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Dis-organized Labor
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Me personally, I would wait til I was off the clock. Can't say the same for others!
Ha Ha
An ugly prediction that you can hold me to...
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stevetheupsguy
sʇǝʌǝʇɥǝndsƃnʎ
I knew I was working out for a reason. Let me at one of them bikes!
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
In your area the bikes might work. There are no hills in Florida, it doesnt snow, and it doesnt freeze.
I am all for thinking "out of the box" and trying out new ideas...but those ideas must have some basis in reality and there needs to be a willingness to change the plan if it proves to be unworkable.
In my area there is no such willingness. IE came up with the plan and the plan is chiseled in stone and we will follow that plan no matter how divorced from reality it might be.
tieguy
Banned
I guess the question that comes to mind for me is how do you carry the big pottery barn , sonoma package or the over 70 package on the bike.
Good question!!! I guess the delivery driver who fills the pod would have to make a command decision to deliver those himself.
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Dis-organized Labor
Guest
The Trailer... Tie, I'm an Airline idiot and I know that!!!!
Maybe, but I've seen many a package that would not fit in the little trailer!
"Rickshaws", we used to call them.
cachsux
Wah
Down boy! We`re not all chiseled studs like you.
Another thing to think about is how long before one of the bike guys gets blasted by a car.
Sober, you mentioned "seniority" drivers are the ones who`ll be riding said bikes. Is that the bottom seniority or by whatever route they decide to implement this train wreck on?
klein
Für Meno :)
I guess it all depends on if you want to keep your job or not.
I have driven thru Oregon before.
Yes, it's hilly.
Anybody in the right mind, riding a bicycle, towing a trailer, in the midst of winter, won't go thru the day, without quitting.
And all that for $9.00 an hr !!!
No thank-you.
Can't see how that will ever work.
And yup, I would be in the bar, before days end ! LOL
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Klein, these will not be helpers on these bikes--these will be seniority drivers, so you are talking almost $30/hr.
I was trying to imagine delivering the neighborhood that I live in using one of these. It's a fairly dense neighborhood (no, not because I live here, but because the houses are close together) but I still can't imagine doing anywhere near the 25-30 SPORH that I could do in a pkg car, probably double that with a helper.
I agree with Sober--this sounds like a plan to fail based on a failure to plan.
I was trying to imagine delivering the neighborhood that I live in using one of these. It's a fairly dense neighborhood (no, not because I live here, but because the houses are close together) but I still can't imagine doing anywhere near the 25-30 SPORH that I could do in a pkg car, probably double that with a helper.
I agree with Sober--this sounds like a plan to fail based on a failure to plan.
tourists24
Well-Known Member
It's called doing a wheelie...
Bubblehead
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Nothing suprises me any more.
To be clear, is it going to be helpers or seniority drivers on these bikes?
Either way it's laughable.
If I found myself on one of these rigs it wouldn't be suprising if I was on TAW or workers comp in short order.
Self inflicted or fabricated injury.
Saftey first?
Sometimes you have to take it in to your own hands.
I think I know were this idea came from:
To be clear, is it going to be helpers or seniority drivers on these bikes?
Either way it's laughable.
If I found myself on one of these rigs it wouldn't be suprising if I was on TAW or workers comp in short order.
Self inflicted or fabricated injury.
Saftey first?
Sometimes you have to take it in to your own hands.
I think I know were this idea came from:
stevetheupsguy
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Seniority in my center goes in whatever order they like. Sometimes they turn the list upside down and do it that way.
LOL @ the dense comment. Nice phrase ya got there. Maybe 9/5 will add it to his tally of great phrases.
Rules vary franchise to franchise and day to day.
And I thought it was some kind of Federal law that says air packages have to be locked up..............and I notice the USPS drives around all day with no bulkhead door and air packages in the cab of their vehicles.
I'm have no idea how this peak season will play out. I was forced to start a Helper this week and I had 150 stops Friday, which I do by myself in 8.5 hours normally. I got through at 4:00 and had to go meet another driver and get more stops off him to work up to eight hours. Volume is still down compared to this time last year, my Center is picking up 1000 pieces less a day. I think it will be a little lighter and we will get slammed bad in about two weeks, with us working helpers after peak for a few days like last year.
I'm have no idea how this peak season will play out. I was forced to start a Helper this week and I had 150 stops Friday, which I do by myself in 8.5 hours normally. I got through at 4:00 and had to go meet another driver and get more stops off him to work up to eight hours. Volume is still down compared to this time last year, my Center is picking up 1000 pieces less a day. I think it will be a little lighter and we will get slammed bad in about two weeks, with us working helpers after peak for a few days like last year.
stevetheupsguy
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I hear they're thinking about upgrading to "smart" cars. The first picture is the one for sober's neighborhood, the other is for flatter terrain.
Anonymous 10
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Will the bike have tetamatics
