Hey User
You can tell you are still wet around the ears. When you understand CYA, then you really understand why.
There are lots of reasons. YEah, payroll is one. A few minutes here, a few there. Most drivers would never ever know. Does not happen often but enough to make it worth the while.
One of the big things they used to do is change leave building times. They want to make the preload look good at the expense of the drivers on road number. While not illegal, it still is wrong.
To keep track of your performance. I know that a lot of you post that you could care less. But it does give you a lot of hard data that can be useful in many ways, including self improvement.
Then there are those days when things happen out on road. You know, that irate customer that cusses you out, then calls in a complaint a week or two later. Nothing like being able to go back through the book and gather your information on the subject to respond without that blank look.
Then there are those days when your sup wants to play games. Things like telling you to do certain things that are wrong. Or to cut corners. Nothing like being able to go back through the pages and say, "yeah, on october 3 at 8:57 Jimmy came up to me and said for me to driver release that huge apartment building off stone drive. And Don was right there and heard the conversation." That type of response at a discipline hearing stops a lot of things dead in the water.
Then there is the coverage issue. As a cover driver, it was so amazing the driver followups that had my name on them. It became such an issue that warning letters were given out.
But after matching the dates of the problem deliveries, and the routes I ran per the little black book, wouldn't you know, I was in a totally different town, off on a personal, running other areas, etc etc. Without the book, there would have been no way to protect myself.
The same was true when they tried to charge me with two accidents where the UPS man tore up the yard on one and a tree on another.
Funny too how several of the issues above, after proper investigation, were traced back to supervision delivering packages.
It also allows you to document any issue you run into on road that causes you to lose a lot of time, like an accident, a long wait at the railroad etc. Nothing like trying to figure out a large dead spot in your delivery trace when LP is trying to build something that is not there.
So there are a lot of little reasons. these are just some that have affected me personally and was the reason I carried one in my back pack.
Like your seatbelt. It might not ever be needed, but it can save your behind when you do need it.
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