GoddessOfGuinness
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Tue Jan-03-06 05:10 PM
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Speaking of driving on no sleep... |
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I meant to post this before Christmas...
My brother, who's been out of a regular job for 5 years, does freelance delivery work for a company that often does biz with the White House, among other places. The pay is not great, and they don't take any taxes out; but my bro likes the flexible schedule he can keep so he can work with his Top 40 band on the side. Besides, he loves the Dumbyass misadministration, and gets a kick out of hauling their stuff around on a regular basis.
Right before Christmas, I called to invite him over for the holidays, and he sounded awful! It seems he'd just gotten back from a round trip to Buffalo, NY (we're in the DC area), and right before that he'd done a round trip to Nashville, TN. He had 30 minutes of sleep in-between runs.
Now I'm pissed as hell. It's bad enough that he's taking his life in his hands driving on next to no sleep; but that kind of thing puts me and you and everybody we love in danger as well. While I think the guy that owns the company is stupid for asking my bro to take on that kind of driving load, I can't help thinking the ultimate responsibility lies with my brother, who accepts the gigs when he doesn't have to.
I don't want to see him out of work he desperately needs; but I don't want to see him or anybody else killed as a result of such negligence.
What would you do?
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Tue Jan-03-06 06:29 PM
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~disabling cloaking device~
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Wapsie B
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Tue Jan-03-06 06:51 PM
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2. Unfortunately I don't see there's much you can do. |
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I've learned that people like that don't listen until something bad happens, like an accident or a heart attack. This company's insurance carrier should be raising a stink if they'd get word that drivers are being made to work like this.
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Tue Jan-03-06 06:59 PM
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3. Frankly, it's such a fly-by-night operation |
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that I wonder if they even have insurance. I suspect there may be a number of illegals working for them.
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Tue Jan-03-06 07:02 PM
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4. Well one could tip the INS to that. |
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But he'd lose the job. Then he'd probably do the same thing with another company. Trucking Cos. just seem to thrive on killer work schedules like that. Not all, but a fair #.
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