Colorado's weed shipment problem

[olroadbeech]

Hi, I'm an assistant manager in Colorado and just wanted to get some thoughts on a situation.

Roughly around mid way into February a customer wanted to ship out prescription deodorant out to Las Vegas for a supposed friend of his. He wanted to ship it out Two Day Air so I kind of was thinking to myself that was kind of fishy. I feel like anyone would have just sucked it up for their time there rather than spending close to $70 just to get it shipped out. An associate of mines processed the package not really thinking twice about it because he was in his second week of training. So I took the package and opened it up to see if there was anything strange about the package just to make sure. Turns out the shipper stashed a little bag of hash in the deodorant, so doing my job I notified my supervisor because thats what we are supposed to do. This isnt the first time that we have had someone try to pull a quick one on us like that so I was thinking to myself that we would just go through the standard procedure of reporting it to the police because we definitely don't want that shipment going through on our record. My manager decides to then consult it with the owner of the store and the owner then decides to ship it out anyways to make it the Hub's problem (Distribution Center). Later that night the manager of the Hub for our county called our store and proceeded to cuss out anyone who answered the phone because it was now his problem and I could completely understand his side of the situation.

I have been conflicted with this for some time now because I know what our normal procedures are for something like this yet management still decided to bypass it and basically committed an illegal action. After this issue I have begun to question the leadership at my store and am probably going to switch to part time and look for work somewhere else. I have been contemplating on calling the helpline or placing a complaint online about the situation but I'm not sure if anything will get done. Any thoughts? (Sorry for the long post)

another candidate for the american nazi party. so glad i'm retired if you are the future of this company.

 

[Brownslave688]

We have the dogs down our building, quite a bit.

In @RonBurgandy?????????? building I bet they have kennels outside for them. Lol

 

[Wally]

Big deal! A can of hash?

Great for breakfast with eggs.

 

[Brownslave688]

another candidate for the american nazi party. so glad i'm retired if you are the future of this company.

Not a ups employee.



TTKU

 

[oldngray]

Weed. It's always the weed.

 

[Mst3k]

So a customer should be allowed to bring anything they want into a ups store and ship it?

The package had already been accepted into the system, at that point any issue should have been run up the ladder to the proper authorities or other authorized person. You can't just go around opening up packages.

 

[PT Car Washer]

If it fits, it ships. Mind your own business.

 

[Brownslave688]

The package had already been accepted into the system, at that point any issue should have been run up the ladder to the proper authorities or other authorized person. You can't just go around opening up packages.

It was a ups store clerk. Not really in the system.

 

[burrheadd]

Hi, I'm an assistant manager in Colorado and just wanted to get some thoughts on a situation.

Roughly around mid way into February a customer wanted to ship out prescription deodorant out to Las Vegas for a supposed friend of his. He wanted to ship it out Two Day Air so I kind of was thinking to myself that was kind of fishy. I feel like anyone would have just sucked it up for their time there rather than spending close to $70 just to get it shipped out. An associate of mines processed the package not really thinking twice about it because he was in his second week of training. So I took the package and opened it up to see if there was anything strange about the package just to make sure. Turns out the shipper stashed a little bag of hash in the deodorant, so doing my job I notified my supervisor because thats what we are supposed to do. This isnt the first time that we have had someone try to pull a quick one on us like that so I was thinking to myself that we would just go through the standard procedure of reporting it to the police because we definitely don't want that shipment going through on our record. My manager decides to then consult it with the owner of the store and the owner then decides to ship it out anyways to make it the Hub's problem (Distribution Center). Later that night the manager of the Hub for our county called our store and proceeded to cuss out anyone who answered the phone because it was now his problem and I could completely understand his side of the situation.

I have been conflicted with this for some time now because I know what our normal procedures are for something like this yet management still decided to bypass it and basically committed an illegal action. After this issue I have begun to question the leadership at my store and am probably going to switch to part time and look for work somewhere else. I have been contemplating on calling the helpline or placing a complaint online about the situation but I'm not sure if anything will get done. Any thoughts? (Sorry for the long post)

I think your lying. You smoked it now your paranoid that the mans gonna find out. Go look out your blinds I think some bodies watching you

 

[Dr.Brownz]

I think the ups store is liable because they decided to ship it to a place where its illegal after finding out what it was. Could have just played dumb: "ive never seen drugs before in my life I didnt know!" Too late now though

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

The package had already been accepted into the system, at that point any issue should have been run up the ladder to the proper authorities or other authorized person. You can't just go around opening up packages.

If you are unsure of the contents you have every right to open the package; however, you should never do it alone----always have a second person there so there is no question of impropriety.

 

[cosmo1]

Do you think the weed should be sampled first to see if thats what it really is?

fixed it for you

 

[El Correcto]

You should of shipped it minus the hash. See if the guy comes in b* his drugs didn't make it.

 

[rod]

Back when I worked the only packages opened by the drivers for inspection were the ones being sent from known porno companies.

 

[Big Arrow Down...D]

Honestly I imagine the proper thing would of been to notify the authorities as soon as one found the weed

The proper thing to do is mind your business and ship the package... Everybody wants to be a hero...
What a P*.

 

[Catatonic]

Hi, I'm an assistant manager in Colorado and just wanted to get some thoughts on a situation.

Roughly around mid way into February a customer wanted to ship out prescription deodorant out to Las Vegas for a supposed friend of his. He wanted to ship it out Two Day Air so I kind of was thinking to myself that was kind of fishy. I feel like anyone would have just sucked it up for their time there rather than spending close to $70 just to get it shipped out. An associate of mines processed the package not really thinking twice about it because he was in his second week of training. So I took the package and opened it up to see if there was anything strange about the package just to make sure. Turns out the shipper stashed a little bag of hash in the deodorant, so doing my job I notified my supervisor because thats what we are supposed to do. This isnt the first time that we have had someone try to pull a quick one on us like that so I was thinking to myself that we would just go through the standard procedure of reporting it to the police because we definitely don't want that shipment going through on our record. My manager decides to then consult it with the owner of the store and the owner then decides to ship it out anyways to make it the Hub's problem (Distribution Center). Later that night the manager of the Hub for our county called our store and proceeded to cuss out anyone who answered the phone because it was now his problem and I could completely understand his side of the situation.

I have been conflicted with this for some time now because I know what our normal procedures are for something like this yet management still decided to bypass it and basically committed an illegal action. After this issue I have begun to question the leadership at my store and am probably going to switch to part time and look for work somewhere else. I have been contemplating on calling the helpline or placing a complaint online about the situation but I'm not sure if anything will get done. Any thoughts? (Sorry for the long post)

First, you are not a manager or an asst manager.
Second, if it busts open then maybe report it to your supervisor.
If you want to be be Inspector Clouseau, then go into law enforcement.
You should have a very good reason for opening a customer's package. People get fired for that and rightfully so.
Live your life and let others live theirs.
From a 40 year UPS manager.

 

[Catatonic]

You should of shipped it minus the hash. See if the guy comes in b* his drugs didn't make it.

Now I might have done that!

 

[oldngray]

Now I might have done that!

Didn't a driver get shot somewhere when a drug dealer thought the driver was stealing his drugs?

 

[Turdferguson]

You should have a very good reason for opening a customer's package.

Correct

People get fired for that and rightfully so.

Depends on what job you have at UPS. Some people will get fired if they don't open a package that is causing concern

 

[Big Arrow Down...D]

Correct

Depends on what job you have at UPS. Some people will get fired if they don't open a package that is causing concern

WDFD...now you wanna give a crap?