Educate me about DIADs

mixyo

Dispatcher
I'm not a driver, so I don't get to use one of these fancy devices. I find them quite fascinating, however. What types of things are they used for? How do they work? Do you enjoy using it?

​Gimme to scoop on DIAD's!
 

oldngray

nowhere special
Most drivers just use DIADs for watching porn. The screen is small but any driver will tell you that size doesn't matter.
 

scratch

Least Best Moderator
Staff member
We use the DIAD as a time card, we clock in and out on it. We record everything we do all day in it. We enter the package car number, beginning and ending milage, how much fuel we pump into it. We download all our route information in it as soon as we clock in. The route is there stop by stop in order, with all the tracking info and GPS coordinates in it. It uploads delivery info every few minutes, we also get text messages from our Center and we can communicate back with it. We also use it to record missorts and load conditions which are how we communicate with the Preload.

We used to do everything with a paper timecard and make out paper delivery records to record everything. That wasn't much fun in pouring rain and ink pens freezing in the Winter. So I guess it is an improvement. The new one scans better than the last one, but it doesn't seem to be as well made.
 
We use the DIAD as a time card, we clock in and out on it. We record everything we do all day in it. We enter the package car number, beginning and ending milage, how much fuel we pump into it. We download all our route information in it as soon as we clock in. The route is there stop by stop in order, with all the tracking info and GPS coordinates in it. It uploads delivery info every few minutes, we also get text messages from our Center and we can communicate back with it. We also use it to record missorts and load conditions which are how we communicate with the Preload.

We used to do everything with a paper timecard and make out paper delivery records to record everything. That wasn't much fun in pouring rain and ink pens freezing in the Winter. So I guess it is an improvement. The new one scans better than the last one, but it doesn't seem to be as well made.
You forgot to mention that they use the DIAD as a weapon to fire you!
 

Wally

BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Older versions were good for bashing dogs, this latest version, being smaller, not so much!
 
Older versions were good for bashing dogs, this latest version, being smaller, not so much!

I hit a dog so hard with DIAD 1. .................................................I think I made him retarded!.......little sob jumped up and bit my arm..........I hit him as hard as I could!....dont order crap and leave your dog loose in the yard!IIf I was allowed to carry a gun at work...I would have shot him
 

iruhnman630

Well-Known Member
I hit a dog so hard with DIAD 1. .................................................I think I made him retarded!.......little sob jumped up and bit my arm..........I hit him as hard as I could!....dont order crap and leave your dog loose in the yard!IIf I was allowed to carry a gun at work...I would have shot him
Our center had a dog get knocked out last year. Driver got a nice applause at pcm the next day.
 

overallowed

Well-Known Member
When DIAD first came out, we were told how great they were and how this was the "future". We were told this device would do half our work for us. So I asked for 2 of them.
 

scratch

Least Best Moderator
Staff member
So what do you guys do when someone is videotaping you? Man that has to be really creepy...

You talk politely to them and tell them to call 1-800-PICK UPS as you walk back to the package car. No sense in losing your cool and arguing with an idiot.
 

gingerkat

Well-Known Member
I guess, but I can't imagine being taped. I suppose you need to keep your cool, because you'll be on youtube.

By the way, I got bitten by a dog and I know I was supposed to use my diad, but I couldn't do it. I just shook my leg really hard and then imagined hitting that :censored2: owner with the diad. He just laughed when his dog bit me because he apparently thought it funny.
 

Big Babooba

Well-Known Member
We use the DIAD as a time card, we clock in and out on it. We record everything we do all day in it. We enter the package car number, beginning and ending milage, how much fuel we pump into it. We download all our route information in it as soon as we clock in. The route is there stop by stop in order, with all the tracking info and GPS coordinates in it. It uploads delivery info every few minutes, we also get text messages from our Center and we can communicate back with it. We also use it to record missorts and load conditions which are how we communicate with the Preload.

We used to do everything with a paper timecard and make out paper delivery records to record everything. That wasn't much fun in pouring rain and ink pens freezing in the Winter. So I guess it is an improvement. The new one scans better than the last one, but it doesn't seem to be as well made.

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