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The Bigger Impact of the "Me First" Attitude on Everyone From Cell Phones to Lunches
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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 1007329" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p><strong>Re: The Bigger Impact of the "Me First" Attitude on Everyone From Cell Phones to Lunc</strong></p><p></p><p>I am still trying to gather my thoughts as I want to respond in the same coherent, articulate and intelligent manner in which the OP was made.</p><p></p><p>This was one of the best posts I have read on here in some time. There is little that any of us, hourly or management, could disagree with here. I don't think we would ever see contract language regarding the use of personal cell phones for company business but then again I never thought we would have a monitoring system as intrusive as Telematics. The contract is an ever-evolving document which is formed in part by what the workers are doing today.</p><p></p><p>Would I ever rule out such contract language? No but the company would have to pony up for a portion of our monthly service charges through a flat monthly or annual reimbursement.</p><p></p><p>Cell phones most certainly make our lives both easier and harder. Easier in that communication is instant. Harder in that they can become an ever-increasing part of our lives.</p><p></p><p>The other point of "it makes it easier for me" is also worth discussing further. Just because something is easier does it make it the right thing to do? What affect, if any, would doing this have on my co-workers? For example, driver has a T-shirt shop where the owners go to lunch from noon-1 daily, which is when the driver is in that area. The driver calls the owner to give them their COD totals. The owner write the checks and leaves them inside the unlocked back door. Driver delivers the package(s), retrieves the check(s), completes the delivery and locks the door on his way out. This arrangement benefits the driver and shop owner but is one that is not available to the cover driver(s) so, yes, "it makes it easier for me" does affect another union hourly.</p><p></p><p>This is an excellent post which should have each of us perhaps second guessing what we do and the affect that it may have on our co-workers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 1007329, member: 12570"] [b]Re: The Bigger Impact of the "Me First" Attitude on Everyone From Cell Phones to Lunc[/b] I am still trying to gather my thoughts as I want to respond in the same coherent, articulate and intelligent manner in which the OP was made. This was one of the best posts I have read on here in some time. There is little that any of us, hourly or management, could disagree with here. I don't think we would ever see contract language regarding the use of personal cell phones for company business but then again I never thought we would have a monitoring system as intrusive as Telematics. The contract is an ever-evolving document which is formed in part by what the workers are doing today. Would I ever rule out such contract language? No but the company would have to pony up for a portion of our monthly service charges through a flat monthly or annual reimbursement. Cell phones most certainly make our lives both easier and harder. Easier in that communication is instant. Harder in that they can become an ever-increasing part of our lives. The other point of "it makes it easier for me" is also worth discussing further. Just because something is easier does it make it the right thing to do? What affect, if any, would doing this have on my co-workers? For example, driver has a T-shirt shop where the owners go to lunch from noon-1 daily, which is when the driver is in that area. The driver calls the owner to give them their COD totals. The owner write the checks and leaves them inside the unlocked back door. Driver delivers the package(s), retrieves the check(s), completes the delivery and locks the door on his way out. This arrangement benefits the driver and shop owner but is one that is not available to the cover driver(s) so, yes, "it makes it easier for me" does affect another union hourly. This is an excellent post which should have each of us perhaps second guessing what we do and the affect that it may have on our co-workers. [/QUOTE]
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