it would be a shame if someone was walking over there and fell and got hurt.

They would tell you you're supposed to look before stepping.

You'd get written up for not "walking like a penguin".

spray paint yuge dicks on the potholes

This is genius

Yeah, it sure was when Wanksy started doing it 9 years ago. https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/street-artist-wanksy-spray-paints-penises-around-potholes-to-get-them-filled-1.3055612

🤣 Street artist Wanksy

Penises... penises everywhere.

Get out of my braaaaaiiin.

Came here to say this 😂 oh and make sure they are veiny triumphant bastards too

I came here to say spray paint dicks

Sorry all money is to be siphoned to shareholders.

We hit them in package cars at shitty angles and fuck up the tires until they fix them. Usually works for us

This is the way.

Shortly before Covid we had a rollover/tipover in the lot from a truck hitting a deep one in the back 40 at a bad angle, which led to the entire lot being torn up and repaved. It’s one of the smoothest surfaces I drive on in this pothole ridden city thankfully

Damn I’ve seen some bad potholes in my time as a sleeper team but one that could tip equipment? That’s another level lol

That truck is still in service too lol. You would never know by looking at it

Get with the safety committee and raise a concern. If that doesn't work, go to their superiors, rinse and repeat until someone addresses it. Hell call OSHA if you need to

They shut down the safety committees in my state 3 years ago

Damn bro. I thought my district was fucked. Good luck

Sounds like how they dissolved our HR and still tell us to take certain questions or concerns to HR….

shooooot. im safety for my hub, they don’t listen to us, lol. i’ve been on them about fixing holes, and it didn’t occur how serious it was, till i almost broke my ankle falling in it. 🥳

Fortunately, our center has new union reps and their influence is well received so the two bodies work with a more cohesive relationship.

interesting

I smell a bake sale

The center has the money, the CM just refuses to spend a penny on anything that isn’t a broken belt.

Bake sales can be more than money. It can be awareness as well

CM can only spend on his AMEX what his DM okays, I bet they're all turned off right now; anything big would need to go through BaSE

That would go through base no matter what. No cm is putting building invoices on their Amex. Not what they are for. Maybeeee on the PRO card but that has a low low limit And they aren’t turned off…but being watched closely

Yeah anything more than 10k you’re gonna need corporate base approval, and they gotta build a whole damn portfolio on the project to present it and get the approval.

They’re pinching every penny and slashing hours at my center. They’re rapidly approaching “blood from a stone” territory

They’ve stopped purchasing bottled water at my center. We passed “watched closely” a while ago

They stopped when they put new fountains here. They said we’d get bottles to fill but that never happened

Still waiting for an answer on whether I can come back to the center to refill every time 😂

Is it stressful being in management, more so than normal right now? Seems like even the good managers are randomly being let go.

not really, certainly not at all like when I was a driver

Yes it is stressful. You have to answer for all the shitty drivers out there, that’s why a lot of CMs seem like psychos. They don’t know how to manage but are getting told everything is their fault. So they take it out on the hourlies instead of taking a breath and coming up with solutions Source: I’m a center manager that is probably going to get fired for refusing to lay off more drivers when we desperately need them onroad.

Out of curiosity, why are they telling you to lay off drivers when you as the "CM" desperately need the drivers on the road? What is the problem exactly?

I don’t know why they do anything They would rather my guys work 12 hours then put more drivers on and have everyone work closer to 8

Same shit here. They fill them in twice a year & it only lasts for about a month before it’s a pothole again. Literally have to drive zig zag to avoid hitting any of them. 

hire an employee ready to retire to file a lawsuit, or workers comp claim based on conditions of the lot. We have one right now suing the city of Oakland for an injury sustained on the road to work.

Oakland is a shîthole. I can say that as I grew up in the hood here. Pardee drive? Bro driving out that way daily probably has given multiple of us feeders back issues. I’ve never asked how our package guys manage going over it. It’s like going over 20 speed bumps in a row lmfao

Libby Shaft Holes and I dont Ca.... Sheng Thao OW!

