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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1469967" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>Already in UPS Pressroom but this needs a thread in UPS Discussions:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/60556/19-secrets-ups-drivers" target="_blank">http://mentalfloss.com/article/60556/19-secrets-ups-drivers</a></p><p>You may have a good relationship with your UPS driver, but how much do you really know about his or her job? Here are some little-known facts from drivers who did their time.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>1. THEY’RE ALWAYS BEING WATCHED.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>2. THEY GO TO BOOTCAMP.</strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>3. DRIVING IN REVERSE IS DISCOURAGED.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>4. GOOD DRIVERS GET REWARDED…</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>5. GREAT DRIVERS GET A BOMBER JACKET.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>6. THE TRUCKS ARE “BIG BROWN MICROWAVES.”</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>7. OH, AND THEY’RE NOT TRUCKS.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>8. THEY HAVE TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN MUSIC.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>9. DOG BITES ARE PART OF THE JOB.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>10. THEY WISH YOU’D MEET THEM HALFWAY.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>11. UPS IS PICKY ABOUT SOCKS.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>12. FACIAL HAIR IS FROWNED UPON.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>13. THEY MAKE GOOD MONEY.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>14. AND THEY GET DECENT TIPS.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>15. SENIORITY MEANS BETTER ROUTES.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>16. THEY DON'T TURN LEFT.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>17. THEY’RE JUDGING YOU.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>18. YES, PEOPLE TRY TO SEDUCE THEM.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>19. THEY DELIVER SOME ODD THINGS.</strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></p><p>I look back on my driving daze with pleasant memories with the bad times soothed over by time.</p><p>- Air Conditioning 2-40 (2 doors open and 40 mph) I put a cooking thermometer in the back of a P-400 and it got to 145 friend.</p><p>Set your car up in the morning when it is coolest.</p><p>- We were all watched back then but technology makes it easier and more ubiquitous these days.</p><p>- Good drivers get rewarded ... I recall getting extra splits but I wanted that because that meant extra money. I took a pay cut to go into management.</p><p>Dogs - kept a sawed off 2-iron in my car (never could hit a 2 iron so I found a good use for it). Never trust a dog ... or a woman! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil3:" title="Devil :devil3:" data-shortname=":devil3:" /></p><p>There were a few guys on my route trying to seduce me but I let them know I was not interested. There was no <strong>Indecision.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1469967, member: 7966"] Already in UPS Pressroom but this needs a thread in UPS Discussions: [url]http://mentalfloss.com/article/60556/19-secrets-ups-drivers[/url] You may have a good relationship with your UPS driver, but how much do you really know about his or her job? Here are some little-known facts from drivers who did their time. [SIZE=3][B]1. THEY’RE ALWAYS BEING WATCHED. [SIZE=3][B]2. THEY GO TO BOOTCAMP. [SIZE=3][B]3. DRIVING IN REVERSE IS DISCOURAGED. [SIZE=3][B]4. GOOD DRIVERS GET REWARDED… [SIZE=3][B]5. GREAT DRIVERS GET A BOMBER JACKET. [SIZE=3][B]6. THE TRUCKS ARE “BIG BROWN MICROWAVES.”[/B] [B]7. OH, AND THEY’RE NOT TRUCKS.[/B] [B]8. THEY HAVE TO SUPPLY THEIR OWN MUSIC.[/B] [B]9. DOG BITES ARE PART OF THE JOB.[/B] [B]10. THEY WISH YOU’D MEET THEM HALFWAY.[/B] [B]11. UPS IS PICKY ABOUT SOCKS.[/B] [B]12. FACIAL HAIR IS FROWNED UPON.[/B] [B]13. THEY MAKE GOOD MONEY.[/B] [B]14. AND THEY GET DECENT TIPS.[/B] [B]15. SENIORITY MEANS BETTER ROUTES.[/B] [B]16. THEY DON'T TURN LEFT.[/B] [B]17. THEY’RE JUDGING YOU.[/B] [B][SIZE=3][B]18. YES, PEOPLE TRY TO SEDUCE THEM.[/B] [B]19. THEY DELIVER SOME ODD THINGS.[/B][/SIZE] [/B][/SIZE] [/B][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE] I look back on my driving daze with pleasant memories with the bad times soothed over by time. - Air Conditioning 2-40 (2 doors open and 40 mph) I put a cooking thermometer in the back of a P-400 and it got to 145 friend. Set your car up in the morning when it is coolest. - We were all watched back then but technology makes it easier and more ubiquitous these days. - Good drivers get rewarded ... I recall getting extra splits but I wanted that because that meant extra money. I took a pay cut to go into management. Dogs - kept a sawed off 2-iron in my car (never could hit a 2 iron so I found a good use for it). Never trust a dog ... or a woman! :devil3: There were a few guys on my route trying to seduce me but I let them know I was not interested. There was no [B]Indecision.[/B] [B][/B] [/QUOTE]
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