What is up with the dirt trucks??
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jwb200k
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My delivery route runs around 250 miles a day. The windows get extemely dirty with bugs and dirt making it unsafe. UPS would not wash them. I filed several greivances. Instead of fixing the problem they put it back on me by saying its my responsibility to leave the center with a safe vehicle. The said I had to wash it in the am before I left the building so now I am getting paid $41+ an hour to do it. I take my time to get the windows spotless. We have several car washers on the PM shift that make $9 an hour. It does not make sense!
Cementups
Box Monkey
I take care of the inside condition of my own truck. Can't trust other people to do it for you. I proudly have oneof hte cleanest cabs in package car in the center. I keep cleaning suppplies in my truck and use them as needed. Once in a blue moon I will also sweep out and/or vacuum the cargo area as well. Just makes me sick how people can drive aaround in the pig sties that they get to be.
BronxCarWasher
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I am a car washer in the bronx, and I just want to say that between the shifting, pulling trucks in and out of the building, and making runs to 43rd st. every night, we really don't have enough time to actually wash too many trucks. Just wanted to add my 2 cents
Thanks for your 2 cents worth, BronxCarWasher, and welcome to the Brown Cafe. It is just a pet peeve of mine that the equipment that our customers see everyday isn't kept up like it used to be. I didn't realize until this thread that the Car Wash was being cut to the bare 3.5 minimum hours and the other things that you do. I never see you guys because of the opposite hours in my Hub that we work. I would be happy if my Car was washed at least once a week, due to some fluke, it hasn't been touched for several months. My car doesn't have mud all over it, we have been in a drought for a while and it just looks dusty and dirty. It is hard to see out of the windshield through the part the wipers don't reach, this should be a safety issue.
SmithBarney
Well-Known Member
3 or maybe 4 weeks of non-cleaning, never an issue with management.. LOL
this particular car was never scheduled to be cleaned... not to mention
I regularly returned well after car wash was over...
this particular car was never scheduled to be cleaned... not to mention
I regularly returned well after car wash was over...
I work the carwash at P'dale in Atlanta. We are told the each center has a day that they have to go through the car wash tunnel, however, it does not seemed to be enforced by management. Having said that, we have more pc's that are dirty or not washed. Some are too far in the lineup and you have to move 3-4 pc's to get one out (especially one without power steering). That eat up time and you know how UPS is on hours. It usually gets written up and the driver is asked to make sure to wash it when he or she gets in. I suggest you tell your management team that you need you pc cleaned.
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
now that the YANKEE"S SUCK and are 10 behind the Sox,13 behind after this series you should turn off the game at nite and find plenty of time to wash more pkg cars,maybe UPS will hire Joe Torre to help you guys out,he will be looking for a job come friday!!!!!! THE SOX #1 BABY!!!!!! GO SOX!!!!!
BronxCarWasher
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I couldn't agree more. It should be a safety issue, especially the way they are reaaly preaching safety( at least in my building). I am actually a full time car washer. I work 8 hours a night. I was a driver for 15 years, and got the car washer job 4 years ago. I am responsible for 35 trucks, and I try my best to keep them somewhat clean.
I saw a filthy package car delivering at a bike shop around 1000 am last Monday morning. The weather was clear and bright and the driver said he had not driven through a mud bath. The driver looked at the car and said he really didn't notice it was dirty because the cars are always dirty.
UPS is discarding it's reputation for excellence through this and other changes which make it just another company which deivers packages. By 2018 there won't be a UPS unless it removes it's head from the nether region.
UPS is discarding it's reputation for excellence through this and other changes which make it just another company which deivers packages. By 2018 there won't be a UPS unless it removes it's head from the nether region.
BronxCarWasher
New Member
6 yrs. to go!
Phila. District
Driving a newer 1300 with about 39,000 miles on it what they do with the outside is up to them but I keep the cab claen with Simple Green. The safety guy was checking the cars the other evening and pulled the bottle, and the next morning got called to the office for having a unacceptable cleaner in the car so I walked up to the car and got the MSDS that I printed off the Simple Green website. Loved the look on their faces when that happened. 
BronxCarWasher
New Member
Thats a great story, I got a hold of that simple green stuff once, It really makes the trucks shine, I asked them if they could order more, they said no....Whatever, like you I only have 6 years to go too.
raceanoncr
Well-Known Member
Driving a newer 1300 with about 39,000 miles on it what they do with the outside is up to them but I keep the cab claen with Simple Green. The safety guy was checking the cars the other evening and pulled the bottle, and the next morning got called to the office for having a unacceptable cleaner in the car so I walked up to the car and got the MSDS that I printed off the Simple Green website. Loved the look on their faces when that happened.
govols019
You smell that?
Re: "A Clean Truck Is A Happy Truck"
Have you or anyone else filed a grievance citing that article to get the cars clean?
The Union doesn't know it's a problem until you let them know.
Have you or anyone else filed a grievance citing that article to get the cars clean?
The Union doesn't know it's a problem until you let them know.
Re: "A Clean Truck Is A Happy Truck"
The illustrious IE deptmartment use to provide allowances for the car wash
Now since things changed awhile ago, don't wash every car, every day, not sure how allowances are measured.
Your management team knows how much time is allowed to wash cars.
Clean cars should not be a safety issue, they should be washed as needed.
It is very disappointing that greivances, need to be filed, to keep our drivers safe.
The illustrious IE deptmartment use to provide allowances for the car wash
Now since things changed awhile ago, don't wash every car, every day, not sure how allowances are measured.
Your management team knows how much time is allowed to wash cars.
Clean cars should not be a safety issue, they should be washed as needed.
It is very disappointing that greivances, need to be filed, to keep our drivers safe.
8up
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Re: "A Clean Truck Is A Happy Truck"
Jeez, what have I been thinking all these years? I kept my car clean thinking I was following the contract maintaining it in a clean and sanitary condition. Who's supposed to be doing that?
Jeez, what have I been thinking all these years? I kept my car clean thinking I was following the contract maintaining it in a clean and sanitary condition. Who's supposed to be doing that?
trickpony1
Well-Known Member
Driving a newer 1300 with about 39,000 miles on it what they do with the outside is up to them but I keep the cab claen with Simple Green. The safety guy was checking the cars the other evening and pulled the bottle, and the next morning got called to the office for having a unacceptable cleaner in the car so I walked up to the car and got the MSDS that I printed off the Simple Green website. Loved the look on their faces when that happened.
By "....unacceptable....", I think they meant you didn't get on your knees and beg and plead to use your own cleaner.
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