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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 789862" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>I was just like you when I was a cover driver. The sad reality is that your behavior would not change if and when you do get your own area. You will slow down but you will still find the most efficient way to run the area. You will spend more time with the customers but will still have the same sense of urgency and there is nothing wrong with that. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following story may enlighten you as to why so many here have taken issue with you. I had my own bid run but asked if I could cover an area that I used to be the bid driver on when that driver took the day off. I liked that area but did not like the driving during the winter. I joked with my center manager that it should be a split bid area--I would run it from April-October and someone else could run it the rest of the year. Anyway, the bid driver had talked all sorts of crap about me prior to me taking over the area. He had also gotten the area down to where it was barely an 8 hour dispatch. I decided I was going to have a little fun at his expense and I ran the hell out of that area. I went out with exactly what he would have been dispatched with and absolutely burned it. I was punched out by 3:15pm with a dispatch that he would have finished at 6pm. No missed, no send agains, no lookups--every package delivered. No lunch and no breaks--Code 5--punch to punch. The best part was that he happened to be at the building picking up his paycheck when I pulled in. He looked at me, I looked at my watch and smiled. Jack, if you are reading this, I can still recall the look on your face--priceless.</p><p> </p><p>My point? Bid drivers consider their areas to be their own and treat their customers as their own. When you come along and burn an area you not only make the bid driver look bad but you may be compromising customer service by doing so. Also, by coming in and setting up the pkg car, you are taking work away from the preload. The preloader may also come to expect the bid driver to do the same. I admit that I do come in early during Peak to help my preloader close out my package car but I try to limit this during the rest of the year as I do not want him to rely on my help to do his job.</p><p> </p><p>BTW, the bonus that you speak of is what I have heard called the California dispatch--being paid for the dispatch as opposed to hours worked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 789862, member: 12570"] I was just like you when I was a cover driver. The sad reality is that your behavior would not change if and when you do get your own area. You will slow down but you will still find the most efficient way to run the area. You will spend more time with the customers but will still have the same sense of urgency and there is nothing wrong with that. The following story may enlighten you as to why so many here have taken issue with you. I had my own bid run but asked if I could cover an area that I used to be the bid driver on when that driver took the day off. I liked that area but did not like the driving during the winter. I joked with my center manager that it should be a split bid area--I would run it from April-October and someone else could run it the rest of the year. Anyway, the bid driver had talked all sorts of crap about me prior to me taking over the area. He had also gotten the area down to where it was barely an 8 hour dispatch. I decided I was going to have a little fun at his expense and I ran the hell out of that area. I went out with exactly what he would have been dispatched with and absolutely burned it. I was punched out by 3:15pm with a dispatch that he would have finished at 6pm. No missed, no send agains, no lookups--every package delivered. No lunch and no breaks--Code 5--punch to punch. The best part was that he happened to be at the building picking up his paycheck when I pulled in. He looked at me, I looked at my watch and smiled. Jack, if you are reading this, I can still recall the look on your face--priceless. My point? Bid drivers consider their areas to be their own and treat their customers as their own. When you come along and burn an area you not only make the bid driver look bad but you may be compromising customer service by doing so. Also, by coming in and setting up the pkg car, you are taking work away from the preload. The preloader may also come to expect the bid driver to do the same. I admit that I do come in early during Peak to help my preloader close out my package car but I try to limit this during the rest of the year as I do not want him to rely on my help to do his job. BTW, the bonus that you speak of is what I have heard called the California dispatch--being paid for the dispatch as opposed to hours worked. [/QUOTE]
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