New peak driver helper: lazy driver

[Marne Vet]

I made it through driving training and questioned along the way. I am a seasonal driver and was almost fired but explained to management that my SUP wasn't teaching me a damn thing. I asked them if I could go out with a driver that knew the route and did it on my own dime. They gave me one more day to prove myself and every since I have been coming in under scratch blah blah. My point to the OP is ask questions and make suggestions at your hub not on here. The people on here will talk because they are behind a keyboard. If you don't like it change it. I cant believe I was actually running from the truck to each stop and still coming in late because my SUP didn't know what he was doing. Now I take lunch and don't even have to walk fast anymore. I hustle hard maybe 4 hours of the day and work at a normal pace 5 hours.

You're welcome to join one of our PCM's if you'd like to hear this stuff in person. The drivers I know have no problem telling someone to their face that they're a baby/turd/runner/complainer/etc/etc/etc.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You can be instructed by your driver to move every single one of them, because that's the job.

There is not a helper in my center who would put up with that and I wouldn't blame them one bit.

 

[Catatonic]

There is not a helper in my center who would put up with that and I wouldn't blame them one bit.

Hey they're getting paid 8.50 an hour ... hell, they'll do anything for that kind of money!

 

[Marne Vet]

There is not a helper in my center who would put up with that and I wouldn't blame them one bit.

Then your Center is full of pusillanimous helpers. Don't know what else to tell you. My helper IS doing this day in and day out, and the guy isn't complaining. We've had helpers quit. We expect it. We also found helpers that know their role and get it done. I did the job when I started. Hated it, but did it. I don't babysit helpers on my vehicle, wipe their nose when they get the sniffles, or change their tampons when the truck is blown-out. Stop making excuses for them. That's the job they signed up for. Don't like it? Enroll online with Devry and get a degree in Management.

 

[Marne Vet]

*Double post

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

If I were you helper and you "directed" me to deliver every single package you would be working by yourself by lunch.

 

[upschuck]

When I jumped one year, driver got sick half way through the day, and I set up truck, selected and ran everything off, all he did was drive. I'd tell him the next address and he'd go there. This was before edd, we back tracked a lot, but that is how the route was set up.

 

[JakeD]

my driver has 20 yrs.. he knows i'm faster to the doors than he is so he scans and sorts while i run packages. once we get some room i sort if he is in a business

if driver helping is tough physically then you're out of shape.

 

[Marne Vet]

If I were you helper and you "directed" me to deliver every single package you would be working by yourself by lunch.

Are you for real? Do you have any concept of real work? I do three times what my helper is doing sorting, driving, re-sorting, moving crap to the front etc. You think running stops back and forth is hard? I hope you're not having a heavy flow day or cramps right now. If you were my helper I'd fire you before my airs were done for being a baby.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Are you for real? Do you have any concept of real work? I do three times what my helper is doing sorting, driving, re-sorting, moving crap to the front etc. You think running stops back and forth is hard? I hope you're not having a heavy flow day or cramps right now. If you were my helper I'd fire you before my airs were done for being a baby.

Do I have any concept of real work? My helper and I did 235 stops and 480 packages today. When I got back to the bldg. I was asked to help out a seasonal driver who was in way over his head. I took 40 stops of base residentials off of him----did those in about 40 minutes. Punched out at 2000 and then met my son at Texas Roadhouse to use a gift card I received today for dinner. It is 9:55pm as I am typing this and I am beat.

Sarge, you couldn't keep up with me on my slowest day.

 

[Marne Vet]

Do I have any concept of real work? My helper and I did 235 stops and 480 packages today. When I got back to the bldg. I was asked to help out a seasonal driver who was in way over his head. I took 40 stops of base residentials off of him----did those in about 40 minutes. Punched out at 2000 and then met my son at Texas Roadhouse to use a gift card I received today for dinner. It is 9:55pm as I am typing this and I am beat.

Sarge, you couldn't keep up with me on my slowest day.

That was the funniest thing you've ever said. You did 235 today? Need a squirt of Summers Eve to refresh you? I haven't seen a day under 250 yet, and we're averaging 275/day this Peak, but hey, if you need to brag about 235 I better just move aside and give you the spotlight.

 

[upschuck]

If I were you helper and you "directed" me to deliver every single package you would be working by yourself by lunch.

That seems odd, you are usually telling everyone how hard you work. Are you really Upstate?

Do I have any concept of real work? My helper and I did 235 stops and 480 packages today. When I got back to the bldg. I was asked to help out a seasonal driver who was in way over his head. I took 40 stops of base residentials off of him----did those in about 40 minutes. Punched out at 2000 and then met my son at Texas Roadhouse to use a gift card I received today for dinner. It is 9:55pm as I am typing this and I am beat.

Sarge, you couldn't keep up with me on my slowest day.

Aaahhhh...you're back

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

That seems odd, you are usually telling everyone how hard you work. Are you really Upstate?

I have no problem with hard work but I do have a problem with being taken advantage of.

 

[Marne Vet]

Helpers don't get taken advantage of. They're helpers. They do what we tell them to do, and that's it. This isn't an equal opportunity job when you're a helper. Do what your driver says. The end.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Oh good for you bowflex.

Running under allowed is meaningless.

The management numbers are meaningless.

Even more so to a 27 year driver like myself.

 

[Catatonic]

1) Are you really Upstate?

2) Aaahhhh...you're back

1) He got Marne and More mixed up ... that happens when you work past 6:30.

2) Observant much?

 

[Catatonic]

Helpers don't get taken advantage of. They're helpers. They do what we tell them to do, and that's it. This isn't an equal opportunity job when you're a helper. Do what your driver says. The end.

Just like when supervisor tells a driver to do something.

Seems simple to me.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Helpers don't get taken advantage of. They're helpers. They do what we tell them to do, and that's it. This isn't an equal opportunity job when you're a helper. Do what your driver says. The end.

...and here I thought we were supposed to work together as a team....

 

[Marne Vet]

Just like when supervisor tells a driver to do something.

Seems simple to me.

You do as instructed, and put the grievance in afterwards.

 

[upschuck]

2) Observant much?

Wife tells me that I am not.