UPS driver almost dies in the heat.

[Atlanta 80s baby]

90-100 is tolerable with low humidity. When it gets to 50% and higher that's where the issues of heat stroke arises. For example I can hoop comfortably 90 degrees at like 20-30% humidity. When it goes up to like 50-60% feels like somebody spiked my shyt with kryptonite.

 

[King Poetic]

Driving in a fukking truck with no air conditioning and having to continue to run door to door dropping off packages is too much

2022 and ups haven’t upgraded shyt

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

It's on the employee to stay hydrated. How the fukk someone else gonna be responsible for you not drinking water?

They shouldn’t have to pay for constant water and Gatorade though, UPS should supply this stuff throughout the building and trucks(they don’t)

 

[Roid Jones]

Some of you in this thread are fukking incapable of showing the slightest bit of empathy for anyone.

Such fukking a$$holes.
I hope everyone who is dealing with this heat is ok. It’s terrifying to think of how it affects the body and not everyone has the luxury of having AC or working indoors.

Unfortunately this is one of the downsides of this site

 

[Noriega]

i use to work in 120 degree heat everyday, drink water

Literally this

I’m a firefighter. It was 95 yesterday and we had an hour long fire, you’re in 75 lbs of gear and doing strenuous work. The night before I chug
Water and do the same throughout the day, I was fine (tired asl but fine)

I keep some liquid IVs in my gear also

 

[The Pledge]

"UPS said he's fine today..."

Mother fukker about to have a heat stroke. Capitalism ain't shyt!

 

[Chrishaune]

This is what we get for f-cking with mother nature and denying climate change, it's gonna get alot worse

Don't worship creation.....

Worship the Creator.

 

[Coolin']

The drivers I see around my neighborhood run to the doors to drop the packages off, so I'm assuming management is on their necks about being quick. Shyt is crazy but the days of 7-10 business days are long gone. People want they shyt and they want it the next day, so it won't get any better for them, smh.

 

[NBA Youngbreh]

Worked at UPS doing HR after college. Quit after 6 months because it was a lot of shyt like that. UPS really hasn’t evolved since the 50’s

 

[Jermio]

They don't have A/C, and the heating sucks. I was a driver helper in peak season and that shyt was miserable. Freezing your ass off for 10 hours.

 

[Jermio]

The drivers I see around my neighborhood run to the doors to drop the packages off, so I'm assuming management is on their necks about being quick. Shyt is crazy but the days of 7-10 business days are long gone. People want they shyt and they want it the next day, so it won't get any better for them, smh.

It's more about getting all the packages delivered. Sometimes these nikkas get home at 5pm, sometimes (during peak season) it's more like 11:30 pm. Me and my driver would each run to houses on our sides of the street and back to the truck. shyt was crazy.

 

[BK The Great]

It’s 2022 and these companies still don’t care about their employees, they need to be held accountable.

 

[T. Dubb Ya]

Powerade, Gatorad, vitamin water or Coconut water for the natural brehs/brehettes. Been drinking coconut water the last two weeks I have a physically demanding job too, never felt better that shyt pick you RIGHT up

This my shyt right chea.. Hits the spot every time especially after my workouts.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Was probably hungover

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

It's on the employee to stay hydrated. How the fukk someone else gonna be responsible for you not drinking water?

There are physical requirements listed on every job

Its fukked up if the car doesnt have AC but if he was hungover and didnt hydrate that's his fault.