UPS Socks. A new requirement?
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In control of own destiny
I wear cheap black socks. Pull them on. Then roll the top down lower than the edge of your boot tops. I have 6 inch high boots. Looks like I don't wear socks at all. Never heard a peep. Can't say crap if the socks are out of sight. They are welcome to take my boot off to look.
There's nothing wrong with it. It's called being fiscally responsible.
It would be better if your name was Ron Cey
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
Those are too expensive. I buy 36 pair of regular socks for the price of 6 UPS socks. I bought a half dozen years back and cut the tops off them. I wear my regular cheap socks with the tops of the "official" socks showing.Progressive discipline is protocol.
If your story is true, you got some free paid vacation time.
If you wear shorts, you have to buy and wear the socks.
Rule has been around since shorts were made available.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
An hour of pay to buy 2 years worth of socks.
Mugarolla
Light 'em up!
An hour of pay to buy a lifetime of socks...
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
I wouldn't mind paying premium prices for the socks if they were of decent quality and made in the USA, but they aren't. They are cheap, Chinese-made garbage with color that fades and stick-on "UPS" decals that fall off. And to add insult to injury, we are forced to pay full price for delivery instead of having them sent directly to our work center at a discounted rate. I for one will wear mine until they are falling apart and then cut the bottoms off and wear them over plain cotton socks rather than continually buy new ones.
I refuse to buy them due to ups twin hill uniforms breaking me out with a "poison oak" like rash cuz they use a known chemical that causes chemical burns in dyeing their polyester, no write ups no discipline for me.
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Johney
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So you wear long pants then?
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
The feeder department I was in never said a word about wearing just plain brown socks. Of course, as we all know, EVERYTHING is better in the feeder department. We all wear spandex topped pants, and there are ho-ho's and little Debbie cakes free in dispatch.
Overpaid Union Thug
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Ron Carey lives on
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Money making scheme with the sock company. Haven't wore brown socks in ten years. Wear short black underarmour or nike, our sups do too
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baklava
I don’t work at UPS anymore.
Can't believe this stupid rule is enforced elsewhere. Socks are the probably the least concern in my center, we have drivers who wear Nikes everyday to work with their pants half falling down off of their ass. One dude in my center actually wears a grille in his teeth on road, lol. I wear shorts everyday but have never worn the UPS socks...I wear low black ankle socks totally hidden under my work boots.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
Where do you work , on bicycle or a walking route ?
Never had that problem working from PCs .
oldngray
nowhere special
The boonie hat? UPS can order one for you free as part of normal uniform. It is just one of options to wear instead of baseball cap.
