UPS Driver Slang

[Catatonic]

Booking off is as alien to me, as when I say we have trips, or we "bid a trip". We don't call them routes here, or anything else. If you need a sick day, then you call out. We refer to that like this: "We had 3 call outs today", or "So and So called out". Different areas of the country have different terminology for what we do. No one is correct, or weird, because they use different terms for the job.
We should start a work slang thread to describe all if the stuff we do that has so many various descriptions.

Well OK then, let's do it.

Kudos to @Marne Vet for suggesting this thread!

 

[over9five]

"Bang in"

 

[Harry Manback]

Routes and trips are called "Runs" here. Booking off, Banging In, and Calling Out are called "Calling In" where I'm from.


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[Anonymous 11]

Hitting a curb is dumping your load. Going home sick is dropping your load.

 

[Anonymous 11]

Not delivering a package ( not sheeting it) and throwing it in a tote of smalls or on the belt is called a "soaker" in my hood.

 

[HEFFERNAN]

Not delivering a package ( not sheeting it) and throwing it in a tote of smalls or on the belt is called a "soaker" in my hood.

Funny you brought up "Sheeting"
I remember the office having a backup book of paper records in case a diad went down back in 2000. There were only a limited amount of Diad 3s in the building.
Would be an absolute time killer now.

 

[Cementups]

Not delivering a package ( not sheeting it) and throwing it in a tote of smalls or on the belt is called a "soaker" in my hood.

We call that "bagging it"

 

[728ups]

When mangement dosent like someones performance they will say he is "laying down " on them, or 'sucking pond water'

we bid on ROUTES

dont sheet a package? we refer to it as
Smoking Packages

 

[Pkgcar1988]

Not delivering a package ( not sheeting it) and throwing it in a tote of smalls or on the belt is called a "soaker" in my hood.

Called "stuffing" where I'm at

 

[3 done 3 to go]

We just use words I can't post

 

[OVERBOARD]

When management does it to you its called "salting"

 

[Anonymous 11]

We call that "bagging it"

Sometimes I wish I would have bagged it.

 

[Anonymous 11]

Called "stuffing" where I'm at

Everyonce in a while I stuff a sock in my pants to friend with my wife. She says that's gross.

 

[undies]

People "die" on routes. You "smoke" packages. "Sheet up" packages. Go out "blind" on routes. "Call in" sick. Easy routes are "juice". That's all I can think of 3 beers in to my Friday night.

 

[ibleedbrown]

taking a crap at a business is called a "major dump stop"

 

[Brownslave688]

We call the mall trucks hogs.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

When management does it to you its called "salting"

Again --I am unable to put what we call it. We do have " mug 'em monday". And " friend. 'Em friday.

 

[Jones]

Management calls them "least best" or "most help needed". We call'em "Bankers".

 

[OVERBOARD]

We call a new oncar sup a "Fetus".

 

[BigBrown3605]

We call this "The Beast".