MassWineGuy
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Very light Saturday here. UPS is definitely busier.
A Slowwwwww Day
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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For some of us it is a regular business day.
In our center we were going to process 6-8K packages and then close the unload.
BoxStomper69
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Friday was awful. I have customers that leave the industrial park by 12pm but I have pickups that close at 6pm. I worked 8 hours and did 20 stops and 140 packages between pickup and delivery. It will make Monday easier as there were some big boxes but not that much.
whenIgetthere
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They absorbed all the PT Saturday routes today as well. More than doubled my area today, but was really light. Last stop before 1300, and I have 1330 and 1630 commit areas on Saturday.
Purplepackage
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Its nothing new that we are slow the friday and saturday aftet thanksgiving
Also UPS is always busier
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Southeast Hoss
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everybody better get ready next week, starting Monday
It will be fine
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We got hammered too. About 25% more than a normal busy day. They are planning on running another full heavy day's worth of volume on Monday on top of everything that didn't get delivered Friday. It should be fun.
MassWineGuy
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Hope so. Ground shipping is a lot cheaper.
McFeely
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My station is supposedly sending out all Tuesday freight along with all the Monday freight tomorrow. Oh, add in all the businesses that were closed on Friday and you have the making for a
-show with less than full staff to deliver all of this stuff.Guess I'll find out how bad it is on Tuesday when I go back-
Purplepackage
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My station is supposedly sending out all Tuesday freight along with all the Monday freight tomorrow. Oh, add in all the businesses that were closed on Friday and you have the making for a
Guess I'll find out how bad it is on Tuesday when I go back-
The only reason they EVER send Tuesday freight on Monday is if they are expecting to get hammered the rest of the week
Sending Tuesday freight on Monday in my old station was a mortal sin
Purplepackage
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I don't really see it being that busy this week but I could be wrong
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
Wait, ground isn't on the 6- day workweek yet?
Purplepackage
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Like I said I could be wrong. But they push most of that stuff through ground until it can't handle it anymore.
Generally express peak is the last 2 1/2 weeks of December, though the economy hasn't been this good in a few years
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
In all my years at FedEx, this has always been a very busy week. Then next week dropped off some to full blown Peak afterwards. With online sales though, next week should be steady.
Purplepackage
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I've been a swing my whole career basically so I should clarify what I mean by busy. This week and next week route drivers won't drop enough to overflow routes yet for you to get peak hours. The last 2 weeks of the month I could usually get 10 hours a day but before that there's just not enough to go around (at least where I was)
whenIgetthere
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Ground driver told me Friday he is 6 days till Christmas.
