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<blockquote data-quote="cynic" data-source="post: 1185170" data-attributes="member: 48621"><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErUiAyVoGc" target="_blank">John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down - YouTube</a></p><p></p><p><strong>ChickenLegs </strong>called it - any corporation would rather spend $6,000 than pay an employee $100. If they pay one, then there's going to be a line out the door submitting claims the next day. Seriously, they have offices full of attorneys to defend claims against safety, patents, injury on duty and you'd have to find an attorney for $400/hour that you'd pay out of pocket to get your $100 back. Now add the office full of Amazon attorneys (since it was their trailer) to the office full of UPS attorneys and your legal fees would go into 5 figures.</p><p></p><p>Since I too work in the "Jenga" department unloading trailers every morning, I know exactly what you're talking about with waiting for the walls to come crumbling and tumbling down. Some trailers we can't even open because the loads have fallen against the door and they have to pull them off the door, gun it, slam on the brakes, and slowly back it in and we try again. Even the poor load retainers can't take it!! </p><p></p><p>I completely agree with you on the principle of the matter. It sucks, but the odds and financial figures are not in your favor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cynic, post: 1185170, member: 48621"] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErUiAyVoGc]John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down - YouTube[/url] [B]ChickenLegs [/B]called it - any corporation would rather spend $6,000 than pay an employee $100. If they pay one, then there's going to be a line out the door submitting claims the next day. Seriously, they have offices full of attorneys to defend claims against safety, patents, injury on duty and you'd have to find an attorney for $400/hour that you'd pay out of pocket to get your $100 back. Now add the office full of Amazon attorneys (since it was their trailer) to the office full of UPS attorneys and your legal fees would go into 5 figures. Since I too work in the "Jenga" department unloading trailers every morning, I know exactly what you're talking about with waiting for the walls to come crumbling and tumbling down. Some trailers we can't even open because the loads have fallen against the door and they have to pull them off the door, gun it, slam on the brakes, and slowly back it in and we try again. Even the poor load retainers can't take it!! I completely agree with you on the principle of the matter. It sucks, but the odds and financial figures are not in your favor. [/QUOTE]
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