Current Events > Yo. Stop ordering 150 pound packages when you live on the 3rd floor with no...

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Elevator. Im just gonna leave the box in the 1st floor. Screw breaking my back because youre an ass :/
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Get a better job

How about you quit being a bitch?

Reis posted...

Get a better job

As if it were actually that easy.
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Pretty sure there are laws against making someone lift 150 pounds unaided.
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Reis posted...

Get a better job

Can't you ask the receiver to help?
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I order it so I dont have to haul it up myself, now do the goddamn job you are getting paid to do!
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Fahren posted...

How about you quit being a bitch?

You know were not required to lift these heavy ass packages up your stairs right? Id like to do it if the person who ordered it would come out to help but they never do
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Fahren posted...

How about you quit being a bitch?

you haven't seen nothing yet. should of saw how angry i really can get. that fucking bitch was the trigger yesterday.
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Foppe posted...

I order it so I dont have to haul it up myself, now do the goddamn job you are getting paid to do!

Were paid to deliver to the building. We wont get in trouble for leaving it in the first floor as long as its in the building lol. Im just trying to make sure the customer KNOWS the package is here as a courtesy but they dont make it easy. I could out right refuse to carry your package and my managers couldnt do a damn thing.
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Please just leave my package somewhere random then we'll see how that goes

Fahren posted...

Please just leave my package somewhere random then we'll see how that goes

We wont put it somewhere random. We'll put in under the stair or something and leave you a note telling you where it is of course
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12amMadman posted...

Can't you ask the receiver to help?

Yes but they seem to always have "just recovered from back surgery" or theyre women. Seriously, i enjoy the job but its just these moments that kind of suck.

People think were pack mules but our job is to take the package to the building theyre addressed to and if the package is too heavy to lift, were not supposed to try and lift it because we'll get in trouble for not being safe lol
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So what's the issue here again
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@Stallion_Prime

its nice of you to go that extra mile and you seem like a cool guy, but the responses to this topic are proof positive a lot of the people you're going out of your way to provide good service to are ungrateful swine lol... i'd just do the minimum necessary for that reason

Stallion_Prime posted...

12amMadman posted...

Can't you ask the receiver to help?

Yes but they seem to always have "just recovered from back surgery" or theyre women. Seriously, i enjoy the job but its just these moments that kind of suck.

People think were pack mules but our job is to take the package to the building theyre addressed to and if the package is too heavy to lift, were not supposed to try and lift it because we'll get in trouble for not being safe lol

You're* They're*
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If you're by yourself there is no legal obligation for you to carry it to their doorstep. Drop it off in the lobby / by their mailbox.
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Time for you to hit the gym and get rid of those noodle arms.
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Monolith1676 posted...

Time for you to hit the gym and get rid of those noodle arms.

This. Package handling becomes a million times easier once you push your tired ass to go to the gym after work. It's unreal how frequently drivers put themselves out of commission cause they lifted a 40 pound box over or near their heads and it fucked them up for months afterward.
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Stallion_Prime posted...

We wont put it somewhere random. We'll put in under the stair or something and leave you a note telling you where it is of course

Out of curiosity, what happens if the package gets lost or stolen?
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Ah, my marble statue of Donald Trump arrived!
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My mailman will actually check to see if I'm home when delivering large pieces of mail and I'll help him carry it up the stairs. If you actually muscle that stuff up by yourself, TC, you're the real MVP.
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Nomadic View posted...

Ah, my marble statue of Donald Trump arrived!

Marble?
Go big and get it made of osmium.

It's kind of unreasonable to ask people to not order anything heavy because they don't live on the first floor and the building has no elevator. Think about them, whenever they have groceries and have to bring it up those stairs, or anything heavy at all, i'm sure they go through it 20x more than you have to. I'm sure every now and then having something delivered and not having to carry shit up 3 flights of stairs is a nice break.
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I feel for you but how often do you really deliver 150+ lb packages up 3 stories where there's no elevator.
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It honestly sounds like great exercise
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And I remember I bought a 65 inch TV once and I got scared once I saw it was only one person bringing it up by himself to the 3rd floor. usually that type of delivery is a 2 person job.

but fortunately for the guy, it was a really light TV for the size

though @Stallion_Prime did your job really sent you on a solo man mission to bring a 150 pound package to the 3rd floor? that's awfully dirty of them
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MabusIncarnate posted...

