Feeder and Disability

[Coldworld]

You have to be able to lift a dolly. When you get some seniority you can bid a run that just has single trailers

And now days it’s crazy stupid how fast drivers are moving up the seniority list… we have folks who have got seniority on runs that only a few years ago would have belong to the top 25% of drivers on the board..

 

[undies]

I really appreciate all your responses. Thank you.

 

[quad decade guy]

If you pass your DOT exam then you're good to go.

Not true.

 

[quad decade guy]

You have to be able to lift a dolly. When you get some seniority you can bid a run that just has single trailers

Not true.

 

[quad decade guy]

Damn right… there were times where I pretty much built sets for people who were behind or had to go to the power shop for something…they appreciated the gesture and it gave me something to do between moves…sometimes shifting is boring as hell..

This is so unreal as to be trollish.

Our shifters go hide in dark corner waiting for moves....

 

[quad decade guy]

You have to be able to lift a dolly. When you get some seniority you can bid a run that just has single trailers

Not true.

You cannot rely on anything in feeders.

In fact, here, you are only guaranteed your start time within one hour.

 

[quad decade guy]

5,000 pounds if you are trying to move one around in 6 inches of snow

Or softball size rocks...

 

[quad decade guy]

lol. Its not that I literally am unable to lift either 40 or 70 pounds. The doctor set me up as a preventative measure, I can do the job now, but they think if I keep at it, I will get seriously worse, which means more liability for UPS. Im hoping if the heavy lifting of feeder is maybe once a day, as opposed to all day every day in package, they will allow me to do it. Also, I'm already on the list, top 10, so I can be in the next class as soon as my doctor gives me the ok. Just gotta convince him somehow...

With all respect.....take that Hub clerk job. I've seen jobs created for folks like you.....

You are white-hot radioactive to UPS.....

 

[Coldworld]

This is so unreal as to be trollish.

Our shifters go hide in dark corner waiting for moves....

It happened more than once…and if you can believe it shifters would get dolly twists from yard control and actually put dollys away into the pile….oh the absolute madness of that…smfh

 

[Coldworld]

With all respect.....take that Hub clerk job. I've seen jobs created for folks like you.....

You are white-hot radioactive to UPS.....

You are a special kind of angry aren’t you???

 

[Coldworld]

This is so unreal as to be trollish.

Our shifters go hide in dark corner waiting for moves....

Not a troll son… been on this site since 1999… one of the original OG’s from back in the day…guess our shifters like helping out and cleaning the yard…don’t knock them for trying to not be bored out of their minds…

 

[burrheadd]

You are a special kind of angry aren’t you???

You’d be angry to if you had to work here for 40 years with no end in sight

 

[olroadbeech]

that dis is gonna bite you if UPS does not like you.

 

[quad decade guy]

You are a special kind of angry aren’t you???

Angry? About this guy? Actually giving a good piece of advice. I think you are mis hearing my point. A cushy clerk job maybe working days vs feeders? Jobs being specially created because they didn't know what else to do with them. UPS has limited opportunities and is very rigid.....anyone with much experience at UPS knows this.

 

[quad decade guy]

You’d be angry to if you had to work here for 40 years with no end in sight

Not true. My retirement is secure and planned. I know you don't like or understand that...shrug. But then you don't know me.

 

[silenze]

that dis is gonna bite you if UPS does not like you.

Newsflash. Ups hates all of us

 

[quad decade guy]

that dis is gonna bite you if UPS does not like you.

?

 

[olroadbeech]

Newsflash. Ups hates all of us

they love scabs

 

[bottomups]

I can't remember the last time I lifted anything more than 20lbs in feeders. The hardest part of my day is fine tuning the A/C so that the temperature inside the cab is just right.

Hardest part of my day is deciding whether to add another comforter or get up and adjust the thermostat while sitting in my recliner.

 

[undies]

I have 20 years with the company, over that time they have learned to hate me for various reasons. Ive always advocated for myself and asked questions they didnt want to answer. Despite all the BS I really did love driving package, my own route and customers really made me happy. If I have to give it all up for some clerk job, so be it, I just dont want to give up on driving just yet...until I feel like I really have no choice.