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<blockquote data-quote="ORLY!?!" data-source="post: 659275" data-attributes="member: 16334"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">This story is about an ex-cop now working for UPS. Now that the pressure is off during the weekend, I’m starting to recollect past tenses. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">All UPS places of work always have that one person, as an example, of someone trying to make things difficult for everyone, whatever it’s slacking off, getting hurt or generally all of the above. This particular person was a cop and let go, laid off or quit for whatever reason, I don’t know the details. All I know is he’s no longer one and employed by UPS now. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Well one day the person who sets up the air bay called out sick. As in set up meaning he put up some grates for loading misdirected packages bounded for other buildings. Some of unload has been given work for another building. So it has to be sent to an air bay to travel to another building. This guy was sent there because he couldn’t preload worth a damn, overly fat and lazy. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Me and another guy were sent to set this bay up. I’ve done it once before, and knew somewhat about how to. But UPS always has to have a sup watching by to make sure things get done right, yea right. We put it together and I looked at it and stated “are you sure? It doesn’t look right to me.". The sup said it was alright and sent us back to the line. About 30 minutes later the main line sup came storming up and gather both of us up to bring back to the air bay. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">She stopped us and asked about the set up and what happened. I could see down the walkway that the main building sup, another high level sup, the safety lady, the sup that made us set it up and this ex cop were together. The ex cop was sitting on the belt, stopped of course, and his right leg up. I knew what happened right off the bat. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">I said to her that me and this guy here set the grate up with that sup other there. She said that the guy working there tripped and got hurt on it. I said “well, I said to that sup other there it didn’t look right to me” the guy with me said I did say that. She was obviously hit by it and got upset, not at us though. I thought telling her she would say that to the rest of them, but she didn’t. So we were lead to this area were the ex cop was sitting with an ice pack on his right knee cap.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">They’re all looking at us and obviously were in a huff about this. The main building sup said “who set this up?” I said we did. She stated it wasn’t set up right and needed to be moved around. I was thinking to myself “duh, I said that earlier”. The safety lady was even taking pictures of the grate so she could slap up the photos on the safety board outside her office. I was like “god, this is such a bureaucracy”. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Well we got down and fixed it with the high level sup. The main building sup said “there it’s set up right”. And of course the ex cop got to go home soon after. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Over all, it’ was a demonstration of a scapegoat. That they sought out after someone to blame, which, for me; is the prefect definition of UPS supervision protocol. Never blame yourself, you can do no wrong, always blame someone else. This even after stating it was set up wrong. That we still got blamed for it. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">On Fridays, we get doughnuts and sodas. I don't get a doughnut, but I will get a free bottle of water. We call the sodas “safety sodas” for having no injuries for that week. It’s a nice gesture and moral booster. Funny, UPS is always like you need to eat right and drink plenty of water, yet on Fridays they give you a doughnut and soda. Of course this ex cops injury foils safety sodas for the entire building for us. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">The ex cop, for me, is a problem child. He loads a redirect with barely 300 packages a night and complains consistently, and always demanding help too or he’ll walk out. Boohoo, what a baby. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Not even two months ago, he was at it again, but a more serious type of incident. An ereg driver came along to put up a redirect for this guy to load. The thing was he put it up on the floor right by him and didn’t say a word about it. Ex cop was standing right by it, the package was right behind him. Now the air bay is rather tall, I would say about 6 feet up off the ground. Of course he wasn’t looking before stepping, stepped back and tripped over it. This guy is about 5’6” and rather husky, plus a 6 foot fall. Were talking about a 11 foot plus fall over a chain to the hard floor below. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">He was sent home for a few days, while our side got no sodas. Nowadays they won’t give people sodas in their center or their side of the HUB gets an injury. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">I’m tired of that ex-cop he walks around all big and tall like he owns the place. He speaks like he knows better then you. And has an ego to match. Every UPS building in the nation has one of these types of people. You probably know one yourself, straight up problem and trouble makers. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Thanks!