Pay the home owner or get suspended?

[Indecisi0n]

How much was it ?

 

[UPSER1987]

You guys must work in some real hick towns. Some of the most backward on this forum I’ve ever heard of.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You guys must work in some real hick towns. Some of the most backward on this forum I’ve ever heard of.

It is not uncommon for a driver who tore up someone's yard to make a side deal with the homeowner to repair the damage in exchange for him/her not reporting the incident.

It is very uncommon for the deal to be made on a conference call and for it to be in lieu of a two week suspension.

 

[Boywondr]

If you can afford to miss work for two weeks then do it.

NO


SIDE


DEALS!


They are trying to keep the accident off of a report at your expense. Literally! Take the suspension and grieve it immediately. You might avoid the suspension or get back pay after. It’s property damage so at worst you should be looking at a warning letter and a “safety ride.”

And....no safety rides given for accidents right now.

 

[UPSER1987]

It is not uncommon for a driver who tore up someone's yard to make a side deal with the homeowner to repair the damage in exchange for him/her not reporting the incident.

It is very uncommon for the deal to be made on a conference call and for it to be in lieu of a two week suspension.

You got to be ting me. Not uncommon to take side deals to fix property? Where is this center located? Mayberry? I thought the posters on this forum were a little more sophisticated than this. Nothing but a bunch of hick drivers here.
Have an accident, be a man, report it , get your discipline
or get fired for integrity for not reporting it. Anything else is just bull.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You got to be ting me. Not uncommon to take side deals to fix property? Where is this center located? Mayberry? I thought the posters on this forum were a little more sophisticated than this. Nothing but a bunch of hick drivers here.
Have an accident, be a man, report it , get your discipline
or get fired for integrity for not reporting it. Anything else is just bull.

I am not talking about incidents with major property damage. I am talking about relatively minor ones, such as going off of a driveway and creating ruts in the grass. Top soil, grass seed and sweat equity make it all go away with no one being the wiser for it.

We did have a driver who hit a basketball hoop, made a deal with the 13 year old kid who lived there and didn't tell anyone at the center about it. Well, Mommy and Daddy came home from work, found out about the deal and called the center. Driver was sent home for a 3 day unpaid "vacation".

 

[UPSER1987]

I am not talking about incidents with major property damage. I am talking about relatively minor ones, such as going off of a driveway and creating ruts in the grass. Top soil, grass seed and sweat equity make it all go away with no one being the wiser for it.

We did have a driver who hit a basketball hoop, made a deal with the 13 year old kid who lived there and didn't tell anyone at the center about it. Well, Mommy and Daddy came home from work, found out about the deal and called the center. Driver was sent home for a 3 day unpaid "vacation".

All I can say is “wow”. I’m not sure if your responses are a joke, trolling or real happenings at UPS.
None of this crap happens or would fly at my UPS.

 

[MyTripisCut]

All I can say is “wow”. I’m not sure if your responses are a joke, trolling or real happenings at UPS.
None of this crap happens or would fly at my UPS.

It happens. It’s even encouraged by some supervisors.

 

[oldngray]

It happens. It’s even encouraged by some supervisors.

I knew supervisors who would do things like fix ruts off the books but driver still reported what happened. Just didn't end up officially reported.

 

[UPSER1987]

It happens. It’s even encouraged by some supervisors.

Maybe this happens in small rural areas. Doesn’t in metro centers.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Maybe this happens in small rural areas. Doesn’t in metro centers.

I am in a metro building with four centers. When I first started this was encouraged by supervisors and talked about by older drivers. Doesn’t happen too much anymore, at least I hope.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Maybe this happens in small rural areas. Doesn’t in metro centers.

Yes it does.

 

[UPSER1987]

Yes it does.

No it doesn’t. Not in my areas or metro areas

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Maybe this happens in small rural areas. Doesn’t in metro centers.

I would think that it would be more prevalent in small rural centers.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Doesn’t in metro centers.

Yes it does.

No it doesn’t.

Yes it does.

Not in my areas or metro areas

WDFD

 

[burrheadd]

You got to be ting me. Not uncommon to take side deals to fix property? Where is this center located? Mayberry? I thought the posters on this forum were a little more sophisticated than this. Nothing but a bunch of hick drivers here.
Have an accident, be a man, report it , get your discipline
or get fired for integrity for not reporting it. Anything else is just bull.

How ya gonna get in the Circle Jerk of Honor if you keep reporting all these wrecks

 

[burrheadd]

No it doesn’t. Not in my areas or metro areas

How many “metro” areas have you spent time in skippy

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Is it normal for on roads to cut a side deal ?

They don't have the authority, to "sidestep" the Labor dept.

 

[Jones]

No it doesn’t. Not in my areas or metro areas

I work in one of the bigger delivery centers in the country, and this stuff (taking care of property damage without making it official) happens all the time. Maybe not the conference call though, I've never heard that one before.

 

[Upsbeerman]

Philly hub