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Why is it a sign that you made it when you get a driving job at UPS?
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<blockquote data-quote="The Milkman" data-source="post: 1201516" data-attributes="member: 22760"><p>What I am saying is UPS is a hard career, it makes good money, and it's fine for people that don't want to go to school and even for people that do want to go to school. Some people can't stand to think that driving a truck is the pinnacle of their careers and aren't doing what they dreamed of. To say one is harder than the other is not something we can judge, everyone is different, and everyone wants different things in life. </p><p></p><p>There is no prestige in driving. No degree is required. But, there is respect for the amount of commitment they have put in there jobs. Just like respecting a business owner, an accountant, a teacher, a janitor, a brick layer, a lawyer, a engineer, and so on. Every human deserves respect until they prove otherwise to you.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Driving a truck is one thing, But back in 81 Driving I felt a little more in control back then. NDA was in it's infancy, you would get in your truck, sort things out, know your pickups and could actually plan your day however to make service. before all the P/U commit times you would swing by a business run out of a home at 11am or 2pm and p/u or come back the next day. You juggled things more when NDA came out and little by little with earlier commit times you were slowly but surely losing control of how to run your route to accomadate the small business owner who could rely on you to arrive in the am and return in the pm for p/u. Now your day is planned, can't really use your brain to sort the day out, thus drivers becoming like pre programmed robots. It is sad because before all this bar code this and edd that, people saw you in a different light, more down to earth and possibly more relaxed. How many times I would chat with folks at homes and p/u's becoming familiar with their families and other interests and still did a fairs day work for a fairs day pay. Now many see a different face every other day because of misloads , splitting up rtes etc. Can't count on being in the area same time everyday. I missed that part of interaction with the people, The Service we provided made UPS grow, now numbers for the shareholders are all that matter...and the people out there using UPS surely know it<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/money.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":money:" title="Money :money:" data-shortname=":money:" /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="The Milkman, post: 1201516, member: 22760"] What I am saying is UPS is a hard career, it makes good money, and it's fine for people that don't want to go to school and even for people that do want to go to school. Some people can't stand to think that driving a truck is the pinnacle of their careers and aren't doing what they dreamed of. To say one is harder than the other is not something we can judge, everyone is different, and everyone wants different things in life. There is no prestige in driving. No degree is required. But, there is respect for the amount of commitment they have put in there jobs. Just like respecting a business owner, an accountant, a teacher, a janitor, a brick layer, a lawyer, a engineer, and so on. Every human deserves respect until they prove otherwise to you.[/QUOTE] [SIZE=4] Driving a truck is one thing, But back in 81 Driving I felt a little more in control back then. NDA was in it's infancy, you would get in your truck, sort things out, know your pickups and could actually plan your day however to make service. before all the P/U commit times you would swing by a business run out of a home at 11am or 2pm and p/u or come back the next day. You juggled things more when NDA came out and little by little with earlier commit times you were slowly but surely losing control of how to run your route to accomadate the small business owner who could rely on you to arrive in the am and return in the pm for p/u. Now your day is planned, can't really use your brain to sort the day out, thus drivers becoming like pre programmed robots. It is sad because before all this bar code this and edd that, people saw you in a different light, more down to earth and possibly more relaxed. How many times I would chat with folks at homes and p/u's becoming familiar with their families and other interests and still did a fairs day work for a fairs day pay. Now many see a different face every other day because of misloads , splitting up rtes etc. Can't count on being in the area same time everyday. I missed that part of interaction with the people, The Service we provided made UPS grow, now numbers for the shareholders are all that matter...and the people out there using UPS surely know it:money:[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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