UPS Drivers In Royal Oak Will Do Anything To Deliver
We depend on UPS driver to bring us packages everyday, so to see something like this does not surprise me. The guy was probably worried about getting a complaint if he didn’t get someone their new shirt on time…
It all happened in the great city of Royal Oak Michigan, at the intersection of 5th and 6th street near downtown. A construction crew was just finishing their project, laid down fresh cement and was waiting for it to cure. That was when they noticed a UPS driver heading right for the barrels that were blocking the new concrete. He apparently didn’t think anything of the barrels or “road closed” signs, driving right through the new patches of concrete.
The crew was out there for a while, repairs water main lines and completely re paving the road. So to say the workers were frustrated would be an understatement. One lady who lives just down the street said she started hearing a lot of screaming and yelling so she headed outside. That was when she saw the workers yelling at the UPS driver to stop and not try to drive over the new concrete. He didn’t listen, blowing past the barrels and signs and drove right through it.
“From what I understand, the UPS driver got between the barrels, and he [saw] the concrete that is white and thought it was cured, and drove through it,” said Fred Meram of EDM Contracting, who is in charge of the project. “As he got into the cement, the truck kind of sank down in there.
“… I mean, this does happen every now and then. People don’t pay attention … they just think they can get through.”
UPS said they will be paying for the repairs to the road. The crew will go back out and do it all over again!
Here is the video of what happened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySUu5vXdkW0
MY THOUGHTS:
So, I was thinking about this and want to play devils advocate. I am sure this UPS driver has been yelled at before for not making timely deliveries. He wanted to make sure he got his packages to people in time and didn’t see how driving around this would help! There, I am defending the UPS driver!
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