</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ORLY!?!, post: 659275, member: 16334"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]This story is about an ex-cop now working for UPS. Now that the pressure is off during the weekend, I’m starting to recollect past tenses. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]All UPS places of work always have that one person, as an example, of someone trying to make things difficult for everyone, whatever it’s slacking off, getting hurt or generally all of the above. This particular person was a cop and let go, laid off or quit for whatever reason, I don’t know the details. All I know is he’s no longer one and employed by UPS now. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Well one day the person who sets up the air bay called out sick. As in set up meaning he put up some grates for loading misdirected packages bounded for other buildings. Some of unload has been given work for another building. So it has to be sent to an air bay to travel to another building. This guy was sent there because he couldn’t preload worth a damn, overly fat and lazy. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Me and another guy were sent to set this bay up. I’ve done it once before, and knew somewhat about how to. But UPS always has to have a sup watching by to make sure things get done right, yea right. We put it together and I looked at it and stated “are you sure? It doesn’t look right to me.". The sup said it was alright and sent us back to the line. About 30 minutes later the main line sup came storming up and gather both of us up to bring back to the air bay. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]She stopped us and asked about the set up and what happened. I could see down the walkway that the main building sup, another high level sup, the safety lady, the sup that made us set it up and this ex cop were together. The ex cop was sitting on the belt, stopped of course, and his right leg up. I knew what happened right off the bat. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]I said to her that me and this guy here set the grate up with that sup other there. She said that the guy working there tripped and got hurt on it. I said “well, I said to that sup other there it didn’t look right to me” the guy with me said I did say that. She was obviously hit by it and got upset, not at us though. I thought telling her she would say that to the rest of them, but she didn’t. So we were lead to this area were the ex cop was sitting with an ice pack on his right knee cap.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]They’re all looking at us and obviously were in a huff about this. The main building sup said “who set this up?” I said we did. She stated it wasn’t set up right and needed to be moved around. I was thinking to myself “duh, I said that earlier”. The safety lady was even taking pictures of the grate so she could slap up the photos on the safety board outside her office. I was like “god, this is such a bureaucracy”. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Well we got down and fixed it with the high level sup. The main building sup said “there it’s set up right”. And of course the ex cop got to go home soon after. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Over all, it’ was a demonstration of a scapegoat. That they sought out after someone to blame, which, for me; is the prefect definition of UPS supervision protocol. Never blame yourself, you can do no wrong, always blame someone else. This even after stating it was set up wrong. That we still got blamed for it. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]On Fridays, we get doughnuts and sodas. I don't get a doughnut, but I will get a free bottle of water. We call the sodas “safety sodas” for having no injuries for that week. It’s a nice gesture and moral booster. Funny, UPS is always like you need to eat right and drink plenty of water, yet on Fridays they give you a doughnut and soda. Of course this ex cops injury foils safety sodas for the entire building for us. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]The ex cop, for me, is a problem child. He loads a redirect with barely 300 packages a night and complains consistently, and always demanding help too or he’ll walk out. Boohoo, what a baby. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Not even two months ago, he was at it again, but a more serious type of incident. An ereg driver came along to put up a redirect for this guy to load. The thing was he put it up on the floor right by him and didn’t say a word about it. Ex cop was standing right by it, the package was right behind him. Now the air bay is rather tall, I would say about 6 feet up off the ground. Of course he wasn’t looking before stepping, stepped back and tripped over it. This guy is about 5’6” and rather husky, plus a 6 foot fall. Were talking about a 11 foot plus fall over a chain to the hard floor below. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]He was sent home for a few days, while our side got no sodas. Nowadays they won’t give people sodas in their center or their side of the HUB gets an injury. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]I’m tired of that ex-cop he walks around all big and tall like he owns the place. He speaks like he knows better then you. And has an ego to match. Every UPS building in the nation has one of these types of people. You probably know one yourself, straight up problem and trouble makers. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Thanks![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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