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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 816282" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>You bring up legitimate points, but they can be addressed thru a combination of software adjustments and drawing personal boundaries for yourself.</p><p> </p><p>ODS "spam" can indeed be annoying, especially when you are in the middle of a stop. The solution is simply to allow the driver to "lock out" ODS messages for a short period of time, with a feature that allows management to "override" the lockout for truly <em>urgent</em> messages. Right now, you get a green light on the DIAD whenever there is any sort of message and you have to pull over to read it. The light could be programmed to blink if it is a specific, time-sensitive message for <em>you</em> vs. staying a solid green color if the message is merely spam.</p><p> </p><p>As far as other drivers messaging you asking for help...the answer to that problem is simply learning to say "no" when their requests are unreasonable. I know that there have been occasions where the route next to me is being run "cold" by a guy with no area knowledge, and the 10 minutes I have spent talking or text-messaging him on my cell phone saved me from having to take an hour's worth of stops off of him at the end of the day. Information is power, and direct and timely communication can be a force-multiplier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 816282, member: 14668"] You bring up legitimate points, but they can be addressed thru a combination of software adjustments and drawing personal boundaries for yourself. ODS "spam" can indeed be annoying, especially when you are in the middle of a stop. The solution is simply to allow the driver to "lock out" ODS messages for a short period of time, with a feature that allows management to "override" the lockout for truly [I]urgent[/I] messages. Right now, you get a green light on the DIAD whenever there is any sort of message and you have to pull over to read it. The light could be programmed to blink if it is a specific, time-sensitive message for [I]you[/I] vs. staying a solid green color if the message is merely spam. As far as other drivers messaging you asking for help...the answer to that problem is simply learning to say "no" when their requests are unreasonable. I know that there have been occasions where the route next to me is being run "cold" by a guy with no area knowledge, and the 10 minutes I have spent talking or text-messaging him on my cell phone saved me from having to take an hour's worth of stops off of him at the end of the day. Information is power, and direct and timely communication can be a force-multiplier. [/QUOTE]
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