WATER

[nevergiveup]

You thought a gallon of regular gasoline was expensive, add up a gallon of bottled water!

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

You thought a gallon of regular gasoline was expensive, add up a gallon of bottled water!

Amazing how much people will pay for something that you can for basically free out of the tap. P T Barnum was right.

What gets me is the exotic locales some of these bottled waters are shipped from. Fiji? Really?

 

[InternationalDan]

Fiji, water.....costs more than a gallon of gas.....at $4.99 for a 32 oz bottle......what a rip......I know HarryCallahan likes expensive water......


Dan

 

[bagchucker]

Ok, I get that maybe providing bottled water is not cost effective, but, neither is sending dehydrated, sun-stroked ramp employees to the OJI clinic on a regular basis. For the stations that simply "cannot" factor water into the budget, then, as I mentioned in an above post, get creative on how to keep hydrated.

1. Bring your water container thru to to the ramp and have a restaurant vendor upstairs fill it with water.
2. Station funds for incentives to purchase a water cooler for breakrooms. (instead of a new t.v.)
3. start recycling and use the proceeds to fund your water bill.

you get the idea. Doesn't seem like you should have to go to these extremes, but if your local mgmt. will not cooperate, then maybe consider these ideas, otherwise, keep those OJI clinics full my friends, then maybe the company will get aggressive on dealing with the problem.

 

[Dog Wonder]

This whole thread begs the question.

Does safety really come first?

 

[bagchucker]

It IS a safety issue. Would you want to be working next to someone who is not alert and able to perform their job because they are dehydrated, sun-stroked and about to fall out. If they choose not to hydrate, that is their own foolishness, but if it is the result of not being able to obtain water due to the company not making it available, than yes, it IS a safety issue.

 

[robbedagain]

in my station we have a few folks who without water youd think you need to call the medics as they look like their gonna pass out. now the tkt cntr agent have access to their huge jugs of water and the bagroom agents (3 in the am and 3 in the pm have some water jugs but the ramp doesnt have any of that. now as someone mentioned earlier the station funds, ours is pretty significant though only $1800 had to be used by june, it was used for sodas and hotdogs/hamburger potato and reg salads two weeks ago and allegedly we're suppose to get a flat screen tv. plus to save more dough theyre closing 2 of the three breakrooms one of which is closet to the express world. now we are right back into the heat humidity yet they refuse to give us water bottle, but the flt crew on a flight was kind enough to look out for my coworkers and I this am.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

While individual sized bottled water is expensive (and wasteful), five gallon bottles for the water cooler are much less expensive per gallon. Better, a Brita type filter for the tap water. This is something most businesses provide. (Hence the term "water cooler discussion").
It would not be unreasonable for the airline to provide such, especially for the ramp people.

For the OP: if local management is not on board with this, have you tried to go through your regional director?

 

[gizmo_sc]

ALDI has a case of water in 8 oz bottles for $2.49. If a manager was any kind of manager at all he would truck some in .. ice it down.

 

[xUT]

ALDI has a case of water in 8 oz bottles for $2.49. If a manager was any kind of manager at all he would truck some in .. ice it down.

If you need hydrated, wouldn't it make sense to pool money to buy what you need?
Kind of like the lotto pool, does mgmt have to kick in for lotto tickets too?
Take some personal responsibility, take the lead and show mgmt how it 'should' be done!
JMHO,
B) xUT

 

[HPearlyretiree]

ALDI has a case of water in 8 oz bottles for $2.49. If a manager was any kind of manager at all he would truck some in .. ice it down.

Your union could buy you water too...

 

[Dog Wonder]

A company promoting safety first and not doing what they say for whatever reason, cost, managerial sloth, whatever they want to call it, is lying to their employees.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Your union could buy you water too...

I nominate this post as "Most asinine post by a Doug Parker Lackey in 2011".

In a workplace where heat & other hazards exist it is well established that the responsibility for worker safety falls upon the company. This can be in the form of Safety Vests, Wands, Traffic Cones, Hard Hats, Steel tipped shoes and of course water or other appropriate beverage to combat dehydration. What is equally clear is a company is under no obligation to provide Evian or even bottled water, merely water that has been declared potable by the local Board of health.

To even suggest that a third party, be they union or otherwise just demonstrates the sheer stupidity of the individual making the suggestion.

A well hydrated employee is simply good business for US Airways.

People who work in extreme and semi-extreme environments that are well hydrated and properly protected are more productive and turn planes faster. This improves on time numbers, Lost bag numbers as well. One of the first signs of dehydration can be confusion and a bag could end up in Moldova instead of Montreal.

People who are properly hydrated, don't have as high an incidence of heat stroke, therefore fewer trips from the ramp to the ER, lowering Health Care costs since US is self insured. Well hydrated workers don't miss as much time or file OSHA complaints further reducing costs.

Ergo, given the above it is in US Airways best interest to maintain a plentiful supply of water available. even if it's a freaking Garden hose with a spigot, as long as it delivers potable water then that is all that matters.

The fact that this conversation is even happening speaks volumes about the Sr Management Team.

 

[HPearlyretiree]

I nominate this post as "Most asinine post by a Doug Parker Lackey in 2011".

In a workplace where heat & other hazards exist it is well established that the responsibility for worker safety falls upon the company. This can be in the form of Safety Vests, Wands, Traffic Cones, Hard Hats, Steel tipped shoes and of course water or other appropriate beverage to combat dehydration. What is equally clear is a company is under no obligation to provide Evian or even bottled water, merely water that has been declared potable by the local Board of health.

To even suggest that a third party, be they union or otherwise just demonstrates the sheer stupidity of the individual making the suggestion.

A well hydrated employee is simply good business for US Airways.

People who work in extreme and semi-extreme environments that are well hydrated and properly protected are more productive and turn planes faster. This improves on time numbers, Lost bag numbers as well. One of the first signs of dehydration can be confusion and a bag could end up in Moldova instead of Montreal.

People who are properly hydrated, don't have as high an incidence of heat stroke, therefore fewer trips from the ramp to the ER, lowering Health Care costs since US is self insured. Well hydrated workers don't miss as much time or file OSHA complaints further reducing costs.

Ergo, given the above it is in US Airways best interest to maintain a plentiful supply of water available. even if it's a freaking Garden hose with a spigot, as long as it delivers potable water then that is all that matters.

The fact that this conversation is even happening speaks volumes about the Sr Management Team.

yawn...

 

[SparrowHawk]

yawn...

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Sleep Well. I hope Dougie doesn't ring his little bell to often for you to fetch him another beer!😀 😀 😀

Yassa, Massa Doug I's be dere in a jus a minute wit you beer, I don't knows why you let 'dem boys of de ramp be so uppity wanting water when it don't even be 90 degrees"