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Re:UPS Has 260,000 Union Workers and They've Just Authorized... by gist on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:47PM (#17250448)
> use empty water bottles to piss in because they don't have time to go elsewhere

Would this be less bad if they supplied one of those bottles that is specifically for that purpose? And what is so bad about that anyway? What if there was a porta potty similar to what is on boats (or rv's) in the truck? Would you feel the same way?

After all at least where I am located (and elsewhere) they are competing with the low end labor which delivers for Amazon for less cost. And those employees are driven pretty hard (and get paid less with less benefits).

UPS driver is not a leisurely take your time type of job. It never has been. They have always hustled in any way they could (and I remember them from the 70's).

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Re:UPS Has 260,000 Union Workers and They've Just Authorized... by s73v3r_ on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @04:45PM (#17250959)
In my mind, no. It's extremely undignified. UPS needs to hire more drivers if they are pushing people to that kind of limit, where stopping to use an actual toilet is considered a luxury.
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