ups totes - Brown Cafe

dcdriver · 09-25-2009, 06:48 PM

Seems UPS is cutting cost again. Our building it is hard to find a UPS tote any. We are using the USPS totes, they are every where. Ever read the side of one? Fines and prison time for misusing them.

Slobberman · 09-25-2009, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dcdriver

Seems UPS is cutting cost again. Our building it is hard to find a UPS tote any. We are using the USPS totes, they are every where. Ever read the side of one? Fines and prison time for misusing them.

Which Hub is this?

dcdriver · 09-25-2009, 06:51 PM

over9five · 09-25-2009, 06:51 PM

Weren't forever bags supposed to be a cheap replacement for totes?

dcdriver · 09-25-2009, 06:53 PM

They have installed hooks in package cars nothing happen.

dcdriver · 09-25-2009, 06:53 PM

Just wondering if the USPS like us using their totes.

Baba gounj · 09-25-2009, 06:58 PM

saw a report on CNN a few years ago on this subject, the reporter tried to return the "tubs" to the USPS and they refused to take them.
I have a few , use them to carry my tools around. Don't think they will come after me. Also the make great beer coolers.

DS · 09-25-2009, 07:04 PM

Theres hundreds of those usps white totes up here in the Toronto hub.

helenofcalifornia · 09-25-2009, 07:06 PM

The forever bags with big "s" hooks on the shelf rail works for me in gathering smalls and air. Zip it up, pass it off at shuttle, good to go! The totes are nice but cumbersome. RIP UPS totes.

Cementups · 09-25-2009, 07:15 PM

We went big on forever bags a few years ago, now they are hardly used at all. When they first intitiated the forever bag campaign they installed big spring loaded clips to hold them to the shelf. They have all broken off now and have disappeared and most of us have gone back to totes.

cachsux · 09-25-2009, 07:45 PM

Totes are making a comeback here for route trailers as customers hate the bags. We have two trailers full of bags sitting on property unused.

over9five · 09-25-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cachsux

We have two trailers full of bags sitting on property unused.

Send them here!!!! We send thousands to PORME for LL Bean.

cachsux · 09-25-2009, 07:56 PM

You can have them,always having to step over the things in the hub or oick them up in the yard.

brownmonster · 09-25-2009, 09:13 PM

Bags suck. I need totes. Boss says containerize your smalls. I say provide me with totes. Boss walks away with familiar blank look.

cino321 · 09-26-2009, 12:16 AM

Totes totes totes!!!! I need a new umbrella!

shrimpfire · 09-26-2009, 03:35 AM

If they put totes in truck use them if not dont

UpstateNYUPSer · 09-26-2009, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by shrimpfire

If they put totes in truck use them if not dont

...or just take a few seconds to find a couple of totes and throw them in the PC yourself.

I have a USPS white tote box in my PC which carries all of my supplies. I have 2 UPS totes which I leave on area at the college warehouse for their smalls and 1 that I keep on the car for my NDA smalls. I carry and fill 2 forever bags every day. The folks in the smalls sorts tell me that drivers using the bags saves them a lot of time. Our center is 90+% compliant (according to our CM) but I think that number is high because I see a lot of smalls being taken off of the PCs that are not bagged.

hurricanegunner · 09-26-2009, 05:16 AM

They tried to get us to use bags many years ago. All the drivers just ignored them and kept using totes. UPS wasted all that money on trying to switch over to bags and nothing.

hurricanegunner · 09-26-2009, 05:19 AM

By the way, if they really want to cut costs, remove the air conditioners and heaters from all the centers. Now in the summer, members of management will have to drink lots of water so as to avoid heat stroke, and in the winter if they get frostbite it's their fault for not bundling up, but just think of all the money UPS would save on utility bills!

BLACKBOX · 09-26-2009, 06:41 PM

I used my UPS tote for a very humanitarian purpose. As I was just entering a highway on-ramp I noticed a duck with ducklings trying to cross this very busy stretch of highway.

I pulled over and ran over to the mother duck and carefully placed her in the tote. Amazingly the ducklings wanted to get into the tote with their mommy duck.

I looked at where these ducks where headed and noticed a small pond with a grassy area across this 4 lane highway. As I waited for a break in traffic, a motorcycle cop pulled up with his flashers. I tipped the tote to show him what was inside.

He immediately stopped all traffic and allowed me to run across the highway and deposit them near the pond. I did and ran back to my PC. The cop gave me a nod like to say "well done".

As, I was heading back to the center (hours later) I happened to take an elevated highway that looks over this pond and green space. To my surprise all traffic was again stopped and this mother duck was leading her troops across the same highway.

All I could say was......stupid ducks!

PT Stewie · 09-26-2009, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dcdriver

Seems UPS is cutting cost again. Our building it is hard to find a UPS tote any. We are using the USPS totes, they are every where. Ever read the side of one? Fines and prison time for misusing them.

I like the old Airborne totes they came in differant colors for orginizing

Hubrat98 · 09-26-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by hurricanegunner

UPS wasted all that money on trying to switch over to bags and nothing.

The forever bags are mostly used to containerize smalls going into trailers from building to building. They can save a lot of damages when going through the hubs. NDA envelopes are notorious for getting stuck in/under conveyors. I've seen belts rip only to expose NDA letters dated 8-9 years ago. How much would you pay for guaranteed 8yr. delivery?

Also, talk to any pickoff person and they'll tell you that handling one bag instead of 20-30 envelopes all going to the same load makes the job much easier.

UpstateNYUPSer · 09-27-2009, 03:44 AM

Forever bags are also used to containerize smalls going to a single consignee for deliveries.

I guess it has just become habit for me to throw my smalls in to forever bags and my NDA smalls in to a tote. When I get back to the center I simply throw the bags, tote and my other NDA pkgs on to the belt.

westsideworma · 09-27-2009, 09:20 AM

yeah totes have been an on again off again issue at our building too. We use forever bags when we run out, but man those things suck to sort on the slides. If I had a choice (if I were a sorter) I'd want totes all the time. When sorting to the boxline sorting totes goes much faster. hang the full tote out the front of a cage, each sorter sorts some smalls, by the time its at the end of the slide its empty, stack a couple up and put them on the return belt...easy. With a forever bag...just makes a mess of the slide.

retired2000 · 09-27-2009, 09:25 AM

forever bags are good to use at home to keep your bottle and cans in before you return them to the store