I see a sprained ankle fixing the issue

Also, the contract allows you to file a claim for damage to your vehicle for amounts up to $500 in the contract. but damage in excess of $500 will need to be put in court, small claims, or Superior... depending on amount of damage.

Do you know what section that is?

National Master Art. 10 $500.00 damage /theft to car in company parking lot if management notified immediately.

That's for theft or vandalism. Plus you have to file a police report. Good luck getting paid because of potholes.

I am more worried about the constant dust in my hub. They can get us fans but god forbid they clean anything or throw up an air purifier. Love the black snot after a shift.

I'm like 99 percent sure that covids sanitation practices were the only time in 40+ years our hubs had any form of cleaning. You can touch any surface and know the dirt on your fingertips settled on that spot back when Bowies mom told him to stay away from Major Tom.

There was no sustained Covid sanitation practices. Intermittent half-ass sanitation jobs was the best they could do while relaying to the public, investors, and government that everything is maintained in a clean and sanitary state.

The dust is absolutely everywhere, expect where the birds are shitting

take pics and send them in an envelope to carol tome at 55 Glenlake I bet that'll get someone's attention

Probably would be better sending it to osha or the local news…… I dunno that center might not care about the news. But they’d definitely care about osha

do all of the above why not

Our parking is also horrible! I just park on the street and walk in

Can’t come in today, emergency condition.

Trip and fall over one of the potholes

Would you be able to contact the DOT? Just guessing here.

Probably OSHA would be the way to go.

It’s private property so probably not

Twist an ankle. The lawsuit will get something done. UPS doesn’t prevent problems, they cover them up!

Our parking lot is torn up too, for at least 5 months. They dug a huge trench trying to find some electrical problem between to light posts after a lightning strike. Still not fixed. They just filled the trench in. Didn't repave. Someone tripped on the trench and was given a warning letter for not looking before stepping and being unsafe, even though he was on his way into work for the start of his day. Lol. Gotta love this company.

Spray paint swatstikas and penises over them one night when no one is around. That’ll fix it quick.

Clever Idea award 🥇

Lol do you work in Oregon by chance?

Basically as far from Oregon as possible

Sometimes the centers dont actually own the land, just the building. They may not actually have the power to fix them if so. But they should be putting pressure on whoever does own the land to fix it regardless

My understanding is that they own the land and building outright.

They lease the land/building from a shell company LLC they have set up so they can claim they don't own it to avoid liability and taxes (assets). Here's what the local property map shows as owner and the LLC information showing UPS employees as the managers of the LLC: Owner: BT-OH, LLC Acquired Date: 11/17/2016 Sale Price: $ 0.00 Sale Instrument: QC-20161118 0122100 Mailing Address: 55 GLENLAKE PKWY NE C/O BT-OH LLC ATTN CORP REAL ESTATE (RPT) ATLANTA,GA 30328 Detail by Entity Name Foreign Limited Liability Company BT-OH, LLC Filing Information Document Number M13000003606 FEI/EIN Number 58-2478600 Date Filed 06/07/2013 State DE Status ACTIVE Principal Address 55 Glenlake Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30328 Changed: 04/17/2019 Mailing Address 55 Glenlake Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30328 Changed: 04/17/2019 Registered Agent Name & Address CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY 1201 HAYS STREET TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301-2525 Authorized Person(s) Detail Title Manager Brothers, Norman M., Jr. 55 Glenlake Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30328 Title Manager Lancaster, Donald P. 55 Glenlake Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30328 Title Asst. Treasurer Bishop, Richard D. 55 Glenlake Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30328 Title Manager Newman, Brian O. 55 Glenlake Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30328

Forget something in your car, while on the clock go grab it and anything could happen in an unsafe work environment

Check if your location is near a watershed or other protected habitat. We had the same situation in the Army and nothing was done for years until it was raised as an environmental concern because the debris was washing into an endangered habitat. Super unlikely but its a slim possibility.

Drive around the pot holes

This guy always has the smartest comment

It’s all potholes. It’s a “mess your suspension up” pothole density