Why are drivers such sheep?

Indecisi0n

Well-Known Member
I am new so I can't go around pointing fingers but I hear drivers complaining about the workload ALL DAY LONG. These are the same drivers that turn around and continue to bust their @$$es and get all the work done sometimes even cutting their lunches short. I hear guys with 25+ years say "i had to take a 15 min lunch to get back on time." This boggles my mind ! Why don't we all work to rule? I talked to a driver the other day that explained to me one of the drivers only gets dispatched with 65-70 a day because he works by the book. center manager has been on him for months but can't hit him on anything because he is doing everything right. Why don't more drivers do this? Not only would it make our daily dispatch go down but then UPS would be forced to hire more drivers. I think its because drivers are scared. I know there is a mixture of the union and driver power but I believe the union is only as strong as its members and from what i see its a joke. I am just so tired of drivers complaining and not doing anything about it. If you aren't going to act then don't b#$%#.

There, that's my rant of the day. :happy-very:
 

Bubblehead

My Senior Picture
Excellent question, one I've been asking for years.
Stand by, the sheep will be chiming in directly.
You'll hear things like; I have a family, we're luck to have a job, I don't want to put a target on my back, etc, etc, etc.
My feeling is that you hit it squarely on the head, well said.
WAKE UP SHEEP!!!!
 

menotyou

bella amicizia
I, personally, don't want to break up my day after I have finally gotten everything organized, just to sit for 45 min. If we could work straight, I probably would most days. I understand the need for a rest period, some days I just don't want it. -I have never worked through a lunch and have always taken them- I'm just not a sitter.

Just saying'.
 

menotyou

bella amicizia
Same at mine. That's why I only worked through for about a week. I would take lunch at the end. Light bulb after, having already 34 p/u including the NY Air Brake, they added three others(
Can you help so and so?
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One of which was the UPS Store right next to the base near X-mas. Lunch became a priority. I would fixed things on my radio, shop, whatever. Never did that again.
 
Excellent question, one I've been asking for years.
Stand by, the sheep will be chiming in directly.
You'll hear things like; I have a family, we're luck to have a job, I don't want to put a target on my back, etc, etc, etc.
My feeling is that you hit it squarely on the head, well said.
WAKE UP SHEEP!!!!
I have to go home and cut the grass.
I have to go home and poop.
 

Backlasher

Stronger, Faster, Browner
Excellent question, one I've been asking for years.
Stand by, the sheep will be chiming in directly.
You'll hear things like; I have a family, we're luck to have a job, I don't want to put a target on my back, etc, etc, etc.
My feeling is that you hit it squarely on the head, well said.
WAKE UP SHEEP!!!!

If we all did it I wonder if they have enough guns to point at every one of us targets??????????

Strength in 3's. The solo methods man gets nailed every time, but if everyone was insink thenit would work unity not just in a vote or in a strike,
BUT UNITY ON A DAILY BASIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your avitar would be really kewl if u changed it so that it was a manager beating on a drivers head.
 

Catatonic

Nine Lives
Maybe it has something to do with UPS, in the past, hired people with very strong work ethics and many of them coming out of the armed forces.
For these people, it is in their nature to get the job done and they don't accept failure very easily. The younger people are more complacent and don't see the direct relationship between hard work and success.

They are also more willing to accept someone else defining failure rather defining it themselves than the newer people. Younger people question things and don't buy into the American dream anymore. A lot of them voted for Obama.


Another possible reason is the differences in society. People who were born in the early 60's and before did not think physical, manual labor jobs were beneath them but that has changed and nowadays, it is looked down upon. Look at how quickly the drivers that can't do the job try to get into management.

Just a few thoughts that occurred to me as I read this thread.

Peace :peaceful:

from The Other Side
 

Leftinbuilding

Well-Known Member
Maybe it has something to do with UPS, in the past, hired people with very strong work ethics and many of them coming out of the armed forces.
For these people, it is in their nature to get the job done and they don't accept failure very easily. The younger people are more complacent and don't see the direct relationship between hard work and success.

They are also more willing to accept someone else defining failure rather defining it themselves than the newer people. Younger people question things and don't buy into the American dream anymore. A lot of them voted for Obama.


Another possible reason is the differences in society. People who were born in the early 60's and before did not think physical, manual labor jobs were beneath them but that has changed and nowadays, it is looked down upon. Look at how quickly the drivers that can't do the job try to get into management.

Just a few thoughts that occurred to me as I read this thread.

Peace :peaceful:

from The Other Side

Well said....closely mirror my thoughts. UPS has a bust-it-all-day culture and some simply can't do it. People are looking for the easy way.
 
Maybe it has something to do with UPS, in the past, hired people with very strong work ethics and many of them coming out of the armed forces.
For these people, it is in their nature to get the job done and they don't accept failure very easily. The younger people are more complacent and don't see the direct relationship between hard work and success.

They are also more willing to accept someone else defining failure rather defining it themselves than the newer people. Younger people question things and don't buy into the American dream anymore. A lot of them voted for Obama.


Another possible reason is the differences in society. People who were born in the early 60's and before did not think physical, manual labor jobs were beneath them but that has changed and nowadays, it is looked down upon. Look at how quickly the drivers that can't do the job try to get into management.

Just a few thoughts that occurred to me as I read this thread.

Peace :peaceful:

from The Other Side
This is getting to deep I'm going too the Life after Brown forum.
 
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