rod
Retired 22 years
Funny how those card files would disappear if you knew the center route burner would be taking your route while you were on vaca.
Old Time UPS.
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Funny how those card files would disappear if you knew the center route burner would be taking your route while you were on vaca.
ol'browneye
Well-Known Member
I remember doing driver follow-ups back in the 80's that were over a year old!
I believe 038-598 was L.L. Bean
JC Penney was 692-723 and I don't think it has changed here
Splinters under the fingernails from the wooden shelves
$3-4000 cash from cod's
Filling in your DR locations or duplicate shipper numbers while sitting at a stoplight-can't do that now, you will show up on some telematics report
Trying to keep those paper delivery records dry on a rainy day
Homemade cup holders made out of NDA envelopes taped to the dash and window
Old register tape pickup accounts
"Sheet-puller" pickup accounts
I believe 038-598 was L.L. Bean
JC Penney was 692-723 and I don't think it has changed here
Splinters under the fingernails from the wooden shelves
$3-4000 cash from cod's
Filling in your DR locations or duplicate shipper numbers while sitting at a stoplight-can't do that now, you will show up on some telematics report
Trying to keep those paper delivery records dry on a rainy day
Homemade cup holders made out of NDA envelopes taped to the dash and window
Old register tape pickup accounts
"Sheet-puller" pickup accounts
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Have not heard that term in 30 years.
I don't recall ever having one but did hear about them.
Ha, they sure were! I once opened a fur call box to put a customers coat in, and there was a fur collar in the box from last time it was used! I didn't know what to do so I left it in there.
We finally convinced management to treat them as high values.
I had a Fur Call Tag a couple of years ago, which is rare a round here. The customer will ship their fur coat off so it can be stored in a cooler during the summer. I remember we had a telephone exchange program too, but that didn't last very long. If someone's phone broke, we would swap it out with a new one. Rate and Zone Charts, "Sheet Pullers", and registered accounts with the ascending and decending numbers that figured out their bill. Customer Service Reps who actually went out to visit customers and set up shipping accounts.
trouble maker
Well-Known Member
That's correct driver. Fingerhut was located in Mn. wasn't it??
JC Penny 030-732.
rod
Retired 22 years
1080Driver
Well-Known Member
Another PITA was encyclopedia deliveries.....I started working in a rough area in Brooklyn, NY (no DR and plenty of 3rd & 4th floor walk ups).......seemed like once a week someone's aunt or Grandma would order a set of World Book or Encyclopedia Brittanica b/c they were sure their kid was gonna get out of the 'hood.
The good part was you could leave the bulkhead door open for "safety reasons".
Highwayman
Well-Known Member
Started in the late 80's on day trailer. When pickups had hand written books I think 10 packages per page,you had better sign every page in the book LEGIBLY for one pick up or you would hear about it the next day. friend model tractors, hand sheeted deliveries,lining up packages by shipper number to make hand sheeting easier,40 foot side roller trailers,no skids allowed,got on feeders, all doubles trailers were drop frames and single feeders were 40 foot drop frames. Jacking up the feeders on the unload. No stacks on the tractors, oh the burning of my eyes. No mufflers or A/C or power steering on the tractors,rust holes in the floors. The DIAD 1: looking for a phone to download your data,the portable printer for J.C. Penney in a suit case, they wanted a hard copy at the time of delivery. Now my tractor is a new Sterling with A/C,power steering,air ride cab,a stack and 455 H.P. What a difference 21 years makes!
Old International
Now driving a Sterling
Rural routes and trying to figure out just how the %^&*((*&^$%$ mailman ran his route. I ran the 2&6's route, not the 300b run.
DS
Fenderbender
I remember my first winter,tons of snow,often my boots would be filled with snow and even though I just wanted to get it done,I HAD to take a break to dry my socks and boots.I had a Woolworths in my area(long gone)that made great burgers and had nice floor heaters that saved me from frostbite on many occasions.The wet delivery records,the peel off next day air stickers,the same skid movie they show today...the only good thing about those days is that you knew what you had when you left the building,nowadays with oncalls,every new day is a mystery.
1080Driver
Well-Known Member
How about the great steel handtrucks......alot heavier and smaller than todays aluminum ones.......if you came off a curb at an angle the cast iron wheel hub was history.
rod
Retired 22 years
and it was always fun when the rubber came off one of the wheels.
Brown Rocket
Well-Known Member
you guys make it sound bad, but I only wish I had these stories.
bluehdmc
Well-Known Member
Don't worry, in 20yrs or so you'll have your own stories. The stuff we use today will seem so slow and simplistic then.
I think that was one of the shipper numbers for New Process/ Blair out of Warren, Pa. . I loved that place as a feeder driver, quite a few hotties worked there. The cafeteria had 5 cent coffee and pop. It seemed that at least once a week there was a reason for a party and I would get an invitation.
