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Well my first day alone on the road was ...a disaster
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<blockquote data-quote="scisector9" data-source="post: 1223356" data-attributes="member: 48365"><p>Yes we have all been there, just keep your head up and push along. I had a good on car in my center tell me once after a bad day that UPS is kind of like a blank slate, tomorrow is a new day and you get another chance to start fresh. I keep that in mind when I have bad days, and there are still a lot of them unfortunately. </p><p></p><p> I got my seniority in September of this year, and I still have days like this once every couple of weeks. Today and yesterday were both really bad days for me. Running a route I have been on maybe four days. In the past there has been around 150-160 stops, yesterday and today 260. I did get a helper both days for a couple of hours, but being my first experience with a helper I don't think I utilized them to the best of their abilities. Had to have someone take stops off of me both days, and had center manager tell me today that when normal guy runs route he can do 200 by himself by 5:30 or 6:00. I politely told him that I have been doing this for 16 weeks, not 16 years. He just told me to do the best I can, and try to pick it up.</p><p></p><p>Long story short; I do not have as much experience as a lot of these BC folks, but bad days happen. I have gone to help other veteran drivers on days also. Most every driver has been decent and nice to me. Always telling me it gets better. It will get better, and you will have bad days, just do the best you can and work by the methods. They have a three, er four, year progression for a reason. It takes awhile to get good at this gig. Chin up.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scisector9, post: 1223356, member: 48365"] Yes we have all been there, just keep your head up and push along. I had a good on car in my center tell me once after a bad day that UPS is kind of like a blank slate, tomorrow is a new day and you get another chance to start fresh. I keep that in mind when I have bad days, and there are still a lot of them unfortunately. I got my seniority in September of this year, and I still have days like this once every couple of weeks. Today and yesterday were both really bad days for me. Running a route I have been on maybe four days. In the past there has been around 150-160 stops, yesterday and today 260. I did get a helper both days for a couple of hours, but being my first experience with a helper I don't think I utilized them to the best of their abilities. Had to have someone take stops off of me both days, and had center manager tell me today that when normal guy runs route he can do 200 by himself by 5:30 or 6:00. I politely told him that I have been doing this for 16 weeks, not 16 years. He just told me to do the best I can, and try to pick it up. Long story short; I do not have as much experience as a lot of these BC folks, but bad days happen. I have gone to help other veteran drivers on days also. Most every driver has been decent and nice to me. Always telling me it gets better. It will get better, and you will have bad days, just do the best you can and work by the methods. They have a three, er four, year progression for a reason. It takes awhile to get good at this gig. Chin up. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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