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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 1634776" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Back in the mid 90's, Express went through a doubles craze where some upper management type thought everything could be better handled by two trailers. You see, that way the RTD could hit multiple stations more easily and it would make them more "productive". Trouble is, they forgot about stations that got 5 AMJs...ooops.</p><p></p><p>One of my favorite CTV stories is where I had a set and stopped at my first station to break it down and put it on the dock. A manager comes out screaming at me, and tells me to just back it up to the dock...the whole set. When I explain to him this isn't possible, he comes unglued, so I very methodically break it down and put his trailer on the dock....as slowly as possible. He is getting more ticked by the second, so I just go even slower.</p><p></p><p>The brilliance of this idea also shone brightly on the PM, when you'd have to grab a second trailer on your way back to the ramp. Again, management would be furious that you took more than a minute to accomplish this. This was always an excellent time to do an especially methodical pre-trip. Needless to say, this phase didn't last long, and management went back to single trailer ops for the vast majority of stations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 1634776, member: 12508"] Back in the mid 90's, Express went through a doubles craze where some upper management type thought everything could be better handled by two trailers. You see, that way the RTD could hit multiple stations more easily and it would make them more "productive". Trouble is, they forgot about stations that got 5 AMJs...ooops. One of my favorite CTV stories is where I had a set and stopped at my first station to break it down and put it on the dock. A manager comes out screaming at me, and tells me to just back it up to the dock...the whole set. When I explain to him this isn't possible, he comes unglued, so I very methodically break it down and put his trailer on the dock....as slowly as possible. He is getting more ticked by the second, so I just go even slower. The brilliance of this idea also shone brightly on the PM, when you'd have to grab a second trailer on your way back to the ramp. Again, management would be furious that you took more than a minute to accomplish this. This was always an excellent time to do an especially methodical pre-trip. Needless to say, this phase didn't last long, and management went back to single trailer ops for the vast majority of stations. [/QUOTE]
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