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Arrogance of the Rich and Famous?

August 17th, 2010

I use to work for UPS, delivering packages to the upper East Side
of Manhattan in New York City. An interesting observation of mine
was that in the swanky, wealthy sections from 80th street on the
East side to 96th street, the residents acted differently.

… Acted differently than the residents in the poorer sections
above 96th street such as the projects near the Triborough
(now renamed RFK) bridge, up around 125th St in Harlem.

When I went into the projects, people were usually friendly
- always greeting me with a smile and a friendly good morning.
And they were often very helpful, holding the door while I
struggled with more than a handful of packages.

They would often open the locked front doors for me when
no one responded to buzz me in and they would hold the elevator
for me. Although these people were struggling financially,
they were always most helpful and friendly.

One guy even went as far to toss me his keys once,
so that I could open the front door. I had never seen him before.
Contrast that to the well-to-do who were below 96th street.

These people had doormen and chauffeurs.
They were use to people doing things for them.

They never spoke a friendly good morning, acted like I was invisible,
would never hold the door for me and would often expect me
to open the door for them (if the doorman was too busy).

Their self-importance was a rude awakening to me.
Just because they have more money doesn’t make them
better or more important.

In the upper East side you have residents like Woody Allen,
Tom Brokaw, Diane Sawyer, Al Roker, Michael J Fox
and many
others that you see on television whom I delivered packages to.

I almost never got to see any of them because they always have
people answering the door. The cook would always answer the
door at Woody Allen’s wearing his chef uniform with the big white
chef hat (looked like a small pizza on top of his hat).

I did see Woody once hop into a big stretch limo that was
waiting for him (and blocking the street).

Al Roker (NBC weatherman) once answered the door at his fancy
townhouse and gave me a handsome tip which was much appreciated.

I saw Michael J Fox walking down the street into a waiting BMW.
He walks with a swagger (Parkinson’s having that effect on him).

The lesson that I learned from these experiences is that it’s not
what’s in your wallet that makes you a decent human being.
It’s what’s in your heart.

Money doesn’t make you a better person.
How you act toward your fellow man is what makes you a decent
human being.

Most people reading these words desire to be rich.
It’s true what they say. Money doesn’t necessarily buy you
happiness. It’s how you act toward others and having true
compassion for others that brings the greatest rewards.

At the end of one’s life, nobody says “I wish I had spent more time
in the office”. But people often probably think, “I wish I had spent
more time with my kids, family and friends”.

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UPS - (Unlimited Parking Summons’)

October 22nd, 2007

The Upper East Side of New York City in the borough of Manhattan
is where I have been delivering packages for UPS for the last 5 years.

I drive down beautiful 5th Avenue by Central Park.
It’s a very wealthy area (some residents are paying as much as
$30,000/month to live). I deliver packages to many of the rich and famous
including Woody Allen, Michael J Fox, Paul Newman, Katie Couric
and many others, including the Mayor himself… Mike Bloomberg..

Manhattan is a small island with 8 million residents and it seems like
just as many cars. There is literally no place to legally park so I have to
double park. I quickly run into the building, deliver the package
and get back to the truck before I get a parking ticket.

My job is to deliver our premium early morning packages.
Generally there are just a couple packages per building and the doorman signs
for the packages so I’m usually not double parked for more than a minute or two.

It’s in and out of the building quick as a ninja, and back to the truck.
I’ve been on the same route for the last 5 years. Usually, I didn’t get many parking
tickets, maybe one or two per month. Sometimes I might go as long as two months
without a single parking ticket. And I never got tickets when I worked on a Saturday.

But about 2 years age, that began to change. Instead of one or two parking tickets
per month, I started getting one or two per week. Over the last year that has now
escalated to one or two tickets per day.

And instead of Never getting tickets on Saturday, I get a ticket EVERY Saturday.
Same route, same streets, same time - The only variable is the amount of tickets.

Last Friday, I hit a new record high (or record low, depending on your point of view).
5 parking tickets in 1 hour. FIVE! …In One Hour! …Written by 5 different traffic cops.
(And at $115 bucks a pop, that ain’t cheap - $575 bucks in tickets in an hour).

Here’s what happened. I returned to my truck within 2 minutes of double parking it,
and there was a traffic enforcement agent, in the middle of writing my third parking
ticket for that day. I recognized the cop because he has written me many tickets
in the past and we chat every now and then.

When he saw me coming he said to me, “I love seeing UPS trucks. It’s an easy ticket
to write because you guys don’t argue with us and give us a hard time”.

I move on and continue delivering packages. About 10 minutes later, I come out of
a building and there is a female cop writing me ticket #4. I pick up the other 3 tickets,
show them to her and say to her, This is a new record, 4 tickets in less than an hour.

She apologetically says to me, I’m sorry. I didn’t know. You should have said something.
Or you should have at least put the tickets on the front of the truck so we could see them.
I said Thanks for the tip. I think I’ll try that.

So I go to the next stop, but this time I have the 4 tickets visibly displayed on the front
of the truck, tucked in by the windshield. I exit the building and to my suprise,
another traffic violations specialist is writing me ticket #5.

I guess he didn’t want anyone to see the inordinate amount of tickets I had,
so he picked up the other 4 tickets and folded them all together along with ticket #5,
so that it only looked like one ticket.

C’mon Mayor Bloomberg - Give UPS a break!

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