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[rod]

Yep.. and more importantly you were able to make a damn decision which everyone is afraid to do now including most mgt..

Correct me if I'm wrong but drivers now aren't allowed to make any decisions anymore are they? And neither can center managers. Who the hell makes decisions now?

 

[Coldworld]

Correct me if I'm wrong but drivers now aren't allowed to make any decisions anymore are they? And neither can center managers. Who the hell makes decisions now?

Someone 1000 miles away from the m a office…part of the reason why this company might not be here in 25 years..

 

[rod]

Someone 1000 miles away from the m a office…part of the reason why this company might not be here in 25 years..

You are really pushing it thinking it will last that long

 

[Coldworld]

You are really pushing it thinking it will last that long

Going to ride it out for the next few years then bounce…we’ll see

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Big cities in the South only have a few salt trucks and plows. No one has tires or experience to drive in it (including UPS). Public transit doesn't run, schools close because school buses can't run. Thousands without power because of downed branches on lines every single time.

Businesses close because of all of the above. Honestly it's a no brainer for UPS to shut down, not much work would get done anyways.

 

[Future]

Is @Future stuck in a ditch somewhere?

The past 13 yrs of my life !!!

 

[Wally]

And don’t let them charge you with an accident if you slide into a ditch… they are getting dinged with the tow…they want you out there they take responsibility

Once it gets that bad I just wait...

 

[Wally]

 

[Wally]

Lol, who hasn't done that? It saves a back on telematics! Just helping the cause!

 

[oldngray]

 

[KOG72]

That's it I'm calling off tomorrow

I can't work in these kind of conditions
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Down here we would be shut down for days with that on the ground

 

[over9five]

The best thing about THIS snowstorm is being on vacation!

 

[Coldworld]

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The best thing about THIS snowstorm is being on vacation!

If that’s you neighborhood, must suck when the branches start dropping..

 

[wornoutupser]

We had to use caution in Florida yesterday. We had almost a full foot of sunshine!

 

[WannaBeFeeder]

maybe its just here ? If you get stuck and have to get towed out the snow its a write up

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

Big cities in the South only have a few salt trucks and plows. No one has tires or experience to drive in it (including UPS). Public transit doesn't run, schools close because school buses can't run. Thousands without power because of downed branches on lines every single time.

Businesses close because of all of the above. Honestly it's a no brainer for UPS to shut down, not much work would get done anyways.

Absolutely nobody here was prepared when Texas shut down for a week last February. It was a mess.

 

[DELACROIX]

Absolutely nobody here was prepared when Texas shut down for a week last February. It was a mess.

I live in a big city in the Midwest... every year.. same story with the first snow fall less than an inch...some clueless, naive motorist closes the freeway, it is like gerbils falling off the cliff. Doesn’t help when the city snow trucks fail to hit the roads because of COVID issues.

Spent 4 long years in North Dakota back in the early 70’s, drove a 1968 Barracuda muscle car. It was early training on what not to do during a snow fall, much appreciated now.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

I live in a big city in the Midwest... every year.. same story with the first snow fall less than an inch...some clueless, naive motorist closes the freeway, it is like gerbils falling off the cliff. Doesn’t help when the city snow trucks fail to hit the roads because of COVID issues.

Spent 4 long years in North Dakota back in the early 70’s, drove a 1968 Barracuda muscle car. It was early training on what not to do during a snow fall, much appreciated now.

Any amount of snow is a rarity here. The several inches we got in such a short amount of time made it a relative disaster. Virtually nothing moved the first three days that week. They started taking volunteers to come in that Thursday, and I jumped at the chance. I wanted to get some experience driving in those conditions (it wasn’t fun), and because we had the in-laws staying with us (a man can only take so much of that).

 

[UnionStrong]

Any amount of snow is a rarity here. The several inches we got in such a short amount of time made it a relative disaster. Virtually nothing moved the first three days that week. They started taking volunteers to come in that Thursday, and I jumped at the chance. I wanted to get some experience driving in those conditions (it wasn’t fun), and because we had the in-laws staying with us (a man can only take so much of that).

Death before co/habitation with in-laws!

 

[Coldworld]

maybe its just here ? If you get stuck and have to get towed out the snow its a write up

That’s BS..