It's kind of unreasonable to ask people to not order anything heavy because they don't live on the first floor and the building has no elevator. Think about them, whenever they have groceries and have to bring it up those stairs, or anything heavy at all, i'm sure they go through it 20x more than you have to. I'm sure every now and then having something delivered and not having to carry shit up 3 flights of stairs is a nice break.

I know this isn't the case for most people but for groceries I would break them down into smaller portions, like if we have 150 pounds of grocery then I'll break it down into 3 packs of 50 pounds so I can make multiple easier trips.

I assume the package TC has cannot be broken down to make it easier for himself. 150 pounds is pretty excessive tbh
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do your job, millennial

if tc works for the post office he is not obligated to lift anything alone that is more than 70 pounds

MabusIncarnate posted...

It's kind of unreasonable to ask people to not order anything heavy because they don't live on the first floor and the building has no elevator. Think about them, whenever they have groceries and have to bring it up those stairs, or anything heavy at all, i'm sure they go through it 20x more than you have to. I'm sure every now and then having something delivered and not having to carry shit up 3 flights of stairs is a nice break.

They dont. I used to be a package handler. Its 5 straight hours of moving heavy boxes and throwing out your back. Id move more boxes in a week than that person did their entire life. Like 2000 a day.
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That's exactly how my dad felt when he had his delivery business...
He just paid a couple of bucks to local people around the area to help him lift furniture up stairs or small elevators...
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mistalightbulb posted...

if tc works for the post office he is not obligated to lift anything alone that is more than 70 pounds

i work for fedex ground. we carry ALOT of heavy stuff. we do more work than the usps or ups and fedex express, and run the entire day since we are salary. we still don't get paid that well.
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Should have a pulley system
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A_Good_Boy posted...

Monolith1676 posted...

Time for you to hit the gym and get rid of those noodle arms.

This. Package handling becomes a million times easier once you push your tired ass to go to the gym after work. It's unreal how frequently drivers put themselves out of commission cause they lifted a 40 pound box over or near their heads and it fucked them up for months afterward.

a 40 pound box is nothing though... im talking about matresses and bed frames here lol
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Stallion_Prime posted...

a 40 pound box is nothing though... im talking about matresses and bed frames here lol

I'm inclined to agree here.
Geometry gets vastly more annoying than raw mass.

Stallion_Prime posted...

i work for fedex ground. we carry ALOT of heavy stuff. we do more work than the usps or ups and fedex express, and run the entire day since we are salary. we still don't get paid that well.

you walk from house to house for 8 hours a day?

What the fuck kind of 3 story building has no elevator?

Literally fucking code to have one here....
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mistalightbulb posted...

Stallion_Prime posted...

i work for fedex ground. we carry ALOT of heavy stuff. we do more work than the usps or ups and fedex express, and run the entire day since we are salary. we still don't get paid that well.

you walk from house to house for 8 hours a day?

id rather do that than the shit we have to do. Go up to any ground delivery driver and theyre dirty and sweaty as hell from all the shit they do. Constantly in a rush most likely not paid by the hour. Were losing money the longer we are out there
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i see 2 or 3 fedex ground (and ups ground) guys every day. they're all chill as fuck and not rushing at all

mistalightbulb posted...

i see 2 or 3 fedex ground (and ups ground) guys every day. they're all chill as fuck and not rushing at all

they get paid by the day or whichever salary they got when they got the job.
some have to work till 9pm to get done. others get to leave on time.
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That's fine and all but those apartments are probably the most affordable for them.
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Reis posted...

Get a better job

this

be a waiter or deliver pizzas

you can LITERALLY scam customers into paying you for doing your job, ON TOP of getting paid by your employer
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Stallion_Prime posted...

Reis posted...

Get a better job

As if it were actually that easy.

Stallion_Prime posted...

mistalightbulb posted...

if tc works for the post office he is not obligated to lift anything alone that is more than 70 pounds

i work for fedex ground. we carry ALOT of heavy stuff. we do more work than the usps or ups and fedex express, and run the entire day since we are salary. we still don't get paid that well.

What's your salary?
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There are tools for this. Where is your hand truck?!
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Mr_Hakubi posted...

There are tools for this. Where is your hand truck?!

How the hell is a hand truck gonna go up a alarge set of steep stairs...
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