UPS Driver Slang

[scisector9]

We have "call ins", bid "routes", have "cover drivers", helpers are "runners", easy routes "gravy trains", scan steering wheels for "dummies", bulk stops are "dump stops", old truck "beasts", guys who are runner gunners "machines or beasts"...
plus the across the board terms "resis", "irregs", "sup", "split car"

 

[OVERBOARD]

We also have routes that are all part of a loop and every route in a loop is graded from A to E. In the old days A routes where best routes to have.

 

[BigBrown3605]

We refer split routes as "trash route"

 

[Jackburton]

"Blown out" is one used so much I use it at home.

"The toilet is blown out it's got so much crap in it, get the plunger"

 

[Jackburton]

Old trucks refered to as "Truckasoures Rex".

 

[BrownChoice]

Its sometimes funny when talkin shop with co-worker in public using terms like flow, 700%, gettin slammed, etc etc and watching others faces who are clueless.

 

[Kicked Your Dog]

View attachment 11256 View attachment 11256 We call this "The Beast".

we call that an 8 hour day.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

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.

This will get you fired in my center, especially when they do a check-in audit or when a customer calls in a concern for an undelivered package.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

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

Nice try.

A "major dump stop" would be a bulk stop of at least 50 packages.

Milkers and runners.

These terms aren't very nice but we have QVC Queens and Avon sluts.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

"Blown out" is one used so much I use it at home.

"The toilet is blown out it's got so much crap in it, get the plunger"

Yep blown out....or sometimes we refer it as a "friend"***fest....lol

 

[Brownslave688]

We refer split routes as "trash route"

We call them "junk"

 

[Brownslave688]

Yep blown out....or sometimes we refer it as a "friend"***fest....lol

We refer to the entire operation as a " show" around here.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

We refer to the entire operation as a " show" around here.

I thought that was the universal name for UPS operations....regardless of which building we work in...lol

 

[Wally]

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.

That's "flagging a stop" here.

This will cause some trouble. Easy routes are called a slang word for breast. Starts and ends with a T. "He has a t-- route"!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

We call them "junk"

Scrap route.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

That's "flagging a stop" here.

I thought this was when you were at the delivery location and sheeted the package without making an actual delivery attempt.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

A house that you have to walk off or that has alot of steps = Beater.... Im scratching today = Im calling off.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

A house that you have to walk off or that has alot of steps = Beater.... Im scratching today = Im calling off.

Scratch this...banging in has a nicer ring to it...lol. Although beater is good...i like that.

 

[PT Car Washer]

All resi split routes are called garbage routes.

 

[OPTION3]

isn't Flagging when your customer puts out a sign "flag" on a pick up to tell you if they have anything…is VERBOTTEN here