Manualshiftdriverhelperil
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TTT, and some rep power wouldn't hurt either guys. Especially for an epic thread created from a UPS seasonal employee noob. Thank you
Sober, I respectfully disagree with you. We are responsible for our helpers from the moment they step on to the car until we drop them off. This responsibility includes their safety and the integrity of their deliveries. In essence we are babysitters.
That accident frequency is FAR less than the ratio of possible injuries from cars flying past you when you are peeking around the front of the truck to cross the street...especially at dusk when some drivers haven't turned their lights on, etc.We had an accident in our district last week, Two cars slammed in the rear of a parked package car. Luckily the driver was in the car sorting and not making a delivery per the "new methods" From the pictures they showed, it would have been a pretty sight if they had been crossing the street from the rear.
And at a State Panel hearing too? LOLThere's this big house I delivered to almost every day that had a camera right next to the door.
I was tempted to throw packages right at the camera.
I wanna be on YouTube!
And at a State Panel hearing too? LOL
Ok, I posted a response regarding crossing behind or in front of a package car on page 5 (post #46). It had to be reviewed by a mod and now it's buried back there where no one will see it. I made an illustration, and I'm still wondering why it matters.
There's this big house I delivered to almost every day that had a camera right next to the door.
I was tempted to throw packages right at the camera.
I wanna be on YouTube!
However, the reasoning is that you can see the traffic in the first lane you cross easier from the back of the car. If you walk in front of the car you are not going to be able to see what is coming toward you in the first lane you cross untill your already in the the line of fire. From the back if parked half in the travel lane you can clearly see the full travel lane of traffic in the right traffic lane and can look around the car to see the traffic in the other without being in the line of fire.
Seasonal helper here who survived the whole peak. Got a good work out and was a lot of fun.Clearly, its a helper. The driver cannot be held responsible for anything.
Sober, I respectfully disagree with you. We are responsible for our helpers from the moment they step on to the car until we drop them off. This responsibility includes their safety and the integrity of their deliveries. In essence we are babysitters.
Over, you would have enjoyed the movie--I thought it was the best yet. I said "yet" because the ending certainly suggested another movie in the future.
Manual, you are a 20 something year old who could barely keep up with his driver. Now that Peak is over you can go back to your Mom's basement and your X-box.
Well of course he was. He would have been anyways even if he didn't do anything wrong since his seasonal employment ends anyways.Fired:
How can i be responsible for my helper when i am not even with my helper for hours at a time? If you are working as instructed then you are dropping your helper off with his DIAD and a handcart filled with packages in a separate area while you deliver somewhere else. This is what the bosses ask for and thats what i give them.
The truck creates a large blind spot that is directly adjacent to the next step you or your inexperienced helper will take to cross the street. If you cross at a great angle instead of directly in front of the truck it is alot easier to see (get the big picture) but ALOT OF HELPERS scurry off to the other side of the street in front of the bumper and by the time you see on-coming traffic from the rear it is often too late! Especially if you are parked on a small right curve in the road.Ok, I posted a response regarding crossing behind or in front of a package car on page 5 (post #46). It had to be reviewed by a mod and now it's buried back there where no one will see it. I made an illustration, and I'm still wondering why it matters.
Where exactly were you dropping off this helper... in a residential area? Is he delivering to businesses in a shopping area? How can you even fill a cart with enough stuff to last him for "hours at a time"?
that was wildOk this link comes with a real warning, it's brutal but it's real and perhaps you have seen it.
As we mull over a thrown package, this I think puts it into a better perspective of bigger issues in the world.
I rank this as the worst video I've seen on the net.
Chinese Toddler Run Over And Left For Dead - * GRAPHIC & DISTURBING * - YouTube