could the change be because fedex closed and consolidated a lot of barns and now city drivers have longer peddle runs, so taking a lunch break between the 4&6 hour from clock in time and having to drive an hour & half before your first stop does not leave much time to make a couple of stops ( and that doesn’t factor in wait time if you are waiting in line to get unloaded) before having to take a lunch break. Then you are trying to get as many stops delivered as possible to be in a position to make pickups, then have that hour and half drive back to the barn.
Yes. It hasn’t stopped the forced hour lunches at our barn though on some routes.
What have we come to where drivers don't want to take a relaxing lunch break in the middle of their work day? Workers fought a long time ago for that ability and today some think that's a bad thing. I just don't get it.
What have we come to where drivers don't want to take a relaxing lunch break in the middle of their work day? Workers fought a long time ago for that ability and today some think that's a bad thing. I just don't get it.
Sorry you feel that way. IMHO your attitude is what's helping ruin working conditions today.
Sorry you feel that way. IMHO your attitude is what's helping ruin working conditions today.
I get your attitude - me, me, me, hooray for me. I'll do it boss, I'll eat while I'm driving, no problem. What a guy.
I get your attitude - me, me, me, hooray for me. I'll do it boss, I'll eat while I'm driving, no problem. What a guy.
It is amazing, all the excuses, not to be told by the company to take a lunch, but if they had the authority to say, No lunch breaks allowed, keep working, or driving, or on the dock, you would see nothing but bitching about how unfair, or unsafe that policy would be.What have we come to where drivers don't want to take a relaxing lunch break in the middle of their work day? Workers fought a long time ago for that ability and today some think that's a bad thing. I just don't get it.
Lunch should never be optional in a work day. What kind of world are you people advocating? It totally boggles my mind that someone would fight against taking time for a lunch break.
No offense Girth, but like your slogan says, serving America Safely.
Thirty plus years I’ve never sat down for thirty minutes for a meal, etc. Ran a meet for a few years before the 8 hr driving change. Swap sets, nap or walk; out in 40 minutes. Just want to get done. Start screwing around wasting time then blow a tire. Now you’re in a hotel instead of home. I will say I completely disagree with mgmt dictating when, exactly, you take your mandatory break for their benefit. City guys sitting in the break room for half hour, unpaid, at the end of their run. Uh, not happening.
Ever since I first drove TT in 1966 when on the job I always found a place somewhere to take a "lunch" break for a bite and coffee. I didn't live differently just because I was a driver. I did the same things (eat, coffee, etc.) I would have done if I wasn't driving. I just don't get the mentality of those rabbits who just want to run through the day like robots. Different word today I guess.
