PEAK?

[Catatonic]

45 Years Ago: Ian Gillan Takes the Lead on 'Jesus Christ Superstar'

And for the Deep Purple fans in the crowd...(@Monkey Butt ?)

I saw this in Tallahassee, Fl at FSU about 45 years ago.

 

[Route 66]

Remember this?

Man, it's been so long since I've seen that vid I had completely forgotten...Great to see it again - thanks!

 

[dezguy]

I'm in an area where we have to worry about Homeland Security all the time. We are required to wear them in the station and are checked randomly for them. I've never been told we have to wear them on the road though.

Really? We have been told IDs must be displayed at all times, while on the clock.

 

[Operational needs]

Are you guys getting a daily security and safety message from Dispatch? Big thing right now is that all doors must be locked, vents closed and windows up even if you are carrying no freight. Someone was written up the other day by our district security guy (aka rapist/felon) for having his PS door open while out of the truck.

 

[dezguy]

Are you guys getting a daily security and safety message from Dispatch? Big thing right now is that all doors must be locked, vents closed and windows up even if you are carrying no freight. Someone was written up the other day by our district security guy (aka rapist/felon) for having his PS door open while out of the truck.

Nope. Only daily message we get is to be safe. Same message, over and over for years now, yet they still try to send us out over dispatched. Be safe but we want you to take this extra work and you have to be done at the same time. lol

 

[Operational needs]

Nope. Only daily message we get is to be safe. Same message, over and over for years now, yet they still try to send us out over dispatched. Be safe but we want you to take this extra work and you have to be done at the same time. lol

Yeah, we get that one too. The other messages are a new thing within the past week.

 

[Purplepackage]

Everybody bend over, these next 2 weeks sure will be fun

 

[Serf]

UPS and Ground took our stations two biggest holiday accounts (shutterfly cards and chocolates) and we are still getting are butts handed to us. However, on the bright side. Our station just hired 4 new handlers that I am confident will stay longer than 6 weeks. Saw them in the break room, they look like usual's in a police line up.

 

[bacha29]

UPS and Ground took our stations two biggest holiday accounts (shutterfly cards and chocolates) and we are still getting are butts handed to us. However, on the bright side. Our station just hired 4 new handlers that I am confident will stay longer than 6 weeks. Saw them in the break room, they look like usual's in a police line up.

Probably where they found them.

 

[Purplepackage]

UPS and Ground took our stations two biggest holiday accounts (shutterfly cards and chocolates) and we are still getting are butts handed to us. However, on the bright side. Our station just hired 4 new handlers that I am confident will stay longer than 6 weeks. Saw them in the break room, they look like usual's in a police line up.

Do you know who benefits from grounds hard work? Generally just Fred and his cronies, but on occasion Express does also. Basically everyone except ground benefits from it lol

 

[Southeast Hoss]

Express benefits as well

 

[Oldfart]

Do you know who benefits from grounds hard work? Generally just Fred and his cronies, but on occasion Express does also. Basically everyone except ground benefits from it lol

Express can benefit as well. You get Ground in the door and Express can get in there as well. If Ground gets freight that Express used to get, it keeps it from UPS or USPS. The profits that Ground generates is added to the bottom line and helps shareholders and everyone else. It isn't rocket science to know that Express is stagnant and only returns about 5% return on investment while Ground is growing and returns about 15%. We are an express company that also ships ground. In the future, I feel like we will be a ground company that also ships express. Express volume might not grow like it did in the past. The best way to improve profits in Express is to reduce cost. The newer and more efficient vans and planes are leading the way.

 

[Bounty]

Do you know who benefits from grounds hard work? Generally just Fred and his cronies, but on occasion Express does also. Basically everyone except ground benefits from it lol

And the stock, which is all that really matters.

 

[Southeast Hoss]

And now, only 1 color will matter, the FedEx color!!!!

 

[Cactus]

Do you know who benefits from grounds hard work? Generally just Fred and his cronies, but on occasion Express does also. Basically everyone except ground benefits from it lol

You were on the right track until you mentioned Express. Many an Express driver helped pay for Ground's infrastructure in the form of stagnated raises, high insurance premiums, shift premiums cut off and most importantly, the end of the traditional pension in 2008.

There is NO benefit to Express drivers from Ground's hard work. Just a lot of confusion in the marketplace and disgruntled customers we have to put up with.

 

[Star B]

In the future, I feel like we will be a ground company that also ships express.

I sure hope that we get reclassified when that happens as a trucking company that happens to own a couple of aircraft vs an airline that happens to own a massive fleet of trucks.

Wishful thinking, I know.

There is NO benefit to Express drivers from Ground's hard work. Just a lot of confusion in the marketplace and disgruntled customers we have to put up with.

Agree completely. I had a customer who had a 1 week old package that said she called in a call tag and the driver was going to come back for it later that day. It sucks having to look them straight in the eye and say "I'm sorry, I'm Express... I can't help". The only purple promise is the throbbing shaft that everyone gets with the exception of shareholders and C-level execs.

 

[vantexan]

You were on the right track until you mentioned Express. Many an Express driver helped pay for Ground's infrastructure in the form of stagnated raises, high insurance premiums, shift premiums cut off and most importantly, the end of the traditional pension in 2008.

There is NO benefit to Express drivers from Ground's hard work. Just a lot of confusion in the marketplace and disgruntled customers we have to put up with.

I agree to a point but Ground's hard work makes it possible for us to drive Sprinters and deliver mostly small boxes and documents. FedEx couriers used to really hump for a lot less than UPS drivers but had built in frustrations UPS drivers don't have. We're still busy, but it ain't the break-your-back bad old days.

 

[Fred's Myth]

I agree to a point but Ground's hard work makes it possible for us to drive Sprinters and deliver mostly small boxes and documents. FedEx couriers used to really hump for a lot less than UPS drivers but had built in frustrations UPS drivers don't have. We're still busy, but it ain't the break-your-back bad old days.

I don't know about you, but I'M still delivering Memory Foam mattresses that weigh 150 lbs, trampolines, and compressed wood furniture. Not all of the heavy crap got shifted over to Ground!

 

[vantexan]

I don't know about you, but I'M still delivering Memory Foam mattresses that weigh 150 lbs, trampolines, and compressed wood furniture. Not all of the heavy crap got shifted over to Ground!

I occasionally see those too, but imagine what you'd be delivering if there was no Ground. I used to deliver, and pick up, large bulks of heavy boxes. Haven't seen a 30 box shipment of 50 lb boxes in quite awhile. Sure it happens, just not with the frequency it used to.

 

[KOG72]

Everybody bend over, these next 2 weeks sure will be fun

Lube up!!!!!