'Lord Brown's bidding'
Well-Known Member
There are two types of runner-gunners, from what I gather: those who skip their lunches because they want to, and those who skip their lunches because they feel they have to. The first group I understand the angst and frustration they can cause others, but that 2nd needs pity more than anger, and helped to see there is a better way. If I ever came across a driver who feels he has to skip his lunch and breaks, I'd ask them about their day and how it is run, see if there are places they can save time. My supe was telling me of one driver who would go to the door, knock, wait 30 secs, knock again, and then start to write the service cross on the package. It became very apparent after just a couple doors why he was so over-allowed!
Locking the boards removes a lot of flexibility from the operation. The DOT laws require us to take a lunch before 8 hours; in my center that is 5:30. If someone was a driver who gets done regularly by 5:00-and I know several-this law doesn't change anything. Drivers who run and gun because they want to generally do so because they want to get off early. Now they may have to postpone the end of their day by a half hour to hour.
Locking the boards removes a lot of flexibility from the operation. The DOT laws require us to take a lunch before 8 hours; in my center that is 5:30. If someone was a driver who gets done regularly by 5:00-and I know several-this law doesn't change anything. Drivers who run and gun because they want to generally do so because they want to get off early. Now they may have to postpone the end of their day by a half hour to hour.