Walking Past Security

[PT Car Washer]

Drivers shouldn't be scrutinized as hard as inside employees. If we were going to be thieves it's highly unlikely we'd bring the stolen item back to the building then walk through the guard shack. Thieves would hide it on area or something.

I suppose it does not matter because almost all drivers are white males and a lot of PTers are not. I know when I go through the guard shack in my browns I am treated different then when I come into work to work the sort. Sounds more like racism to me.

 

[TooTechie]

I suppose it does not matter because almost all drivers are white males and a lot of PTers are not. I know when I go through the guard shack in my browns I am treated different then when I come into work to work the sort. Sounds more like racism to me.

You are seriously the most ignorant person on this forum.

 

[trickpony1]

You are seriously the most ignorant person on this forum.

Actually what he says is true.
Drivers in uniform are treated easier for several reasons.
The racism referred to must be the color(s) of the clothing worn and not the skin color.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I suppose it does not matter because almost all drivers are white males and a lot of PTers are not. I know when I go through the guard shack in my browns I am treated different then when I come into work to work the sort. Sounds more like racism to me.

Profiling?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You are seriously the most ignorant person on this forum.

No, he is right. We have PTers who also drive air or shuttle misloads. Senior drivers tend to ignore or look down on them when they are not in their browns.

 

[joeboodog]

It's a question of "fairness" not of common sense. It just takes one person to play the race card and UPS had a headache so they have to make everyone miserable.

 

[TooTechie]

No, he is right. We have PTers who also drive air or shuttle misloads. Senior drivers tend to ignore or look down on them when they are not in their browns.

As with anything anywhere, you're going to have a handful of morons who are racist, but it's not the norm in any of the centers (3) I've worked in. Also I and most of the drivers I work with all say hi to the inside guys in plain clothes walking out as we're walking in, regardless of skin color or what they're wearing.

I will say that there is a blonde prissy woman who works somewhere in an office job and would walk in toward the end of the night shift when I worked inside. I used to say hi to her and she would ignore me and keep walking, acting too good to talk to me.

Back when I went full time and started driving she would be leaving the building as I was walking in and she'd smile and say hi, so she clearly looked down on the inside workers or was afraid of them including me. We're both white by the way so race had nothing to do with it. I, of course, ignored her when she did that and pretended I didn't see her.

 

[Cowboy Mac]

It's profiling based on job classification. There's no racism involved because I'm a white male and for the most part security is white or Latino. Each time I've gone through, security gives the Part Timers a hard time. Drivers and supervisors get to walk right through. Like I said before, they almost let me walk through because they thought I could have been a sup or a mechanic.

Here's my question to you guys? Could I get in trouble for impersonation if I wore a supervisor polo or a drivers uniform to work? I'm pretty sure you can get uniforms online. Maybe I could shave my beard and keep a mustache as a disguise!

 

[joeboodog]

It's profiling based on job classification. There's no racism involved because I'm a white male and for the most part security is white or Latino. Each time I've gone through, security gives the Part Timers a hard time. Drivers and supervisors get to walk right through. Like I said before, they almost let me walk through because they thought I could have been a sup or a mechanic.

Here's my question to you guys? Could I get in trouble for impersonation if I wore a supervisor polo or a drivers uniform to work? I'm pretty sure you can get uniforms online. Maybe I could shave my beard and keep a mustache as a disguise!

You can't get a driver uniform but I think you can get a polo through Land's End.

 

[burrheadd]

It's profiling based on job classification. There's no racism involved because I'm a white male and for the most part security is white or Latino. Each time I've gone through, security gives the Part Timers a hard time. Drivers and supervisors get to walk right through. Like I said before, they almost let me walk through because they thought I could have been a sup or a mechanic.

Here's my question to you guys? Could I get in trouble for impersonation if I wore a supervisor polo or a drivers uniform to work? I'm pretty sure you can get uniforms online. Maybe I could shave my beard and keep a mustache as a disguise!

Take one out of the locker room

 

[Cowboy Mac]

Take one out of the locker room

No, that's stealing. That will definitely get me fired.

 

[MassWineGuy]

Wow! Great, nay, brilliant idea to be nasty with your center's security staff.

What could they do? Hmmm. Gotta put this one through Watson, the IBM super computer.

Ah ha! If no one ever told you, UPS has cameras hidden everywhere. Security complains to a manager, who then identifies you on playback.

I'm sure nothing will happen because unloaders are very difficult to find. Keep up the good work.

 

[Theking30]

So can you only bring in 3 oz of water per shift

 

[Theking30]

We have no security here.

 

[JL 0513]

No security at my center. No LP or anything. And we serve two cities out of our center with ghettos. Not like we're out solely in the country.

I could pull a black van into the truck bays, and leave 10 minutes later and no one would care.

 

[Cowboy Mac]

So can you only bring in 3 oz of water per shift

We can bring water in. We just can't bring it out. We're supposed to dump all of our coolers and jugs before getting to security. It's that special UPS water...

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

No security at my center. No LP or anything. And we serve two cities out of our center with ghettos. Not like we're out solely in the country.

I could pull a black van into the truck bays, and leave 10 minutes later and no one would care.

We have pickup customers who bring packages processed after their driver has already made the pickup to the center. I watched one of them carry them in and put them on the belt.

 

[FilingBluesFL]

No, he is right. We have PTers who also drive air or shuttle misloads. Senior drivers tend to ignore or look down on them when they are not in their browns.

Whereas you just look down on everyone?

 

[TooTechie]

We have pickup customers who bring packages processed after their driver has already made the pickup to the center. I watched one of them carry them in and put them on the belt.

That's crazy.

 

[JL 0513]

That's crazy.

It's no big deal at my center either. One of the unload belts starts at the customer counter and I see people just come in and drop pre-labeled packages on the belt and leave.