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Friday Rant – UTI the Paint Dumpers

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Received these images and note this week:

Dear Alan,

I could not believe my eyes when I drove through the dip this afternoon (Thursday 14 June 2012), and observed a UTI truck pulled to the side of the road, with it’s doors open, just above the Baakens river. There was an almighty mess inside, broken paint cannisters and a large amount of paint lying inside the truck. The driver and assistant were removing the broken paint containers and paint smeared pallets – and scattered them around the truck close to the river. I then saw them scraping the paint out of the truck so that it could fall onto the grass below – a huge mess.

When I spoke to one of the guys and asked him why on Earth he chose to do this next to a river, he couldn’t answer me. Told him that I was going to be taking pictures and he started closing the truck doors and said that they would be leaving – urghhhhh!

Apologies for the picture quality – snapped quickly using my cellphone.

Janine

Images of UTI driver and assistant dumping paint at the bottom 3rd Ave dip below:

UPDATE: See the comments below for UTI’s swift response.

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  1. Swift response from UTI – around two hours after this rant went up, Janine got this response from UTI:

    Morning

     

    I’ve received confirmation from Danie Gerber, PLZ UTi Distribution Branch Manager, that this was in fact one of his vehicles

     

    The driver was transporting paint from a client
    with pallets stacked too high, which caused two drums lids to pop off.
    He made the delivery to the destination and then decided to clean the
    vehicle in the river as reported by you

     

    Danie Gerber is on his way to the area to ensure
    that it’s cleaned properly, and will also ensure that disciplinary
    action is taken against the driver. I will again keep you up to date on
    the outcome.

     

    Again, thanks for reporting to this matter to us,
    and please feel free to contact myself on any of the numbers provided
    below, or Danie Gerber on 082 492 3223

     

    Regards