Look at it this way. You'll be around long enough to get a premium DIAD or a premium package car, either of which will give you turn-by-turn directions.
The problem is, if that happens, any dummy could do your job.
GPS not allowed?
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Look at it this way. You'll be around long enough to get a premium DIAD or a premium package car, either of which will give you turn-by-turn directions.
The problem is, if that happens, any dummy could do your job.
barnyard
KTM rider
My hope is that you were not hired.
Yeah and they didn't have the volume that we have today I'm betting. Also, Internet shopping wasn't so popular.
Cementups
Box Monkey
That doesn't matter. I lived in my town for 20 years before they sent me out on that route one day......blind. I said I didn't know it. They said, well you grew up there, you should know it. I said, I don't know the names of all the streets. We get around by landmarks, not street names. He said, well after today you will know all the streets. Touché, boss. Touché
And with less volume, drivers covered larger areas. Therefore, more need for area knowledge.
Catalog shopping was pretty damned big back then. The internet just took that business over.
You new guys just have it so bad now. Why do you even bother?
got paid well that day I'm sure!
Cementups
Box Monkey
Back then, about $21/hr
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
Most dummies already can. Most wouldn't want to though.
Windshield Heads Up Displays are already available for cheap, it's only a matter of time.
Using GPS vs paper maps is just a matter of preference, that preference usually aligns with the age of the driver.
Of course if you're using it for turn by turn directions you need to find another line of work. If you're using it as a paper map that fits in your palm and has way more information than a paper map that's just a common sense decision.
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
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Dillinger4
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Speaking a location into Google maps takes probably three seconds. Also I am not talking about using GPS for every stop. More like if I am leaving a hub and need just to get to the town I will be delivering in.
Dillinger4
Active Member
Maps are great if you got the time. I grew up using them. I still have tons of old Hagstroms.
Dillinger4
Active Member
Did you hear me say I knew how to perform the job better than a veteran? I said that I couldn't see how using GPS would be a distraction if you were not typing in a address or looking at the screen while driving. If the thing was in your pocket saying make a left on birch street then where's the distraction?
Dillinger4
Active Member
Probably not. Maybe within the area but there are three hubs with something like twenty towns each so I could be working in a town twenty five miles away.
Dillinger4
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No one cares about your hopes.
Dillinger4
Active Member
Going to have to try harder.
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
That's a good idea a lot of us did that to make life easier to make the list,, once your on the list , I wouldn't do that for the next route
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
You concentrate more by using the map and not told by someone sitting there or gps telling you l or r. It's proven fact you'll learn area better with map, it all comes together easier with concentration and memory !!Area knowledge is your best friend on this job !
Savvy412
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It's not just about distraction . If you use gps everyday your not really learning it . You think you are but your not . Also it will have you going down
Streets the opposite way you should be going because it doesn't know your next street or address . Trust me . There's A lot more brains behind the streets then just punching it into gps. And I'm
Not a "vet" I'm a rookie
Streets the opposite way you should be going because it doesn't know your next street or address . Trust me . There's A lot more brains behind the streets then just punching it into gps. And I'm
Not a "vet" I'm a rookie
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