No one has yet to ask about a driver who doesn't smoke being forced to work with a helper who does.
Umm, post 76 by joeboodog.
No one has yet to ask about a driver who doesn't smoke being forced to work with a helper who does.
I had one last year for a couple days after peak was over. Also driver sups doing safety rides. What they do outside the truck when we take a break is their business. I also live in a smoke free work area state.No one has yet to ask about a driver who doesn't smoke being forced to work with a helper who does.
that one, and a helper does not need to smoke, he/she is there to work. You just tell them NO you are in charge.No one has yet to ask about a driver who doesn't smoke being forced to work with a helper who does.
A helper is supposed to make a driver's day easier. Now you expect him to not smoke for hours because you don't like the.smell? I hope he dropped you back off at your meet point and left...lol
I bet the same people who can find a way to justify smoking in a package car (which isn't supposed to happen) and while a non smoker is with them are also the same ones that can find a way to justify skipping their lunch, riding with the bulkhead door open, stacking there next ten stops in the cab, running, refusing to deliver packages to apartment offices, well......you all get the idea.
The rule is no smoking. That, if common courtesy doesn't, is what SHOULD dictate whether or not you smoke on the truck. And if you truly don't skip your lunch then you have plenty of time to smoke OUTSIDE the truck.Yeah bs. I'm a smoker and I'll be damned if I ever skip my lunch and give away time to the company. If you smoke, you smoke, its not a habit you break over not, especially not for some half useless seasonal. A helper doesn't dictate what a driver does in the truck. Sorry, not sorry.
From a non smoker, you have no business being a helper at UPS if something this minor bothers you so much.Hello, I just put in 9 hours today with a driver who chain smoked two packs of cigarettes.
When I was hired as a driver helper I informed the HR personnel that I am very allergic to the smoke from burning cigarettes and presented medical documentation proving I cannot be around it.
Today when I was picked up the driver was smoking as I approached the car for the days work at the pickup point. I informed him about my problem, and agreed to not smoke. Ten minutes in he begins to smoke again. I complain, he says he "needs to smoke to get through the day". I asked him to stop, he refused to stop smoking again stating " I need this to get through the day I have over 140 stops ".
I also felt threatened because when I began to have breathing problems and requested to be let out of the car to go home, he refused saying he needed my help and if I did not help he would not be home until 11PM. He was a very large, intimidating driver and I felt unsafe as he was very aggressive. He is a new package car driver with only one month on the job.
Are there rules about smoking in the cars? I was not told of the policy of UPS regarding this aspect during orientation. When I call in tomorrow I need to tell them I need a driver that does not smoke as I get very ill from it.
I would like some advice regarding what I should do to insure my safety so I can work hard in a safe environment. I work in Massachusetts.
My helper smokes, I dont and HATE cigarettes but if it makes the kid happy and keeps me from worrying about him showing up everyday then I can deal with it. $8.50 an hour deosent buy a very good employeeNo one has yet to ask about a driver who doesn't smoke being forced to work with a helper who does.
The rule is no smoking. That, if common courtesy doesn't, is what SHOULD dictate whether or not you smoke on the truck. And if you truly don't skip your lunch then you have plenty of time to smoke OUTSIDE the truck.
From a non smoker, you have no business being a helper at UPS if something this minor bothers you so much.
Merry Christmas Tooner!Nothing brings out the best in people like a discussion about addiction, religion, or politics. Have a Great Christmas everyone.
You forgot. Sex,drugs and Rock n roll.Nothing brings out the best in people like a discussion about addiction, religion, or politics. Have a Great Christmas everyone.
Those are addictions.You forgot. Sex,drugs and Rock n roll.