Far be it for me to agree with a yuk like this clown, but the facts are in, and they are clear: UPS has a job to do. That's all they care about. Now they may throw some interference up, at times, to make it seem like they care; stuff like, make sure you hydrate, eat right and blah blah blah. But we've all worked here long enough. We know the score.
It sucks that a veteran driver passed away at work. It was unnecessary. But the fact remains: there are many, many dragons out there. They care about some things. But you are NOT one of those things.
Does it suck to be a package car driver in brutal heat? Absolutely. Can it be done safely? Yes, it can. But you are on the wrong track if you are thinking the dragons have any sympathy about the heat in the back of a package car. Drivers have btched for decades about getting vent fans put in the tops of the trucks. It's never going to happen. Worrying about it only affects you, the driver.
Every driver needs to take care of themselves. However you need to keep cool, you need to do it. My thing always was dumping a thermos of ice water over my head. Then, going back to QT, to refill my water jug. THAT, I could control.
My numbers, in the dog days of summer, were awful, I'm sure...I never checked or gave a spit. But I know I always clocked out during the dark in the heatwaves. And it got dark late in the summer. I usually got inquiries from the dragon's minions. But I never cared. I let the dragons sweat in their air-conditioned offices about my poor numbers.
All I cared about was keeping cool, as best I could. Only I could do that. And I did it often. A big glass of ice water over your head and down the neck is a magical thing in brutal heat. Do it early and often. It works.
A lot of drivers, for whatever reason, worry about their numbers.
Why? Who knows? Over 30 years in, I still scratch my head at that one. That's a question only a dragon should know the answer to. But if you are one of those drivers, this is the time of year when you should have absolutely NO PROBLEM answering a dragon's questions about your declining numbers.
Whose health, or in this case, life, is at stake?
