just because u talk slower in the south does not in anyway automatically transfer to decreased production (SPORH or increased OA). However, there are P.O.S drivers in every center! mostly due to their poor work ethic and not working as efficiently as they should.
I'm in the south,and from what I've seen,we are more laid back than people from the north.I'm not saying we work at a slower pace.I dont think my route could be run any faster by a Yankee.When we get mgrs from the north,I always enjoy watching them stress out about things they have no control over.I think in the south,we realize whats really important and dont necessarily flip out about it.If I'm late leaving the building because the preload isn't wrapped,there is absolutely nothing I can do about it and I'm not going to waste a whole day of my life being stressed out because of it.My boss hates that attitude,but I think in the back of his mind,he would love to be that way
Ever see the movie "Fargo" when the sherrif is interviewing a local farmer? Slow conversation, but ends quickly. Kinda kills the North vs South angle. And yes, the representation in the movie is dead on accurate.
We have a driver in our center that grew up in Tennesee. He started for UPS only after he lived in NH for a few years and, after a conversation we had last week, he went on at length at how the pace of life is slower down south. (South of NH is pretty much every state, lol)
We were figuring that if life is lived at a slower place in the particular place you live then, by default, your SPORH would be a bit lower, on avg., per center, since all of the suits, drivers, loaders, etc., were from the same area.
Now Tennesee isn't exactly the 1st state that comes to mind when we think of the 'South' up here but my question is;
Are there any drivers or managers out there that have had the pleasure/pain of working in a northern center AND a southern center? My neighbor lived in Florida, about a half an hour from Alabama, and he often jokes that conversations took twice as long as they should have down there because people just talk slower. Does this carry over into UPS culture?
Also, I have heard that due to the density of area in the North East, our SPORH is simply higher than any other place in the country.
Any thoughts?
I don't recall the work pace of drivers in the time I spent in S TX, however the driver on this route here at home in mid-upper conservative NH is the slowest I've ever seen both speaking and pace, as far as NE standards. Out of MHT building. Chances are he's not union.