UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I also live on my route and save money by going home for my meal break.
Driving home for lunch/dinner?
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OLDMAN3
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We were given a sheet that states we can not drive more than 1/4 mile each way off trace to take break. Past practice (for decades) was 1 mile off trace. I don't know if the new policy was tested. Of coarse you can always drive as many miles as it takes to use a bathroom...and then stay for lunch. To make it work it needs to be the closest public bathroom.
To the OP...find out what your center"s policy is for going off trace to take break.
To the OP...find out what your center"s policy is for going off trace to take break.
Indecisi0n
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I'll drive where I want to within reason for MY lunch.
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Leave the gun,take the cannoli
Do you always clean your plate?
IS it the same reason the OP goes home, to spend invaluable extra time with his wife and kids?
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
They can hand out all the sheets they want. It doesn't change the fact that I will drive as far as necessary in order to use a restroom on my break. The management person who wrote that "sheet" was sitting in an office 30 feet from a bathroom. If he were ever on car with me and had to take a dump bad enough, I have a feeling that he would instruct me to drive him to the nearest public restroom where he could make proper and fitting use of that sheet.
"Sorry, management has instructed us to not break route to use the bathroom. Here's a DR bag, try not to make a mess"
Lead Belly
BANNED
You have to be being paid when driving a company vehicle. They can't make you use your breaks or lunch.
Indecisi0n
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Will I be spanked if I don't ?
I agree.
Lead Belly
BANNED
That's on a case by case basis.
Lead Belly
BANNED
You can't argue with poop.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
ask drivers at your hub as the house rules may be different from ours. we can go a mile away from route but must do it on the clock according to the union and then punch off for meal and breaks after said vehicle is stopped. if you think about that , it makes sense.
why cant you park your company vehicle and take your personal vehicle home for lunch if you only live a mile away?
why cant you park your company vehicle and take your personal vehicle home for lunch if you only live a mile away?
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
ill spank you but will charge you for it.
Do you break trace?
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
I had a female supervisor give me a post-accident safety OJS a couple of years ago.
I politely informed her that there were 2 options. Option #1 involved me being friendly and cooperative and letting her know where all the clean public restrooms were, and running the route in a manner that would give her access to those restrooms at suitable intervals. Option #2 was the "hardass" option where we would do everything strictly by the book, document and nitpick every detail, and stay strictly on a trace which could prove to be a bit of a problem for a few hours when it came to sit-down restroom facilities or lack thereof.
She got the message loud and clear and picked Option #1, so we got the safety drivel out of the way in the first hour and she spent the rest of the day chatting with me, walking stops off, and enjoying the scenery of Oregon's wine country on a nice sunny day.
I politely informed her that there were 2 options. Option #1 involved me being friendly and cooperative and letting her know where all the clean public restrooms were, and running the route in a manner that would give her access to those restrooms at suitable intervals. Option #2 was the "hardass" option where we would do everything strictly by the book, document and nitpick every detail, and stay strictly on a trace which could prove to be a bit of a problem for a few hours when it came to sit-down restroom facilities or lack thereof.
She got the message loud and clear and picked Option #1, so we got the safety drivel out of the way in the first hour and she spent the rest of the day chatting with me, walking stops off, and enjoying the scenery of Oregon's wine country on a nice sunny day.
By The Book
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Explain why (technically) you can't take your lunch within your contracts stated time.
By The Book
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Yes it can, where you eat that is. If your centers house rule is 1 mile round trip and you drive 1 mile each way then yes it's an issue. I'm thinking you implied that and to not take too much personal time.
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Leave the gun,take the cannoli
Wash your mouth out...
Johney
Pineapple King
So you get to take let's say an extra 1/2 hour,15 mins to and 15 mins from area for lunch just because you're rural? You might because you've been here a long time. Let a rookie try and see if that flies.
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