What is the stupidest thing that you seen a fellow employee do.. or heard that they did

[no more than 9]

I have an off route misload, go to deliver it, and pass by another driver. There's a woman in uniform with him. Getting time studied, haha!
Next day I'm swamped with air, they send him to help me. I'm in an office building and see him drive in the parking lot. The time study person is with him again.
I walk out to the truck, he's there, no woman in sight. Obviously, she's in the back, but I say nothing.
The more I think on this, the weirder I think it is. That night I ask my sup "Who was riding Joe today?". Looks at me funny, and says "No-one...why?"
So I told him the story (yes, ratted him out). Turns out he was taking his girlfriend out (in a spare uniform) delivering with him every day.

We had a driver in our building who had his wife help him deliver his route in their personal car. All he received was a "you can't do that", why? He's SPORH was close to 50 stops per hour, it's all about the ##'s.

 

[govols019]

We had a driver that paid his son to run stops for him. Center management knew but didn't care.

 

[25TOLIFE]

Back in the day before extensive tracking info and before the Internet. One of my fellow drivers would leave stops in a customer's garage if he was too heavy on Fridays. He would pick them up on the following Monday or Tuesday and deliver them. Never got caught doing that but eventually got fired for stealing time. Had another driver with a list of phantom shipping numbers that he would enter on his light days and make up stops. Also fired eventually but for something else. Both right around the time we went from paper to the 1st diad. It was a lot harder to get caught doing the wrong thing back then. I would not be able to sleep at night putting my job at risk doing something like they were doing.

 

[DougHeffernan]

Had a driver slam on his brakes when a kid was rollerblading behind his truck trying to catch ups truck. Kid broke his arm but driver kept his job when he told management a dog ran in front of his package car.

 

[soberups]

Getting fired for DUI #2

 

[soberups]

Getting caught out on route snorting crystal meth off of the shelf of his package car

 

[MendozaJ]

Rather than reporting a driver involved in theft and collecting $5k, a preloader decided to become a partner in crime. All were eventually caught and terminated.

 

[no more than 9]

Taking packages knowing they were medication to the restroom, the leaving them opened in restroom and leaving them when they realized it wasn't narcotics.

 

[Coldworld]

OK ... that definitely qualifies for stupid.

You got to go you got to go...

 

[Coldworld]

we had a feeder driver come to work after drinking and mixing his prescription drugs. he was fired. good dude too. sad .

Weak union then...that shouldn't be fire able

 

[Coldworld]

This was after I started driving but a friend from twilight told me some guy got caught beating off in a trailer

Was it someone in ny named Dave....I mean come on, you couldn't wait until you got home...

 

[Coldworld]

Rather than reporting a driver involved in theft and collecting $5k, a preloader decided to become a partner in crime. All were eventually caught and terminated.

doubt ups would pay up on the 5k....they would find some excuse not to..

 

[Coldworld]

You must be making that up--nobody would be stupid enough to do that! well maybe about 25% of every center (maybe more)

Oh it's more than 25%

 

[Coldworld]

LOL. Oh no never. They are just doing charity work by donating an hour of their time to UPS everyday. LOL.

And based on the red X I received I guess we now know who one of the lunch skippers on the forum is. LOL

These guys absolutely see nothing wrong with it and usually have an attitude when they have to go help the " lazy drivers"...

 

[Coldworld]

You and those who agreed didn't really think this through, did you?

How could our business allow for a 5PM punch out everyday?

This would, on a typical route, mean the last delivery be around 4:30 because you still have to return to building, do end of day tasks and punch out at approximately 5. Last delivery/pickup at 4:30 before most business closures!

Then there's the minor detail of it not even being a 40 hour week. Even with just 30 min lunches, that's a 37.5 hour week.

And imagine our business functioning where every dispatch, everyday no matter the changes in volume, would have to be about 7 hours of work a day not counting break and building tasks. UPS would be out of business in a month.

Lastly, even if UPS could plan these ultra light days for way more drivers, we all know it's just a forecasted day, not actual. So when 4:30 rolls around and you still have 20 stops, does this mean 20 missed? Which then rolls more work into tomorrow in which management has to try and send you out with a 7 hour load again.

Dude, seriously.

The company over dispatches people beyond belief... You think that is ok ???

 

[Coldworld]

We had a driver in our building who had his wife help him deliver his route in their personal car. All he received was a "you can't do that", why? He's SPORH was close to 50 stops per hour, it's all about the ##'s.

Was this an old timer???

 

[Matty_lawn]

a new hire came in flip flops this morning

 

[over9five]

a new hire came in flip flops this morning

I showed up in white sneakers one day. My manager made me wear his work shoes!

 

[bleedinbrown58]

a new hire came in flip flops this morning

I've thought about doing that....just so they send me home...lol

 

[Faceplanted]

I've thought about doing that....just so they send me home...lol

When they were strict on shoes in my hub I would be sure to wear down extra bright sneakers on Fridays. Before Pcm started I was usually the one going home.