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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 259703" data-attributes="member: 1664">Hey, 1trickponyI do not risk my life. I prepare and adapt, to preserve it.So, you are saying the company should come pick you up and bring you to work?Funny you should bring up the icy road thing.In this part of Texas we get little snow,mostly ice storms.A freakin blizzard hit in the 80&#039;s. Ice and snow covered roads.I loaded my pickup truck with sand, come alongs, shovels, rope and what else I thought I would need if I got stranded on the road to work.I packed an overnight bag and reserved a room at the motel 8 down the road from the center because I wasn&#039;t sure I could make it home that night.I made it there before start time.Half the drivers called in because they could not make it because of the ice. Most lived within 1 mile of the center. I do not blame them, they had an excuse, even though I had driven 55 miles to get there.Since the center was at a stand still due to iced roads, drivers that made it to the center were sent home.I stayed and worked for two hours trying to make pickups.Stayed at the motel that night and was at work on the next morning.No one from management said thank you. I did not expect it from them.I only did it out of my duty to go work, if it is at all possible.I am not some kind of super hero company man. I am a man who was raised without any extra money in the house and a father that taught me the value of having a job.If I have an accident on my own time and end up in the hospital, why should I expect the company to care?Everyone of us take our life in our own hands when we venture onto the highways in the U.S.P.S.Where will the teamsters be if the same thing happens to you on the way to work?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 259703, member: 1664"] Hey, 1trickpony I do not risk my life. I prepare and adapt, to preserve it. So, you are saying the company should come pick you up and bring you to work? Funny you should bring up the icy road thing. In this part of Texas we get little snow,mostly ice storms. A freakin blizzard hit in the 80's. Ice and snow covered roads. I loaded my pickup truck with sand, come alongs, shovels, rope and what else I thought I would need if I got stranded on the road to work. I packed an overnight bag and reserved a room at the motel 8 down the road from the center because I wasn't sure I could make it home that night. I made it there before start time. Half the drivers called in because they could not make it because of the ice. Most lived within 1 mile of the center. I do not blame them, they had an excuse, even though I had driven 55 miles to get there. Since the center was at a stand still due to iced roads, drivers that made it to the center were sent home. I stayed and worked for two hours trying to make pickups. Stayed at the motel that night and was at work on the next morning. No one from management said thank you. I did not expect it from them. I only did it out of my duty to go work, if it is at all possible. I am not some kind of super hero company man. I am a man who was raised without any extra money in the house and a father that taught me the value of having a job. If I have an accident on my own time and end up in the hospital, why should I expect the company to care? Everyone of us take our life in our own hands when we venture onto the highways in the U.S. P.S. Where will the teamsters be if the same thing happens to you on the way to work? [/QUOTE]

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