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<blockquote data-quote="rod" data-source="post: 1538578" data-attributes="member: 5382"><p>Six or 7 of us used to stop at the same little dinner every morning for breakfast. Actually it worked out good for the company because some manager was always swinging by and dumping off a few pkgs that got left in the building for directions. He would just leave them in our trucks in the cab. We would all watch him out the window and piss and moan if he was headed toward your particular truck thinking "Damn--another stop". Also a lot of info was exchanged during that time (directions to rural stops) and packages were traded back and forth in the parking lot after break was over. Then one year right before the contract was due they came out with the rule that no more than 3 drivers could be at the same break spot at once. I guess they assumed we spent our time there plotting against them. I think at least half the drivers got warning letters for that rule. It hurt the company in the long run but I'm sure some desk jockey got a gold ribbon for coming up with the idea. For many years I took a half hour breakfast break in the morning and a half hour at night when I got back to town (NOT at the center) when I was done delivering. I know I could count on one hand the number of times I donated some brake time to the company in 30 years. Come to think of it I remember taking a few minutes more on following days to make up for the time I had skipped before. It all worked out in the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rod, post: 1538578, member: 5382"] Six or 7 of us used to stop at the same little dinner every morning for breakfast. Actually it worked out good for the company because some manager was always swinging by and dumping off a few pkgs that got left in the building for directions. He would just leave them in our trucks in the cab. We would all watch him out the window and piss and moan if he was headed toward your particular truck thinking "Damn--another stop". Also a lot of info was exchanged during that time (directions to rural stops) and packages were traded back and forth in the parking lot after break was over. Then one year right before the contract was due they came out with the rule that no more than 3 drivers could be at the same break spot at once. I guess they assumed we spent our time there plotting against them. I think at least half the drivers got warning letters for that rule. It hurt the company in the long run but I'm sure some desk jockey got a gold ribbon for coming up with the idea. For many years I took a half hour breakfast break in the morning and a half hour at night when I got back to town (NOT at the center) when I was done delivering. I know I could count on one hand the number of times I donated some brake time to the company in 30 years. Come to think of it I remember taking a few minutes more on following days to make up for the time I had skipped before. It all worked out in the end. [/QUOTE]
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