Cjordan217
New Member
I have been away from UPS now since Early March of 2008. Before I became a Full Time Driver in october of 2007. I had previously unloaded/Sorted for 3.5 yrs prior. I got lucky and got into to driving early on. I was Starting to work one morning looking through my truck a few minutes before our daily stretch/meeting. To get an idea of what the day would look like for me. Notice i had a fairly large package. So naturally i was looking at it thinking ok this is a big one so now while i am thinking about it where is my hand truck. There was not one on my truck. Since i was the new guy there convientley was never anything i need a good truck or a good hand truck. I kindly asked my supervisor where i could get one since i have a fairly large package to deliever into a long narraow drive way i usually don't take my truck into. He said go ahead i will bring you one out later. Never got the hand truck. Came to the residence where the package was being delievered. My only option is to back this truck in the drive way. I see it will fit but it will be a tight fit. cause i am not hurting my back to carry this 85lb packaged down a 100yrd drive way. So as i am backing i check my mirrors and beeping my horn watching my camera. Notice the owners two labs getting quite close to the rear tires. So i am riding the clutch trying to keep it going slowly. One dog shoots underneath the truck and i turn the wheel on instict to stop for possibly backing over this dog and i clip the edge of the owners stucco mailbox not doing that much damage. Took the corner of the stucco off and put a scrape but not dent in my truck. So i get out to check the damage then proceed to deliever the package BY HAND once i get close enough. I think knock on the door and ring the door bell the owner is usually always home. He never answers the door but i see his office light on. So after about 15 or 20 min. I start freaking out. thinking i just got this job i am gonna loose it i just got engaged got a kid on the way as off a week ago what do i do. So I am trying to think of what to do. Well I was immature at the time and decdied if the owner was not home who would know. I would just tell my sup that i hit tree limb to cause the scrap on my truck. Well as i am leaving the driveway my hub manager send me a message over the diad and says did you hit a mailbox well i replied no. I LIED big mistake on my part i got scared i didn't know what to do but lying is the not the answer. Longer story short i got with the union rep I PAY MY DUES. went to two different meetings one traveled out of state and got stood up. Second waited all day in a lobby of this resort got stood up. Finally second day got in after sitting for a 1.5 days. I sat in a room with upsers and union reps. They did there packets and read out a few things the whole meeting lasted maybe 5 or 10 min. My union rep did not say much if not anything at all about me past what he had to say. I feel like i was not represented very well at alll. I miss my job i loved that job and i was still wondering if there is a way to get back in. PLEASE HELP.
