me yesterday.


6'02" 235 lbs

 

[Brownslave688]

Yep.. I had to manage the pre-loading, drive through a picket line, take out a route, complete pick-ups, unload my package car and then fizzle in the office for a few and do it all over again. Two weeks of pure fun... .. All to save your jobs because Ron Carey was a spoiled brat.

Scab

 

[Brownslave688]

UPS would just tell you to pick them up anyway.

Pretty sure you could refuse. Safety issue.

 

[upschuck]

Yep.. I had to manage the pre-loading, drive through a picket line, take out a route, complete pick-ups, unload my package car and then fizzle in the office for a few and do it all over again. Two weeks of pure fun... .. All to save your jobs because Ron Carey was a spoiled brat.

5 stops?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

UPS would just tell you to pick them up anyway.

I would make my supervisor come pick them up. If you got hurt,you.know what they would say.

 

[Turdferguson]

I would just refuse to pick them up

I told him he's an idiot. I would refuse to pick it up.

I won't even touch them when customers come to pick up over 150lbs packages left in the building because they are too big

 

[oldngray]

I had places I knew were shipping packages that were too heavy but they would swear they were only 149 or so. Since I didn't have a scale on my truck I pretty much had to pick them up. Sometimes I would weigh them at another pick up but I got to the point I didn't care. It was on my truck and someone else's problem. I would tell management but usually they did nothing about it.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yep.. I had to manage the pre-loading, drive through a picket line, take out a route, complete pick-ups, unload my package car and then fizzle in the office for a few and do it all over again. Two weeks of pure fun... .. All to save your jobs because Ron Carey was a spoiled brat.

You're welcome.

 

[tonyexpress]

Thanks Pal.

You're welcome. If it had been the UPS driver I'd have grabbed him by the brown collar and taken his socks.

 

[oldngray]

Pretty sure you could refuse. Safety issue.

Yeah but your word against theirs about the weight.

 

[hyena]

I'll get a bigger one.

I'm sure you will lmao

 

[upschuck]

Pretty sure you could refuse. Safety issue.

Contract states this:

Packages over 150 pounds shall not be picked up. However, if such a package is discovered in the UPS system, the package shall not be handled by a bargaining unit employee unless such package can be reasonably broken down into packages which do not exceed 70 pounds.

 

[hyena]

You need a runner/gunner. Lunch skipper like @hyena

Not me pops you old guys taught me

 

[Brownslave688]

Yeah but your word against theirs about the weight.

Could always ask them to weigh it.





No different than picking up a 60 lbs package that says 15 lbs on it.

 

[Brownslave688]

Not me pops you old guys taught me

We are gonna need you to pick up the pace for peak.

 

[Turdferguson]

Just for peak.



Guess it didn't matter. I delivered 3 boxes almost as big as me yesterday.


6'02" 235 lbs

Not just for peak permanent change

 

[Brownslave688]

Not just for peak permanent change

That's awesome then.


I still bet we waive it for the big shippers.

 

[upschuck]

I would make my supervisor come pick them up. If you got hurt,you.know what they would say.

I've done that, sup got cranky.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

It would appear we have went backwards or at best stayed even.

Nah....not the drivers....the PTers.

My friend started at UPS in 1986 as a PTer...making $8/hr when minimum wage was around $3.25 an hour. I started at UPS in 2006 at 9.50/hr...and minimum wage was I think around $7.
1.50 increase in starting pay in 20 years??