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Truck Driver Does Better Than Waste Product!
Sometimes truck drivers make a delivery and some of the boxes of stuff are rejected not because there is actually anything wrong with them, but because the cases got dented, or dirtied from the floor, or just are in a condition that the store wont want them. Stuff like that usually ends up dumped as trash or sold at discount to one of those outlet stores.
Driver came to make a delivery where I work. His last stop rejected 60 CASES of cereal; dented, dirty, etc. He was told to toss it all. When he got here, though, He saw the dozens of construction workers we have working right now and figured they would appreciate having it.
Everyone got at least a 6 cases of cereal (12 boxes each). This is NICE name brand cereal; The stuff you love but can never justify spending the money.
Being security, it was a little odd for me. I completely saw where the driver was coming from, and couldn't think of any rules he was breaking at our property. It could have seemed suspicious, but I have worked at other places that regularly trash imperfect product, and these boxes were clearly cereal. The driver was with a reputable company and not just some random fly by night driver. The construction workers brought the stuff to their cars and trucks, so it never entered the building; I figured it was no more a risk than what they could already potentially have in their vehicles that I didn't know about. And besides, by the time I arrived the driver had already distributed most of the product; what was I going to do - tell them to bring it back?
I don't think it makes me bad security. The situation was obviously not a threat, and I simply made a note of it in my report and let my boss know. He was a little wary, but at that point what could we do anyway? Besides, drivers have regularly left trailers with us that were supposed to be empty but still had damaged product that they hadn't bothered to get rid of; we had to empty the trailers ourselves of everything from toilet paper to dog food (they brought the stuff to local charities anyway!) I'm not mentioning it to anyone else because I would hate the driver to get into trouble for a good deed; I KNOW they meant for him to throw it away as trash, but gone is gone. The last place I worked at threw away thousands of dollars of dented non-perishable food a day. I asked why they didn't donate it to a food bank. They said because, if someone said that the food made them ill, and pointed the finger at food the company had donated, they could be sued - they weren't going to take the risk. It made you want to cry to see all that wasted.
So kudos, Mr. truck driver, for helping a bunch of hard working guys feed their families!
Driver came to make a delivery where I work. His last stop rejected 60 CASES of cereal; dented, dirty, etc. He was told to toss it all. When he got here, though, He saw the dozens of construction workers we have working right now and figured they would appreciate having it.
Everyone got at least a 6 cases of cereal (12 boxes each). This is NICE name brand cereal; The stuff you love but can never justify spending the money.
Being security, it was a little odd for me. I completely saw where the driver was coming from, and couldn't think of any rules he was breaking at our property. It could have seemed suspicious, but I have worked at other places that regularly trash imperfect product, and these boxes were clearly cereal. The driver was with a reputable company and not just some random fly by night driver. The construction workers brought the stuff to their cars and trucks, so it never entered the building; I figured it was no more a risk than what they could already potentially have in their vehicles that I didn't know about. And besides, by the time I arrived the driver had already distributed most of the product; what was I going to do - tell them to bring it back?
I don't think it makes me bad security. The situation was obviously not a threat, and I simply made a note of it in my report and let my boss know. He was a little wary, but at that point what could we do anyway? Besides, drivers have regularly left trailers with us that were supposed to be empty but still had damaged product that they hadn't bothered to get rid of; we had to empty the trailers ourselves of everything from toilet paper to dog food (they brought the stuff to local charities anyway!) I'm not mentioning it to anyone else because I would hate the driver to get into trouble for a good deed; I KNOW they meant for him to throw it away as trash, but gone is gone. The last place I worked at threw away thousands of dollars of dented non-perishable food a day. I asked why they didn't donate it to a food bank. They said because, if someone said that the food made them ill, and pointed the finger at food the company had donated, they could be sued - they weren't going to take the risk. It made you want to cry to see all that wasted.
So kudos, Mr. truck driver, for helping a bunch of hard working guys feed their families!
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