oldngray
nowhere special
Is he management now?
Bumper scrape
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Is he management now?
Happily retired. He was our steward. He laughed every time he told that story. He told management before he left the building that his route shouldn't even be dispatched that day. They finally caught on hours later.
Kmart sux. So does Walmart. And Orion.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
I average one tow truck call every 4 years. It would be a lot more except for the fact that I keep a tow strap in the pkg car and whenever I get stuck all I have to do is hook it to the bumper and just stand there until someone with a 4x4 or a tractor happens to come by. Not once in 26 yrs has anyone with a 4x4 ever passed by without stopping to help.
Tough Guy
Well-Known Member
I see a lot of scrapes and dings happen just from drivers trying to get out of the building in the morning, myself included. Especially when they tell us to get certain trucks out for early airs. Sandwiched between poles and 1000s with platforms behind them. There's one bulk truck goes out early every day scrapes it's way out. Many centers have the overhead door to the right of where the metros are parked, so they have to get out of there spot, somehow swerve right at the end of the metro, then somehow swerve left to snake out the door at an angle. Crazy.
Tows are not accidents, unless you cause property damage or vehicle damage it's not a accident. Public road scrapes are not accidents. Someone's driveway would be a different story since it's property damage. During the winter my mechanic calls me "snowflake" because every time it snows I used to get stuck. Nowadays I learned and I just EC everything.
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oldngray
nowhere special
Sometimes tows are accidents. It costs UPS money so it depends on the mood of that center whether the driver gets charged with an accident or not. I have seen it end up both ways.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
If it costs the company they will charge you with an accident.
Resident know-it-all.
Resident know-it-all.
Wrong. I got towed (and the company got charged) numerous times over the years.
Never got charged with an accident.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
In 26 yrs of driving I have never been charged with an accident for getting stuck and needing a tow truck.
Wrong!!
Like many other here, I had tows many times and was never charged with a accident.
Johney
Pineapple King
Letter...B....emergency conditions....prevents you from getting stuck!
Yes, always an option.
If you are going to charge me with an accident, damn right...letter B
Shoot, there were days I used ECD more times than DR.
We had a driver last year, that they wanted to fire. They said you EC 40 stops and telematics said, you was'nt at thosee addresses.
He said, if I could make it to the house,I would have delivered them!
WTF?...really?
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
Lmfao. Give you the heave-ho. Huh. Lol. Guess what. This is a teamster job. The dues you pay every month means they can't give you the heave-ho because they don't like you or think your a "slug". And in my two decades at this job let me tell you , no "slug" would even work two weeks here. If you mean following methods , following posted speed limits and servicing your customers is a "slug" than I "guess" I should have been fired years ago.
