First Time Driver Helper!! Advice!

[RunningUnder]

Use your hand rails.. When the package car stops be up out of the seat door open standing on the blacktop waiting for us to give you your packages with diad in hand... AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AFTER YOU KNOCK ON A DOOR DON'T WAIT FOR THEM TO ANSWER IT,,,,,,,,

 

[joeboodog]

I always tell helpers to double check the label to make sure we are at the right stop. Leave the package where I tell you. And for God's sake pull the pants up. I don't want to see your underwear and my customers don't want to see your underwear. Not only are you representing UPS you are representing me.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

My best friend says his million dollar idea is a pill you take to make the filling taste like chocolate.

I'm still waiting for Godiva to make chocolate one that shoots out money.

 

[You've Got Mail]

Knock, drop and go.

You knock? I find that wastes too much time. I'll knock if it's raining or if it's a bad area or expensive crap.

 

[arice11]

Does anyone know how early a driver might end up calling you?
Want to get some shut eye after preload...
lol, peak season is stress season

 

[upschuck]

Driver does not call, the helper coordinator will, and that depends on the route that you will be helping on, some routes get them right after air, some not until the afternoon.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Last year I had a helper that would leave the building with me and I would drop her off before pick ups.

 

[upschuck]

Last year I had a helper that would leave the building with me and I would drop her off before pick ups.

That is unusual, and only viable with areas close to the building.

 

[arice11]

still no call...
kind of annoying being on-call
I still have preload to do anyway, that's already 6-8 hours during peak.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Driver does not call, the helper coordinator will, and that depends on the route that you will be helping on, some routes get them right after air, some not until the afternoon.

Our helper coordinator sets up the meet for the first day and if things work out well with that helper the driver sets up the meets from that point forward.

 

[upschuck]

Our helper coordinators up the meet for the first day and if things work out well with that helper the driver sets up the meets from that point forward.

That only happens after we get really get busy to have consistant helper start times

 

[GillEagan]

don't tell your driver your whole life story, believe me....he doesn't care.

Tell that to the drivers I worked with last year. They seemed interested in mine. :-( So far the driver I am with this year has not brought it up. I hope it stays that way. If there's one thing I don't like discussing, my personal business is one.

 

[GillEagan]

Don't use your phone. Use discretion with what you say to the customers and keep it brief. Don't do anything that will put on on Youtube. If the customer has wrapped their door with a Christmas wrap, don't knock on the door or your knuckles will go through the wrap.

 

[arice11]

still haven't been called
starting to get a little angry
this company....urgh

oh well...thanks to everyone who shared their advice.
wish me luck yo

 

[GillEagan]

superballs63 said: ↑
don't tell your driver your whole life story, believe me....he doesn't care.

Tell that to the drivers I worked with last year. They seemed interested in mine. :-( So far the driver I am with this year has not brought it up. I hope it stays that way. If there's one thing I don't like discussing, my personal business is one.

The driver got around to asking about this yesterday. I tried to keep it as brief as possible. I guess the drivers in my area are different compared to the drivers in other areas of the US.