enRo
05-05-2005, 07:09 PM
It was prolly like 5:30AM (the time I show up for work)... by the time I get there, probably 5 of the 15 people are already sitting down, drinking their coffee, bull****ting etc etc. ((For those that dont know, I am a garbage man)) Anyway, theres a driver (a really cool guy) who will be named "Greg". Gregs been working there for 14 years, going through somewhat of a midlife crisis.. He smoked 4 packs of Marlboro Reds a day (no lie), his writeup folder is about 3 inches thick, his wife left him for a younger man, he's gotten caught drinking on the job, not calling out sick for three weeks straight.. basically, a total of two years of his working life was spent in AA rehab. His favorite saying is "My mom died of cigarettes, my dad died from alchohol, here I am, dragracing life". Last time his drinking problem occured, the township said "You have had NUMEROUS breaks, one more time and you are terminated".
Well today, was probably his last day.
My boss puts loaders with different drivers here and there, and today I happened to be placed with "Greg". Now "Greg" was sitting in the garbage truck already, hasn't said any good mornings... he just punched in and went into the truck (we sit around till 6:15ish). So I figure Ill get a headstart and jump in the truck... He seemed fine, started talking. We leave. About a mile down the road, my boss gets on the CB radio and calls "Greg", asking him if he had his loader. He gets on the radio and says "Yeah, I got Noah with me". And my boss says "Ok can you turn around, I need to see you". So we turn around, and walks in the shop. I can see them talking through the window, and watched "Greg" sign off a vacation sheet because he took yesterday off unexpectedly (he has no sick time). "Greg" came back in the truck and says "Ok lets get going"... we go about a football field down the road and my boss calls Greg back again. This time, everyone is outside in a circle bull****ting (VERY untypical), and Greg walks in the office and sits down. I see my NORMAL DAILY driver (name is Jimmy) waving me out and says "Get your stuff dude, your coming with me"
Turns out, my boss called Roxbury PD and said "Greg" reaked of beer, and blew a .79 three hours after we started work. The "Intoxicated Limit" for a Commercial Driver is .4!!!!! Holy ****!!! He must've been at .9 when we were leaving this morning!! I was gonna be hanging off the back of a 18-Ton garbage truck today with a drunk driver at the wheel!!!! **** was serious, it had me bugging out all day. We are gonna find out what happens to him tomorrow.
Well today, was probably his last day.
My boss puts loaders with different drivers here and there, and today I happened to be placed with "Greg". Now "Greg" was sitting in the garbage truck already, hasn't said any good mornings... he just punched in and went into the truck (we sit around till 6:15ish). So I figure Ill get a headstart and jump in the truck... He seemed fine, started talking. We leave. About a mile down the road, my boss gets on the CB radio and calls "Greg", asking him if he had his loader. He gets on the radio and says "Yeah, I got Noah with me". And my boss says "Ok can you turn around, I need to see you". So we turn around, and walks in the shop. I can see them talking through the window, and watched "Greg" sign off a vacation sheet because he took yesterday off unexpectedly (he has no sick time). "Greg" came back in the truck and says "Ok lets get going"... we go about a football field down the road and my boss calls Greg back again. This time, everyone is outside in a circle bull****ting (VERY untypical), and Greg walks in the office and sits down. I see my NORMAL DAILY driver (name is Jimmy) waving me out and says "Get your stuff dude, your coming with me"
Turns out, my boss called Roxbury PD and said "Greg" reaked of beer, and blew a .79 three hours after we started work. The "Intoxicated Limit" for a Commercial Driver is .4!!!!! Holy ****!!! He must've been at .9 when we were leaving this morning!! I was gonna be hanging off the back of a 18-Ton garbage truck today with a drunk driver at the wheel!!!! **** was serious, it had me bugging out all day. We are gonna find out what happens to him tomorrow.