Personal Cell Phone Used For FedEx Business

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You can't care by finding a way to get a good addy and not using your personal phone?

I could send an ODS, wait for a reply and then go back to that area to reattempt.

I could Google the name.

I could call the number on the package while at or near the address.

I could just not worry about it and let our PM clerk do her job.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It shows that I care.

Not paid to care dont sheet airs,when you are not,at the stop. Dont go back for C.O.D.s..might get hit by a car. Do your job,work as directed. Collect paycheck,go home. Quit giving out,bad advice. and get a life.

 

[dezguy]

I could send an ODS, wait for a reply and then go back to that area to reattempt.

I could Google the name.

I could call the number on the package while at or near the address.

I could just not worry about it and let our PM clerk do her job.

All of those options are perfectly fine so long as it isn't being done on equipment not provided by the company.

You get paid by the hour just like us.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Yawn.

 

[dezguy]

Pretty much.

Also, I'm still wondering who you're trying to impress.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yawn.

You do not work for,FEDEX. Leave them alone.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Pretty much.

Also, I'm still wondering who you're trying to impress.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

I could just not worry about it and let our PM clerk do her job.

But then you'd never get a chance to hit that! Oh wait...that is not the reason that's never going to happen!

 

[whenIgetthere]

FedEx rather get the revenue for having a package rex'd because of a bad address than pay people to do it ahead of time. Put it on the dispatchers and couriers to fix the problem rather than before the package leaves the building.

I don't even REX the correct address anymore. I just deliver to the correct address. Just helps drive up your SPH by doing so.

 

[Mr. 7]

Yep, I haven't REX'd anything while on road in a long time. Just don't care and it takes too long to do.

Speaking of addresses, now that Amazon no longer gives us address bar codes or 2d things to scan, I'm getting real lazy about having to manually type in an exact address. Now, I'll just type in st. number and name no other info., no apt., etc.

 

[Route 66]

Hate to say it, but I care as much about FedEx customers these days as FedEx cares about its employees.

I used to feel badly when shipments were delayed, regardless of who was responsible. These days, I simply could not care less.

Crappy attitude?....darn right it is, and no one is sorrier than I that it has come to this, but Freddlewank and his minions need only seek out the closest mirror to see who's responsible for it. This is the New FedEx, which they hath so craftily wrought.

 

[dezguy]

Yep, I haven't REX'd anything while on road in a long time. Just don't care and it takes too long to do.

Speaking of addresses, now that Amazon no longer gives us address bar codes or 2d things to scan, I'm getting real lazy about having to manually type in an exact address. Now, I'll just type in st. number and name no other info., no apt., etc.

LOL half the time they get the street number and maybe the first four letters of the street if there is no address barcode, from me.

 

[!Retired!]

What if the pkg is medications?

Doesn't matter. And before you chastise me, my wife is diabetic. I wouldn't expect the driver to call my house. I would explain to the customer (if ever I did see him/her) that they need to correct the address with the shipper.

 

[ZQXC]

And watch how quickly a driver would get a warning letter for driving while on their cell. According to my district safety guy, even if you are pulled over in a safe location with the keys in the ignition, he can still issue a warning letter.

I never see a FedEx driver that isn't talking on their cell. LOL

 

[bbsam]

My drivers don't have to use their cell phones. I can get messages to them through CPC via the scanner but there is a time delay and it will probably cause them to have to backtrack.

 

[Operational needs]

I never see a FedEx driver that isn't talking on their cell. LOL

Oh, I didn't say I don't talk on my cell. I do that plenty. I use a Bluetooth though. All the UPS guys I see on their phones sure don't though.

 

[ZQXC]

Oh, I didn't say I don't talk on my cell. I do that plenty. I use a Bluetooth though. All the UPS guys I see on their phones sure don't though.

We can't afford all that fancy Bluetooth stuff; just have to get by with a 10 year old flip phone.

 

[Operational needs]

We can't afford all that fancy Bluetooth stuff; just have to get by with a 10 year old flip phone.

Now THAT'S funny!

 

[MassWineGuy]

If you choose to your personal cell phone to call a customer, be sure to use *67. This blocks caller ID from capturing your phone number and is a free service. I generally will not use my personal cell for company business unless it is an emergency.

Wow! Great point. Never thought of that.

I'd be glad to drive around for hours searching for an address. But I can't see FedEx ever officially handing out phones because, officially, cell phone use in vehicles (and often entire buildings) is against company policy.

 

[Rhoderunner]

Pretty dang sure the PowerPad has cell phone capabilty built in. We could all have 'em if they so chose.