a horrible day at work!

[BeaterMan]

so i've been at this new job for about 3 weeks doing landscape. its a job thats all i can say but it is a complete S*** hole and everything is in complete dissaray. so today here in colorado we are having a blizzard (6-12'' expected). i get to work after an hour and a half of traffic and the boss puts me in this 82 or something POS toyota truck that i had to pack snow over the licence plate since the plates were long expired. everyone else got a newer f350 or something along that line with snowblowers, plows ect. me and this guy carlos get just snow shovels.. WTF??? so i take this truck to get gas to realize the lights dont work, the windshield wipers suck and everytime you go into reverse the rear end locks up and no wheels spin and the vehicle dies every 3 minutes. needless to say i was extremely upset and trying to deal with these issues was very dangerous in a white out blizzard. then what threw me over the line this house we went to shovel out in BFE had noone living there at all and it seemed pointless why we were shoveling it. i called my boss and told him his truck was a pos and i wasnt going to drive it anymore and that i was shocked that he would let me drive it on the roads. long story short i dropped off the truck and clocked out and said peace out! so i'm pretty sure i'll be fired but thats fine cuz i am/was planning on putting in my 2 weeks notice monday. sorry for the life story but i just wanted to vent

 

[kennykenny]

Sucks that you got the shit end of the stick but sounds like you are the new guy and that's usually how it goes.

 

[BeaterMan]

yea i'm the new guy but it comes to a point where saftey should exceed being a newb and the idea that i get stuck in an unregistered half functioning vehicle in a blizzard really chaps my A** i mean what kind of employer has their employee pack snow over the licence plate cuz they know its expired by about a year.

 

[Chris.S.]

Man, you should not have to put up that crap and your boss is a dyck for even asking you to drive that thing.

What he did is illegal and you could take him to the labour board (whatever the US equivalent is) over it. What do you think would've happened if you'd been in accident, or even pulled over-tickets go to the driver not the vehicle and even if you got rear-ended by a drunk driver (no insurance) you still had no insurance and you'd be on your own for all the repairs and medical bills.

If he fires you, make his life as difficult as you can via the labour laws. I can't believe he acually had you pack snow over the plate, that's pathetic.

I see it all too often, young people (I'm assuming you're young here-sorry if I'm wrong) get forced to deal with unsafe working conditions and they just do it and don't say anything because they don't want to make trouble and/or are afraid they'll lose their job.

People die everyday because of unsafe work practices just like the one that was forced on you, don't let somebody's inability to run their business properly affect your life.

My employess have safety safety safety drilled into their heads from the day of their interview and I never ask someone to anything I wouldn't do myself. The small price of doing it safely FAR outweighs the costs of an accident.


/end rant

 

[MagnaV30]

I agree with Chris.S
The moment the employer asked me to cover the plate with snow, I would have told him to insert that plan where the sun doesnt shine.
Thats entirely unacceptable. Go to the labor board over shit like that. Your not required to do a job that you feel affects your safety, or the safety of others.

 

[maroon ranger]

If you don't like what the employer is making you do and trys to force you into doing something very unsafe, illegal, or purely what you aren't comfortable with, take pics with your phone and or report it to OSHA.

I have been in construction for a year and a half and I am still the new guy and get stuck with the crappy jobs like clean up and the grunt work but gradually I am getting into bigger things like the actual construction and what not.

 

[c_note]

i personally think that that sort of structure in the work force is necessary. thats how an employer builds the team that he needs. if you can put up with it, ur on the team and know where you stand.

if everything was fair for everyone, then everyone would get paid the same reguardless of skill level and no one would have any drive to work.

just my thought

 

[Toms01PSD]

i personally think that that sort of structure in the work force is necessary. thats how an employer builds the team that he needs. if you can put up with it, ur on the team and know where you stand.

if everything was fair for everyone, then everyone would get paid the same reguardless of skill level and no one would have any drive to work.

just my thought

So you'd be ok being stuck in a truck, in a white out, without lights? Also, the fact that it didn't have recent registration and what not? That's just pure ignorance. My friends old man was workin on the underside of a van a couple weeks back and the jack rolled out from under it. The van fell on his head and ripped his scalp back. Thankfully he survived. My point is safety first, because you may get the job done, but you may not see tomorrow.

 

[BeaterMan]

yea i found it to be very unprofessional so thats why i took the truck back and clocked out. the boss is a real good friends step dad who i used to going atving and dirtbiking with and he was real cool guy but as a boss he is horrible. But i guess he is real pissed and i could care less. hes taking it that since i left in the middle of the shift, i quit. which is fine with me cause it saves me from having to put in a 2 weeks- which i was gona do monday- you know it takes alot for me to get pissed off and leave- this is the first job in my life that i have ever done this to- every day i worked there i was reminded of my last job that was a pos and i still worked there for 2 years before i put in a notice, i made it at this job for 3 weeks before i left, so something wasnt right.

they not only crossed my thresh hold line, they took a royal dump on it. so now there out a good hard working employee and i'm outta work AGAIN!
sigh ya live ya learn

 

[Cheaplabor]

I agree that the new guy at work is always going the B word and thats the way it should be Ive had bosses refer to my as such and that was fine I feel you get respect when you earn it. But along with that no empolyer can ask you to operate vehicals that are in that condition. You should of protested before you left and offered to use your truck for the day on his dime for the fuel. It would of shown him you wanted to get the job done but not at the risk of getting someone hurt. Just remember some empolyers will take advantage of you untill you let them know you know better, but doing it by blowing your top and leaving will almost always lose you a job.

 

[c_note]

So you'd be ok being stuck in a truck, in a white out, without lights? Also, the fact that it didn't have recent registration and what not? That's just pure ignorance. My friends old man was workin on the underside of a van a couple weeks back and the jack rolled out from under it. The van fell on his head and ripped his scalp back. Thankfully he survived. My point is safety first, because you may get the job done, but you may not see tomorrow.

i can understand why hes mad about the registration. but he never mensioned trying to figure out why the lights didnt work, or try to fix it. it may have been something simple. it may have been a test from the boss to see how he would deal with the situation.

people just give in too easy now a days and then spend a long time to look for a new job meanwhile collecting a pay check from the government.

 

[Toms01PSD]

i can understand why hes mad about the registration. but he never mensioned trying to figure out why the lights didnt work, or try to fix it. it may have been something simple. it may have been a test from the boss to see how he would deal with the situation.

people just give in too easy now a days and then spend a long time to look for a new job meanwhile collecting a pay check from the government.

I understand what you're saying, but it's technically not his truck. If I were to work where the employer supplied me a vehicle, I would expect it to be maintained and fully functional. Not having to waste my time (while possibly losing money) trying to fix a truck that isn't legal and in my eyes inoperable in the first place

 

[PaleBlue90]

get a hold the BBB and call Tom Martino

 

[odie1969]

Beaterman. Ya my brother works in Longmont and he called me about 4pm with the speech of screw this shit I going home as if I really care it was 83 degrees here today and I was sweating my ass off. but at least his boss gave him the 4x4 to take home. But he said he had pulled 3 guys out from longmont to Wiggins.

 

[oldjohnny]

I believe your boss jumped the line when he made you drive the Toyota in the first place. Why, because its a Toyota!!