Tired Driver
Sisyphus had it easy.
19 year old son wants to help out his old man. He wants to know how hard I work doing my job. I hope he appreciates the years I provided for him and his sister.
My son will be my helper this peak. Will be thank me or hate me?
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Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
I smell BS, if you were going to get a helper, you would have one already
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
We have a couple of drivers who have their sons, who are both college students home on break, as their helpers. I have been trying to get my son to do it but he is not a morning person.
Whether he thanks your or hates you is irrelevant----what is important is whether he respects you and what you do when it is all over.
Whether he thanks your or hates you is irrelevant----what is important is whether he respects you and what you do when it is all over.
Tired Driver
Sisyphus had it easy.
I have had an insider for the last 2 weeks. My son is returning from college tonight and has orientation on Monday.
upschuck
Well-Known Member
We had a open house this past sat for new helpers. I can only assume that is for this peak season.
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Then this makes more sense.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Morning? You all don't start til like 10 right?
Overpaid Union Thug
Well-Known Member
It depends on how you use your helper. Most helpers like working with me because I don't work them to death. I just treat every day of peak like any other day of the year and follow all of the methods. That means no stacking packages in the cab or driving with the bulkhead door open for example. I don't drop them off to deliver a bunch of houses while I go down the street either. It's just business as usual for me. I'm on a split route that is primarily rural and management usually insists that I use a helper so the helper get's plenty of windshield time. Oh well. I just do as I'm told.
Bagels
Family Leave Fridays!!!
Working with relatives use to be a big no-no around here, but is pretty common this year. Gotta wonder why -- many of these drivers are working their kids (or other family members) 40-50 hours per week, when they're only authorized to use them 20-30, and running 3-5 hours over per day.
I lost 1.5 weeks helping due to the large number of drivers working family members... even though my local rider is clear that insiders get preference (before T-Giving and after X-Mas) based upon seniority. Hard to grieve, will just pee off somebody who'd rather be with his kid.
I lost 1.5 weeks helping due to the large number of drivers working family members... even though my local rider is clear that insiders get preference (before T-Giving and after X-Mas) based upon seniority. Hard to grieve, will just pee off somebody who'd rather be with his kid.
Cementups
Box Monkey
We have a driver that his wife was his helper a few years and now his daughter is a helper for another driver. Smartly enough, they put this helper with one of our most innocent drivers ever. Helpers dad has nothing to worry about with him. ha ha
And my wife has already said she would be my helper in a heartbeat even though I told her I would make her run her ass off. She said, "that's ok, I have plenty of it to run off."
And my wife has already said she would be my helper in a heartbeat even though I told her I would make her run her ass off. She said, "that's ok, I have plenty of it to run off."
jaker
trolling
I thought about getting my wife , but I just know it won't work
I would feel bad about heavy pkgs and watching her move faster then she usually does and that would mean I would be out of the truck helping her more then I should be
Thebrownstreak
Well-Known Member
I had my brother as a helper a few years ago. We were doing around 300 stops out of a rental. It was by far the worst thing working out of that rental. For the most part we did well together. There were times though where he would laugh at my frustration, and i felt like leaving him in the middle of no where. Good Luck with your son.
stealth8
Well-Known Member
My son was my helper for the 4 years he was in college. We had a great time and he was by far the best helper I ever had, we had a blast working together! Unfortunately he has yet to find a job with his degree this year so he is now driver for UPS this Christmas. I retired last year ( after 33 years in delivery) ,so I see him coming home late every night totally exhausted. One night he didn't get home until 11pm because the snow in the area. I make sure I have a nice hot hearty meal waiting for him, and we talk about his day. It sounds like this year the volume has been incredible!! Happy Holidays to all my fellow UPSERS,past and present!
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Much better her to say that than you!
Cementups
Box Monkey
I have my daughters boyfriend he is 19 and by far the best helper I had in 14 peeks. Never complains, very efficient and picked up the diad in like 3 stops, but my daughter says it might be because he's know I mean business with work and her! Good kid though, he's gonna get a 100$ from me when he's over at our place Christmas Eve
