Delivering Ground this Saturday the 14th
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barnyard
KTM rider
I am betting the only way that does not happen is if you are out of hours.
Reading around, it sounds like loads from Texas are starting to more, combine that with peak from all the stuff people are ordering this weekend and it makes working Saturday look inevitable.
Monday should be a reasonable day at my building. Last week, we had curfews for 11.5 hour days.
This is going to be a tough week.
TooTechie
Geek in Brown
Our curfew for all of December has been 10pm (we start at 840am) except for Mondays when they start us at 8:15, then curfew is 9:45.
Bubblehead
My Senior Picture
Just tell them you wont be coming in on Saturday either way.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Making that choice would mean (a) that customers who I have developed personal relationships with would not get their Christmas packages (b) that coworkers whom I consider friends would wind up working even later or fighting even more bulk in order to cover for me and (c) that an unmanageable pile of crap would simply be awaiting for me on the day after Christmas.
The reality is that we already have thousands of packages per day being missed every day. I can reduce that number on my route by making intelligent choices about which packages to miss, with an eye towards conserving and making the best use of the 60 hours that I have available. I'm still sheeting them as "missed" so Im not doing anything dishonest. This was actually a very common practice 20 years ago before Package Level Detail. I'm just dusting it off.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Sort of, only I'm being more honest. At least by sheeting the package as "missed" the customer is entitled to a refund on their shipping charges.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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When does the ground guarantee get waived and the relaxed commits begin?
Bubblehead
My Senior Picture
I was in no way faulting your decision to strategically roll certain stops to maximize efficiency.
My point is that on Christmas Eve you will definitely have 14 hrs available and if your prediction is accurate, you will most certainly be expected to utilize them in the face of a pathetically inadequate plan.
I prioritize the relationship I have developed with my family over those with customers or co-workers.
I have 2 young children and I will not be working until 10pm on Christmas Eve come hell or high water.
worldwide
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Peak-season service guarantees: UPS air and international shipments picked up or delivered within the United States are guaranteed throughout the holiday season unless otherwise noted on ups.com. Commitment times for air and international shipments delivered within the U.S. will be extended by 90 minutes the following days: Nov. 29, Dec. 18-24, and Dec. 31. The guarantee is suspended for UPS Ground and UPS Standard packages picked up or scheduled for delivery between Dec. 11 and Dec. 24. For further details, visit ups.com for the UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions.
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In control of own destiny
I do expect our center to work atleast a few hours on Saturday. Although I am planning to run out of hours for me.
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I would be very surprised if we are asked to work on Saturday but, if we are, I will sign up.
