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<blockquote data-quote="mattwtrs" data-source="post: 437619" data-attributes="member: 1187"><p>I had a Div. Mgr. that wanted to know why I wasn't following trace back in the 80's. The question came up because of pick up times when someone else would run the route. The biggest shipper quit shipping @ 15:30 and 2 or 3 days week they would ship over 1,000 lbs. of Next Day air. The DM was running the Center due to some management issues but that's a story for another time. </p><p></p><p>When I'd start unloading on the air belt at 16:30, he'd ask why I was back so early. I told him look at all the weight and the shuttle plane didn't have the lift so he'd have to ground shuttle to the Gateway airport. He said, "Thanks for giving us time." I would drop my helper off too. If I had followed trace I would have made the pickup @ 17:45 and would have been unloading @ 18:15 and it would be too late for a ground shuttle. I would then go back out to finish deliveries. I also would be delivering in town resi's in the dark & the only street lights were on Main St.. I preferred to deliver in town in the daylight & and finish my RD's in the dark cause most customers had security lights and they would see me coming down the lane. Most of the time the customer would meet me at the car so I didn't even have walk to the door. I figured I had an extra 10 miles but so what, I was safely delivering the packages!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattwtrs, post: 437619, member: 1187"] I had a Div. Mgr. that wanted to know why I wasn't following trace back in the 80's. The question came up because of pick up times when someone else would run the route. The biggest shipper quit shipping @ 15:30 and 2 or 3 days week they would ship over 1,000 lbs. of Next Day air. The DM was running the Center due to some management issues but that's a story for another time. When I'd start unloading on the air belt at 16:30, he'd ask why I was back so early. I told him look at all the weight and the shuttle plane didn't have the lift so he'd have to ground shuttle to the Gateway airport. He said, "Thanks for giving us time." I would drop my helper off too. If I had followed trace I would have made the pickup @ 17:45 and would have been unloading @ 18:15 and it would be too late for a ground shuttle. I would then go back out to finish deliveries. I also would be delivering in town resi's in the dark & the only street lights were on Main St.. I preferred to deliver in town in the daylight & and finish my RD's in the dark cause most customers had security lights and they would see me coming down the lane. Most of the time the customer would meet me at the car so I didn't even have walk to the door. I figured I had an extra 10 miles but so what, I was safely delivering the packages! [/QUOTE]
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