What is the "ONE" method you will not do ?

feeder53 · 01-25-2008, 05:45 AM

As a feeder driver. I think that shutting down the tractor and taking the keys and then restart the tractor for every drop & hook takes a lot of time when I shift in the yard for hours, But I do it as they pay me to do it their way.

Fnix · 01-25-2008, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Cementups

I do. I want my customers to be aware of my presence. If you beep the horn and they know it's you then it gives them time to either gather up their dog or get out to get the package from you.

I DO NOT yell "UPS!"

Do you do the same in apartment complexes where there are 100 people that can hear you and you interrupt the whole place?

over9five · 01-25-2008, 08:19 AM

I don't sheet every package. I HATE that method....

Big Babooba · 01-25-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by covemaster

i never beeped at a rsi after a guy chewed me out cuz he worked nights.thought about it and he was right.i now think it is rude !!!!!!

I had the same experience, they even called in a complaint.

tieguy · 01-25-2008, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by trplnkl

Using the hand rail makes great sense, IF you can reach it. Being less than six feet tall, some of the hand rails are just to high for me to use.

Guess they make your cars a little bigger in texas eh pard?

Fnix · 01-25-2008, 08:59 AM

So much hostility in BC nowdays.

trplnkl · 01-25-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tieguy

Guess they make your cars a little bigger in texas eh pard?

Hmmmm, don't know. Never paid any attention to package cars anywhere else.

dillweed · 01-25-2008, 01:13 PM

tieguy - having a bad day? Rarely see you make short, swift jabs like that.

tieguy · 01-25-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dillweed

tieguy - having a bad day? Rarely see you make short, swift jabs like that.

Not at all DW. tex has been sniping at me for a while now while I ignored it. Thought i would throw a little love back his way.

trplnkl · 01-25-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tieguy

Not at all DW. tex has been sniping at me for a while now while I ignored it. Thought i would throw a little love back his way.

Oh, am I not supposed to disagree with you? I'm sorry, I didn't know that was a rule.

jds4lunch · 01-25-2008, 03:41 PM

I didn't know that we were supposed to honk at every stop. I guess this would be the one method that I refuse to do on a daily basis, although I do honk when backing.

outamyway · 01-25-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dillweed

I had a safety ride with a sup who nailed me for exiting the truck backward. I'd grab the left side of the door with my right hand, swing around and step down so that I kept I firm grip. I tried it his way but it felt awkward and hard on the knee. I did it my way because it was safer. He didn't write it down as a bad move but did nag about it.

It is easier and safer especially with a 2 1/2 foot high step.

tieguy · 01-25-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by trplnkl

Oh, am I not supposed to disagree with you? I'm sorry, I didn't know that was a rule.

Why no sir thats not it at all , you are the self appointed rudeness with rudeness management rustler. You are required to provide rude input but only when its a management poster you are responding to.

Want a cigarette while you think about that one?

rod · 01-25-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Fnix

Do you do the same in apartment complexes where there are 100 people that can hear you and you interrupt the whole place?

I think you are suppose to go back outside and honk your horn for each apt stop. 10 apt stops- 10 trips out for horn honking

I believe the rules state that you must honk your horn at each stop

brownrodster · 01-25-2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by over9five

I don't sheet every package. I HATE that method....

I have pickups that I don't scan sometimes. (I don't have time to scan 100 packages when I'm 10 minutes late to my next pickup)

And I don't even know what to do with 'ARS' package? I just throw them in the back of the truck and forget about them.

satellitedriver · 01-25-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tieguy

Guess they make your cars a little bigger in texas eh pard?

You got that right, pilgrim.

Cementups · 01-25-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Fnix

Do you do the same in apartment complexes where there are 100 people that can hear you and you interrupt the whole place?

Yes I do, but only because after 12 years of driving it has become a habit.

Fnix · 01-25-2008, 09:14 PM

Being a preloader myself and sleeping during the day, between the neighbors banging and cars starting up and driving by every minute it is hard to sleep. Now I need a truck honking the horn everyday the guy upstairs orders a part for his car?

01-26-2008, 01:11 AM

I no longer use the 1st 30in of shelf space because with pass/edd the next package I need could be anywhere in the car. I would have to scroll up and down the list and find out where they loaded the next 5 logical stops then go find them and load them on the first 30in of shelf space. I choose to go find them when I need them. ARS packages should be recorded. bring up the special menu ( same menu where you record over 70 pound packages) at the top of the
screen there will be PPP for prepaid packages just enter the number of packages picked up then scan them. but to get this menu you have to be in edd or the old standard delivery screen it wont come up when its set you show your pickup screen. which is stupid. and you only get credit for pieces picked up no stop credit.

browniehound · 01-26-2008, 01:21 AM

I agree. Two methods that are just a waste of time and energy are beeping the horn at residential stops and shouting "Hello UPS!" on a resdential property. "Hello UPS!" at an office at lunch time is useful, however.

If a customer dosen't hear our 1984 ford or 1996 frieghtliner diesel engine screaming down their dead end street, then they are not going to hear our horn or the stupid "Hello UPS!"

Let's face facts, unless you are hearing impaired (no offense), our customers know the sounds of our trucks, and know exactly when we are approaching their property.

I also think its funny that their are two types of customers. One that hears the vehicle and comes out and greets you with a smile as you walk to the door and accepts the package. The other is the person that hides in their home until you leave the package and drive off. You know this type of customer exists because when you drive back up the street 5 minutes later the package is gone off their porch.

I guess there is a third type of customer. After your engine screams down their quiet street, backs into their driveway to turn around and leaves the package at the front door without ringing their doorbell, and as you walk back to your 10,000 decibel truck in their driveway they say "Hey next time do you think you could ring my (1 decibel) doorbell?"

Its this type of person that really irks me. They obviously know who and when we are at their house. Why do they want us to ring the bell also? Are these customers former UPS management in another life? LOL

When I first delivered to a house on the corner of a quiet resdential home (who gets crap everyday), I left the package and as I walked away, the guy comes out and says "Don't be shy, can you ring the bell?".

I replied, "Why, you obviously heard me pull up since you came out to get the package and your house is set 10 feet from the street at the most?" I caught him off-guard and he didn't know what to say so he said "Don't be a wise ass, just ring the bell". I just ring the bell now.

But normally I don't ring bells because it adds too much "customer contact" time to my numbers that are already going to be over allowed. You start ringing bells and lonely people want to talk your ear off and ask you stupid questions (Is it cold enuuugh for yaaa?). Not ringing bells can save you up to 20 minutes a day, LOL