Dodged One

[Whither]

Sounds like my old bldg.

I was surprised to find out who had done it. My stew called me with a description, trying to track him down -- because the witnesses (including the driver whose car had been damaged) didn't know his name, but I never even thought of him. He had been driving for a while, has family in the company. He knew better. But the adrenaline kicked in and he bolted. I get it, but in that situation he had to have realized they were gonna put him on the hotseat. It might even have been on surveillance footage.

He was very lucky.

 

[Whither]

We still have a couple of Isuzus. Only drove one once. Not too horrible. Sprinters are absolutely incapable in snow or ice.

But they still operate better than our 2012 GMC and Ford vans.

I was spinning out my trusty old Freightliner P-1000 on level ground at my industrial deliveries today haha. There are limits to traction without chains, and we're not far enough north for the company to train us how to use, or even supply, snow chains. They just leave sand out in the yard and send us out. We got some ice overnight, then ~6 total inches of snow by mid-day to coat it. I took a look at most of my resi neighborhoods en route to farther-flung businesses, messaged em no way it was worth the risk. I was gonna sheet everything up anyway but they actually sent the message "DO NOT ATTEMPT RESIS" lmao

 

[UnionStrong]

I was spinning out my trusty old Freightliner P-1000 on level ground at my industrial deliveries today haha. There are limits to traction without chains, and we're not far enough north for the company to train us how to use, or even supply, snow chains. They just leave sand out in the yard and send us out. We got some ice overnight, then ~6 total inches of snow by mid-day to coat it. I took a look at most of my resi neighborhoods en route to farther-flung businesses, messaged em no way it was worth the risk. I was gonna sheet everything up anyway but they actually sent the message "DO NOT ATTEMPT RESIS" lmao

I drove p1000 too. Very dicey in the snow.

 

[Nolimitz]

Freightliners. Maybe my company will have a moment of clarity and replace our awful Sprinters with those.

But I won’t put money on it.

never happen

 

[McFeely]

never happen

If anything, we'll get more Sprinters and less of the step-vans because more and more of our volume is going to Ground and to UPS. Not looking forward to a Sprinter because I quite literally don't fit in them.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Uh, you mean that you’re on the somewhat heavy side? Takes all kinds to make the world go round. Which vehicle do you like driving most?

 

[McFeely]

Uh, you mean that you’re on the somewhat heavy side? Takes all kinds to make the world go round.

No, just tall. I can’t stand up inside a Sprinter and my knees hit the dash.

700s fit me fine, and so does my Reach.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Reach? We have none.

 

[whenIgetthere]

Uh, you mean that you’re on the somewhat heavy side? Takes all kinds to make the world go round. Which vehicle do you like driving most?

Uh, you mean that you’re on the somewhat heavy side? Takes all kinds to make the world go round. Which vehicle do you like driving most?

Always drove 700's and 900's till I took a new route for my last year, it was in a Sprinter. The Grumman's were great, hated the sprinter because of my height.

 

[McFeely]

Reach? We have none.

Isuzu Reach? You don’t have any there?

 

[MassWineGuy]

Oh! Those odd in between size trucks with lots of side mirrors? We still have some.

 

[!Retired!]

Hoping this my final feeding of the trolls.

You still haven't answered my question.........why were you afraid of getting a letter? 1 letter doesn't man termination

 

[MassWineGuy]

You still haven't answered my question.........why were you afraid of getting a letter? 1 letter doesn't man termination

Yes I know. I got a letter about five or six years ago. My (mis)understanding is that if during one year from getting it anything bad happens they can fire you.

I am very confident that I wouldn’t get three letters in one year. But it’s three letters in, I think, a 5-6 year period.

I was scared, lost any semblance of rational thinking and did what I did.

 

[FalconAss]

Spot on. He has proven with numerous post that being a courier is not his proper career path.

Like the "spot on" your briefs from not wiping me?