On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 3:31:03 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:51:00 +0100, injipoint wrote:
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> >> This is some exciting stuff. How can we get an exciting life like Tom
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> >> Ungvarsky, the former UPS delivery guy? (who quit his job after one
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> >> full day because the step leading into the UPS truck was too high for
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> >> him to climb in and out of the truck).
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> > Seriously? You're pulling my leg. I must have missed that.
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> > For real?
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> Would I kid you? Well, yes, I would about some things. But this time
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> I'm serious. Here's his UPS story in a nutshell. A little bird told
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> me that all these messages (and more) were forwarded to the local UPS
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> truck depot there in Louisville and CC'd to his dispatcher Jessica And
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> he wonders why they don't call him. Gee, I can't see why more
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> companies aren't eager to hire Tom Ungvarsky.
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> There's also some other stuff about him getting fired from the
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> Louisville Public Health and Wellness department where he worked for 3
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> years in a basement as a Local Network Analyst making $47,652/year,
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> but we'll stick to the UPS job for now.
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> -sw
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> > From: "Richardt K." >
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> > Newsgroups: alt.life.sucks
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> > Subject: UPS and DOWNS
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> > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:07:50 -0500
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> > Do you want to hear about the seasonal helper monkey job?
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> > The stairs on the truck are the worse thing. What moron thought it would be
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> > good to make a truck where you have to literally climb up to get into the
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> > truck, and have to be hang on to a handrail to get off the damn thing and
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> > them having to put almost all their weight on one leg when they get out
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> > because the damn last step on the trucks earlier than 94 are about 2 feet
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> > off the ground? Doing that 100-150 or more times a day is not good for the
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> > knees... All they want to do is use people up as much as they can.
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> > Literally work them like dogs... And why do they emphasize I have to be
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> > clean-shaven every time they talk to me. They got some issues with facial
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> > hair!
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> > From: "Richardt K." >
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> > Newsgroups: alt.life.sucks
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> > Subject: uPs trucks
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> > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:39:16 -0500
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> > I hate ****ing UPS... What morons run the company that give trucks to
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> > employees that make their job harder. It is hard enough with out having
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> > trucks that literally have the first step 21" off the ground (I measured and
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> > the damn first step is up to the bottom of my knee.) Getting in out of a
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> > truck with steps like that is hard on the knees. Especially getting out and
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> > putting your weight on your knee. This job is going to ruin my knees-- that
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> > are already suspect. And for what?
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> > The idiot driver tonight asked if I wanted to work more (past the allotted 5
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> > hours). I said "I'm kinda wore out, to be honest". He then proceeds to
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> > keep driving the route and called in the office to approve having me for
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> > more time (when I wasn't in the truck). Two hours later we finally
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> > finished; I'm annoyed, sore and angry.
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> > From: Somebody >
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> > Newsgroups: alt.life.sucks
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> > Subject: uPs trucks
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> > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:15:34 -0500
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> > I am too sore to work today. We delivered in a rich neighborhood, and those
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> > ****ers have huge driveways and live in hilly areas with tons of steps and
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> > often get multiple boxes. I counted and one ****ers driveway was 122 steps
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> > from the driveway to the door. That's roughly 122 yards, one way. Carrying
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> > some stupid rich person's crap. Actually most the boxes are not heavy and
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> > are very light, but there are occasionally heavy one. One house had 11
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> > boxes, stuffed to the gills each box. One box was split at the seem and had
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> > bunch of clothes stuffed in it.... The last drop/box was the nearly the
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> > size of ping pong table and weighed 140 lbs! I didn't think UPS delivered
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> > things like that but the driver said it was just at the limit. Some sort of
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> > exercise equipment.
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> > I can't work out of the old trucks they have had me on last 3 days. My body
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> > does not handle stepping down 21" very well, over and over. We did about
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> > 200 stops yesterday. I didn't do every one one but probably about 86%. I
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> > am going to tell the lady my knees are too sore from working out of the old
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> > truck with the high step and I cannot work today. It may be doing me a
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> > favor to put me on a "no hire" list. If I keep doing this, my knees are
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> > going to be ruined and I have no health care. And I would like to be able
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> > to walk at least a few more years while still alive.
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> > From: Somebody >
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> > Newsgroups: alt.life.sucks
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> > Subject: uPs trucks
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> > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:32:39 -0500
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> > UPS PS I think mentally I can't work there anymore, not with those damn
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> > truck 21" steps. I told Jessica my knees were too sore to work Wed and why.
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> > She said she would call the next morning. Though she didn't. I wonder if
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> > she will call today. I wonder if I will bother to answer the phone... I'd
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> > rather stay in and watch more episodes of Homeland.
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> > From: Somebody >
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> > Newsgroups: alt.life.sucks
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> > Subject: uPs trucks
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> > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 14:14:42 -0500
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> > I wish the trucks had 12 steps! I refuse to take a leap (of faith) off the
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> > 21" last step anymore. I am going to take a stand on the last step... I
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> > would take a step ladder with me, but that is not practical... I don't mind
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> > work if it's interesting and meaningful. But all I get offered is
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> > uninteresting and unmeaningful, and low pay... They didn't call me the
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> > last two days; though she said Wednesday she would call me the next
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> > morning... When I mentioned my knee was bothering me; she asked if I was
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> > alright, but I think it was because she was afraid she would have to file
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> > form for workers comp or something. I'm not sure if seasonal people even
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> > get workers comp but I suppose legally they have to. But they would
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> > probably say it was a pre-existing condition.
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> > Maybe I am on the do not call list now... I think I will call Monday say I
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> > cannot work on the older trucks with the 21" step. I get different answers
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> > from different people about UPS. It's an odd place. And the drivers do
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> > things that they said in orientation not to do. The one drive talked on his
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> > celly quite a few times while driving, and I was only with that guy 2 hours.
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> > I did get a paycheck in the mail today which was nice, but it was only $149.

Classic! Similar to what I did to Kuthe. I get extra points because Kuthe had an actual career path. I have to subtract points because he really had no chance being a success even without my help. Here's where he'll chime in and remind us he's making six figures, although he has virtually no experience as an RN and has already been fired once. But, you know, he also has that IS degree that qualified him to work on a help desk as tier 1 support (until he washed out of that). So he's actually doing Informatics now. Pretty strange hours for that, huh, Kuthe? But he's got Proof! He buys...wait for it...CHOCOLATE!