New vs Old drivers

[rod]

Can't remember how many times I'd stop the rural carrier and ask where's rr2 bx 28 or whatever

Most of the time he'd say give it to me you don't wanna go out there

I took care of them at Xmas time

I had one small town Post Master who looked forward to my visit all most every day (especially when I started that route). He took great pride in knowing exactly where, what color, how long a driveway. how many kids they had, where they worked in town and what they drove. It was always about a half hour visit in the post office with him but when you left you had gained all the knowledge you needed for that day. I even went to his retirement party and was sad to see him go. I knew more than his replacement did so I quit stopping in there.

 

[1989]

I've been out a while, thank god, hard to remember the details. Shouldn't even think about it I'll get package nightmares tonight.

you're welcome for that.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

you're welcome for that.

D*

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

That was back in the good Ol days
When if you didn't hit anything got done in a reasonable amount of time

Normally they didn't with ya

I did a few card catalog routes. Didn't break any new records

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

I did a few card catalog routes. Didn't break any new records

You delivered in a library?
Didn't know UPS used to use the dewey decimal system.
Good lord, how old are you green man....

 

[1989]

I did a few card catalog routes. Didn't break any new records

No even a record for NS#s.

 

[clean hairy]

I got the shakes

What flavor and where did you buy the shakes from?

 

[burrheadd]

You delivered in a library?
Didn't know UPS used to use the dewey decimal system.
Good lord, how old are you green man....

You get our where the billy goats the hoot owls

A card file was your most prized possession

 

[1989]

You delivered in a library?
Didn't know UPS used to use the dewey decimal system.
Good lord, how old are you green man....

Shhhh... not so load.

 

[rod]

Can't remember how many times I'd stop the rural carrier and ask where's rr2 bx 28 or whatever

Most of the time he'd say give it to me you don't wanna go out there

I took care of them at Xmas time

I didn't do it very often but I have let a mail carrier take a small package when he offered a few times. I also used to exchange pkges with the FedEx guy on occasion. Usually he would take one from me because as he would say "he had nothing better to do and need to kill some time'.

 

[1989]

You get our where the billy goats the hoot owls

A card file was your most prized possession

Wouldn't work now a days. The card files would get lost/destroyed. Can't even get a call tag on a 2nd or 3rd attempt.

 

[burrheadd]

Wouldn't work now a days. The card files would get lost/destroyed. Can't even get a call tag on a 2nd or 3rd attempt.

No bro that card file goes home with you every night

 

[rod]

You get our where the billy goats the hoot owls

A card file was your most prized possession

And you took it with you when you went on vacation if you knew a runner-gunner was going to be on your route. The only trouble with that was when you got back you had a butt load of supposedly can't locates waiting for you. I got so that if I was around during a vacation I would swing into the center on Thursday night and clean out the "can't locate" bin and put good directions on them. Then when Mr. "burn up your route" came in on Friday morning he had direction on all the stuff he had tried to sluff off on me.

 

[1989]

No bro that card file goes home with you every night

So when I do the route tomorrow, I'm screwed?

 

[burrheadd]

So when I do the route tomorrow, I'm screwed?

Pretty much

 

[1989]

Pretty much

No, more like, you're screwed the following day.

 

[rod]

So when I do the route tomorrow, I'm screwed?

With me you wouldn't be IF you had proved you could run a route like a normal human (safely and with all your breaks taken) and not burn the hell out of it. You burn me - you get no help.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

No even a record for NS#s.

I did my best. Fortunately all of those routes moved to another building

 

[1989]

I did my best. Fortunately all of those routes moved to another building

Earthquake?

 

[burrheadd]

No, more like, you're screwed the following day.

Not really there's no easier money in pkg than riding around out in the country

Prove your not a dip I'll help you all I can

Otherwise your on your own