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That was great! I feel for those package drivers. Doing inside deliveries on an LTL truck has similar circumstances. Thank goodness I don't get to do that day in and day out.
Kudos to the UPS men in brown!
 
That was great. I spent 15 years at UPS package in the Metro D.C. area the same area where this driver is from. So I can understand where he is comming from. That happend to me all the time when I was in small package. That was great:hysterical:
 
The biggest thing mentioned ,and the most important is having the street numbers where people or Fire or Police Dept can see them .People could die in the extra time it takes to find a street number when seconds count .
 
Mike432 said:
The biggest thing mentioned ,and the most important is having the street numbers where people or Fire or Police Dept can see them .People could die in the extra time it takes to find a street number when seconds count .
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Wow, lotta that stuff applies to fire trucks too... especially the part about putting numbers on your house. Yes, if it's the one with a mushroom cloud over it we will know that we need to stop there. However, your heart attack is gonna be as invisible to us as your house numbers are. Maybe one of your neighbors has numbers on THEIR house and we can figure it out from there, but they most likely they are just like you and don't.

Some of these houses have numbers on them (yay!) that are stained the same color as the shingles they're attached to (huh?). Try and see THAT at 3 AM.
 
Kinda funny, I really liked the part about "dont honk your horn, I know I'm blocking your path". Reminds me of before I went to line haul and was doing P&D, more than one time I was in an alley delivering to a customer and a UPS package truck would come up behind me and get all pissed off because I had the nerve to be blocking him from going through. One time in particular I was doing a lift gate delivery to a paint store, 4 pallets of paint that had to be unstacked and set in the customers door, a UPS came up behind me and said I had to move, when informed I was going to move as soon as I was done he pulled his crap brown package truck close enough to me so my lift gate would not be able to move without hitting his truck, and told me I had to move "now". He did not like it too much when I said move it or lose it and started the lift gate up. He had to back up real fast to keep from losing his bumper and grill. Ya they can have it tough, but no tougher than LTL
drivers, so for the most part, I think they can just get over their bad *** selves.
 
Come on now guys do you really think House numbers are that important.Look what they do to the property value.I spent 1.5 million for my house ,do you really expect me to put two dollar numbers on my mail drop off area?
I did however lower my property value by putting in a sidewalk so senior citizens could have a place to walk. Afterall we wouldn't want me to accidently hit one of em with my Beeamer while I was on my way to my stock Broker.

All kidding aside I got nothing but respect for those guys ( no matter what company) who peddle small package house to house.
 
Heres a good one you will think this is something this parcel guy had coming to him.
Now this really happened, I'm not putting you on.

This was way back in my early days of trucking,so you know its a ways back in time.

Well in my city there was a warehouse,that we had to back inside.
I'm glad this place is long gone,it was the most unsafe place all of us city drivers had to deal with.

We had to come down the street going under a rail road bridge,which was on a curve.
Then pull into on coming traffic,then blind back inside a very narrow,and dark dock.

Well all of us LTL drivers that showed up around the same time would spot for each other to stop cars from running into us while we were backing.
We would all be parked against the curb waiting our turn.
There was only one door.

A driver had just pulled out,and the next driver was backing around to back inside.
When this UPS parcel truck came under the bridge,pulled up in this guys blind side next to his trailer,and just zipped into the dock.
He did it where noboby saw him do it.
Well you can guess what happened next.
Yup the parcel van was crushed between the rear of the trailer,and the dock.
The driver backing his trailer inside wasn't charged,because of what this parcel driver did.
The parcel guy got all the blame because he didn't use his head,he was in to much of a hurry,and didn't want to wait for his turn.
 
I was doing a blind side back into this alley in S. Boston. When out of the corner of my eye I just caught a glimps of a UPS package car snaking in. Well the driver with his supervisor said they were in a hurry. I said me too. I was late for lunch. So I blocked them in, locked up the truck and walked down the street to the local sub shop. An hour later I made my way back to my truck. The supervisor and driver were flipping out and said they were going to call my company. I helped them and gave them the number and told them to go get phucked!!! Laughed at the package guy everytime I saw him after that. Never heard a word on it either.
 
Apostolic said:
This was way back in my early days of trucking,so you know its a ways back in time.
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Now was this back when they still had solid tires and wooden spoked wheels ? They didn't even have springs back then did they ? Now I guess I'm pretty old because I can still remember when fifth wheels were mounted on wood rails. Because My Uncle drove a truck with them.

LoL: Just teasing...........I think..
 
I'll tell you something fun.... When I was living in south FL, we had the 2 hurricanes in a 3 week period. When we were able to get up and running making deliveries were a real chore. Most of the street signs in many cities were rearranged (blown away).
I used to have to look at a map and count streets from the last street sign i would see.

It took a good while for the cities to get them back.... I think there are still some missing as of today....

Remember, Its a jungle out there!!!!!!
 
I don't think theres any place you can live thats the perfect place.

Out on the west coast its the earth quakes.

Arizona,and Texas are hot enough to fry eggs on car hoods in the summer time.

Down south it hurricans,and around big rivers its floods.
At least up here in the cold,and snowy north.
When the snow is all melted your house is still sitting in the same place it was before the winter started.
 
hugnlug said:
I was doing a blind side back into this alley in S. Boston. When out of the corner of my eye I just caught a glimps of a UPS package car snaking in. Well the driver with his supervisor said they were in a hurry. I said me too. I was late for lunch. So I blocked them in, locked up the truck and walked down the street to the local sub shop. An hour later I made my way back to my truck. The supervisor and driver were flipping out and said they were going to call my company. I helped them and gave them the number and told them to go get phucked!!! Laughed at the package guy everytime I saw him after that. Never heard a word on it either.
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Good for you hugnlug. I had the same exact thing happen to me one day. It was a new driver with a trainer and the trainer told me he didn't realize I was backing in (I guess the truck rolling backwards with the 4 ways flashing was not enough of a hint) and told me they would be out of the way in a minute.

I told the trainer that if thats the way they are teaching their package drivers to drive they can expect a lot of delay time because I'm blocking them in next time. He just gave me a dirty look. :hysterical:
 
I had a parcel driver tell me that I could get in trouble with Overnite if I blocked him in,when he was ready to go.

So I said what is it a federal law to hold up a UPS parcle driver?

He said no,but there should be a law like that.

I just rolled my eyes up,gave him a real big grin,and told him to take a beark.
I would move when I was done which won't be that long.
He was ticked off,but it didn't seem that long to me,when we were both leaving.

I didn't think I was being a rat.
I would of had to stop unloading,walk all the way out to my tractor pull up,let him out,back back in walk back inside to finish what I was doing.
So I just made him wait till I was done.
 
I wounder if this driver is still working for UPS?
Seeing he was really opening his mouth spewing all of his negative thoughts about his working conditions.
I personal didn't like his choice of words,and just glanced at this story.
But now that this has all come out into cyber space for anyone to view.
I don't think that theres any chain locking him down to the companys time clock?
We live in a fee country thanks tothousands of young,and older folks, that have fought for these rights in many wars.
We are free to come,and go whenever,and wherever we want.
So his driver is also free to walk away from such a negative life working for a company he's cursing,and cussing about,in an open public forum.
 
Very well said

Very well said APO. Everything he said is true, but we are paid well to put up with that stuff. If he doesn't like his job McDonald's is always hiring:hysterical:
 
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