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IN VINO VERITAS
I sometimes have to pull in my mirrors when I park at night. If I get in early then I don't worry about it.Must be a district thing. Never pulled in a mirror in 20 years of driving.
I sometimes have to pull in my mirrors when I park at night. If I get in early then I don't worry about it.Must be a district thing. Never pulled in a mirror in 20 years of driving.
The only time I will drop inside the door is if the customer has been unnecessarily rude or demanding. Otherwise I take where they need it if within reason..............................................A quick side-note here...How many of you stop and drop inside the door?? I ask this because it took me a few years to see that it pays higher dividends to ask where they want the pkgs. Hell, they are already on the 2-wheeler and it is never more than another door or hallway before you drop them anyways.
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The only time I will drop inside the door is if the customer has been unnecessarily rude or demanding. Otherwise I take where they need it if within reason.
I had a customer this past week that told me one day their pkgs go next door. 2 days later when I was back there next door said their pkgs go to the first building I was at. This tends to not create a willingness to cooperate on my part.
Leave them in the street between the two buildings.
We have one of those old steel ones. That thing is a miserable POS. It is out in the shed right now but during peak it will make a reappearance, I'm sure.I remember when the handcarts seemed like they weighed 50 lbs. You had to really need it bad to drag one of those out of the back!
The new ones with the spring loaded tongue, (you know, the one's that won't accomodate smaller heavy boxes), weigh 67lbs. Do I get credit for an over 70 if I just add a 3lb pkg to this?I remember when the handcarts seemed like they weighed 50 lbs. You had to really need it bad to drag one of those out of the back!
Same here for what ever store has them available.I have 2 3-story medical office bldgs that I will use my handcart for. I have also a 3-story and a 4-story office bldg (there was going to be a 5th but that's another story) that I will use it if needed. The 3 story has the Attorney General's office and they get their paper shipment weekly.
I probably tend to carry more than I should but the time that it takes to drag the cart out, load it, deliver, and then put the cart back in the pkg car I can normally have the stop delivered and be on the way to the next.
I actually use a shopping cart when I deliver my inside stops at WalMart.
If we have a bulk order for the hair salon at WM, the girls will bring out one of their carts for us. Load it up along with the eye shop, the bank, McD's, etc and haul it through the store. If the hair salon doesn't have a bulk then I will drive around to the front.I have 2 3-story medical office bldgs that I will use my handcart for. I have also a 3-story and a 4-story office bldg (there was going to be a 5th but that's another story) that I will use it if needed. The 3 story has the Attorney General's office and they get their paper shipment weekly.
I probably tend to carry more than I should but the time that it takes to drag the cart out, load it, deliver, and then put the cart back in the pkg car I can normally have the stop delivered and be on the way to the next.
I actually use a shopping cart when I deliver my inside stops at WalMart.
"FRAGILE IS NOT 100 POUNDS"---
I have been saying that for years. If you put fragile on a pkg. and I need to risk blowing out my O-ring to move the damn thing it isn't fragile.
In our building a probationary driver was disqualified for being caught out on area without a handcart or a roll of tape in the truck.
Two words........Pottery Barn
I'm having an annoying dispute with my sup over proper use of the handcart.
If I have 20 pieces going into a business with no dock...I lay my cart down in the back of the truck and scan the packages while I am loading them onto the cart. I then slide the cart out and down the bumper using the skids on the back of the cart as a ramp. I then wheel the cart into the business, push the pile of boxes up against a wall, and pull the cart out from under the pile. Result? I handle each package only once, I minimize customer contact time, and I keep the customers crowed receiving area clear.
My sup insists that is unsafe and wrong. He wants me to (a) take the packages off the shelf and set them on the floor.(b) Unload them off of the floor and onto the hand cart. (c) wheel the packages inside. (d) unload them off of the handcart and line them up in rows. (e) scan them. (friend) pick them all up again and stack them up to keep the receiving area clear.
So instead of handling those 20 packages once....he wants me to handle those 20 packages four times. Assuming an average weight per piece of 10 lbs, I just went from handling 200 pounds to 800 pounds. And this is supposed to be "safer?"
Its frustrating for me because I have been doing my job for 22 years. My sup drove 20 years ago....for about a year, before being promoted. He can barely use a DIAD. He is a nice guy and a decent sup but in this case he simply doesnt know what the hell he is talking about.