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<blockquote data-quote="Mike23" data-source="post: 563713"><p><span style="color: red">Its also the responsibility of mgt to notice this and put in more routes, usually they dont. Why the he00 do they think not more people contribute to sale leads, if your going to be talked to about 2 minute of time here for getting to know a customer and asking about a posible lead...the ops side of things is really setting this co up for failure...period.</span></p><p> <span style="color: red">You kind of have to wonder if the slug is really that slow or are the others runners who have just been brainwashed to run and disregard the customer in the process. Thats the problem with things that have so many drivers in the "middle" so pissed. Im not a runner, Im not a slug but mgt wants everyone to go out there and kill themselves..no thank you.</span></p><p></p><p>Come up to Calgary a year ago and you'd find 1 spur off our main one (12-14 hour days. Everyday was peak season day). That's how messed up we were. Now we have four spurs off our main spur (9.5-10.5 hour days). If it gets broke enough they'll fix it (or try to). You just need to break it so badly that UPS management goes, 'holy poo, that IS broken' (which is easier said then done).</p><p></p><p>I also don't 'kill myself' or am a slug. I just didn't see the point of sitting in a truck and tick off my customer with late mail when I could walk it off to them? I'd still have to get it off my truck anyways and it would save me time in the long run. I didn't run to any of the businesses, just walked (relatively slow too since it took them 50min to rescue my broken down piece of junk!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike23, post: 563713"] [COLOR=red]Its also the responsibility of mgt to notice this and put in more routes, usually they dont. Why the he00 do they think not more people contribute to sale leads, if your going to be talked to about 2 minute of time here for getting to know a customer and asking about a posible lead...the ops side of things is really setting this co up for failure...period.[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]You kind of have to wonder if the slug is really that slow or are the others runners who have just been brainwashed to run and disregard the customer in the process. Thats the problem with things that have so many drivers in the "middle" so pissed. Im not a runner, Im not a slug but mgt wants everyone to go out there and kill themselves..no thank you.[/COLOR] Come up to Calgary a year ago and you'd find 1 spur off our main one (12-14 hour days. Everyday was peak season day). That's how messed up we were. Now we have four spurs off our main spur (9.5-10.5 hour days). If it gets broke enough they'll fix it (or try to). You just need to break it so badly that UPS management goes, 'holy poo, that IS broken' (which is easier said then done). I also don't 'kill myself' or am a slug. I just didn't see the point of sitting in a truck and tick off my customer with late mail when I could walk it off to them? I'd still have to get it off my truck anyways and it would save me time in the long run. I didn't run to any of the businesses, just walked (relatively slow too since it took them 50min to rescue my broken down piece of junk!). [/QUOTE]
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