UPS gave me a Christmas present.

[Two Tokes]

I gave my center manager a gift yesterday morning.

Put my transfer in to feeders.

After 15 years I'm ready to move on.

Congrats

 

[rod]

Smoking in p/c's or tractors here get's you in big trouble.

We never had any restrictions against smoking in the trucks. For a long time we smoked on the belt also.

 

[ColdHarvest]

Not so much that, but I can’t stand it when a jerk off leaves a package car reeking of smoke.

Yeah, that's so much worse than piss bottles, BO and dog biscuits.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

Yeah, that's so much worse than piss bottles, BO and dog biscuits.

I didn’t say it was. Piss bottles and cigarette stench are equally disgusting in my opinion.

 

[trickpony1]

We never had any restrictions against smoking in the trucks. For a long time we smoked on the belt also.

Maybe in the old days but...

I think there are now state, and maybe federal laws, about smoking "in a shared work area".

Can you imagine being in a tractor for 8-10 hours inhaling second and third hand smoke?

 

[rod]

Maybe in the old days but...

I think there are now state, and maybe federal laws, about smoking "in a shared work area".

Can you imagine being in a tractor for 8-10 hours inhaling second and third hand smoke?

Can you imagine being a smoker (I'm not but was one years ago) and being in a tractor for 8-10 hours without a cig? Besides that I know it smells terrible but I don't think old smell is the same as sitting next to a active smoker. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[oldngray]

Can you imagine being a smoker (I'm not but was one years ago) and being in a tractor for 8-10 hours with out a cig? Besides that I know it smells terrible but I don't think old smell is the same as sitting next to a active smoker. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Just chew and leave tobacco spit everywhere

 

[rod]

Just chew and leave tobacco spit everywhere

Seen that many times. Give me stale smoke any day. I can always crack a window for some fresh air.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Smoking was allowed in our tractors. Thank goodness only a few drivers smoked. Worse than ashes and smoke odor was a driver notorious for leaving chicken bones and remnants of his lunch strewn about the inside of his tractor. To me, a slob is worse than a smoker.

 

[trickpony1]

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Third hand smoke is the stench that is left in the:
-seat fabric;
-headliner fabric;
-floor mat fabric and
-the HVAC duct work.

Sound healthy?

 

[rod]

Third hand smoke is the stench that is left in the:
-seat fabric;
-headliner fabric;
-floor mat fabric and
-the HVAC duct work.

Sound healthy?

I hate that smell too but is it really unhealthy?

 

[rod]

Third hand smoke is the stench that is left in the:
-seat fabric;
-headliner fabric;
-floor mat fabric and
-the HVAC duct work.

Sound healthy?

Ok --I Googled it. You are correct--3rd hand smoke isn't good for you either. Sue me.

 

[ColdHarvest]

Just chew and leave tobacco spit everywhere

Driver who got the new PC, would spit dip all over the floor and trashcan in the one I used for Sat air. The trashcan was literally caked in dry dip/spit.

Pretty sure he also wiped his hands on the seat, as the sides of it were caked in dip grinds.

So, give me a break over bitching about occasional smoke smell. Which is minute as doors are always open, and I'm not exactly chaining when I use it.

 

[trickpony1]

Sue me.

No lawsuit necessary.
Just get a letter from your doctor stating second/third hand smoke causes respiratory problems such as vasomotor rhinitis.

Present letter to management.

Management now has to provide smoke free equipment or affected driver doesn't have to/can't be forced to drive stenched tractor.

Seen it happen.

Company finally figured out it was easier to prohibit smoking in tractors.

 

[trickpony1]

...in accordance with state laws prohibiting smoking "...in a shared work area...".

 

[trickpony1]

Can you imagine being a smoker (I'm not but was one years ago) and being in a tractor for 8-10 hours without a cig?

Not my problem.
I don't have an addiction.
The company has a legal/moral/ethical obligation to provide a safe, healthy work area.

 

[rod]

Not my problem.
I don't have an addiction.
The company has a legal/moral/ethical obligation to provide a safe, healthy work area.

Legal, moral, ethical? You don't even work for UPS do you?

 

[trickpony1]

The nature and content of my posts, over the years, would suggest I do.

 

[Netsua 3:16]

I'm a smoker and the ONLY time I smoke in the brown is when I cover a drivers route who chimneys it in there everyday. If I need a smoke during the day I'll just take my pack with me when I have a long walk delivery, light up on the way back, butt goes in my back pocket. It's just common courtesy imo, no need to put my bad habits on someone else.

 

[scratch]

I can't stand the newer package cars, I hope my 2006 P700 holds up for thirteen more months. It's a little slow with 388K miles on its 4.3 Mercedes engine, but its size is perfect for a residential route. It's shorter and has a tighter turning radius than most cars. My Helper remarked yesterday that he appreciated me going into long driveways, I get as close as I can like I am walking them off. I got it brand new so I can understand that its nice to have a new car. The first new package car I got was in 1984, it was a GMC P-1000 with manual steering and the high steps. Those were garbage.