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<blockquote data-quote="upsdude" data-source="post: 300274" data-attributes="member: 2033"><p>I’ve been accused of being a “runner” because I consistently run scratch or better on my route. I do my job and take my 70 minutes (60 lunch, 10 paid break), if I beat the route, big deal, UPS made some extra cash that day. If I run over they’ve never asked me for any money back. Prior to a time study nearly 2 years ago I ran about 30-45 minutes over everyday, now I’m generally 15-30 minutes under. </p><p></p><p>I will say that way back when I started driving, I was a “RUNNER”. Yes, that’s with all caps. The person that slowed me down and kept me out of trouble was my center manager. After about a year driving the center manager shows up at one of my stops. He did the typical audit, looked at my paper records, dot card, license, and dvir. Everything was in order so he said he was buying me lunch. I told him I didn’t really have time to sit down and eat, he said yes you do. He explained to me that I was setting myself up for injury/accident or other service type issue if I didn’t slow down a little. He added that I had enough heart and motivation for 2 people and I would do him no good at home injured or suspended. He said there were 3 of us that needed to slow down just a little and we reminded him of himself when he started driving. I can’t speak for the other folks but I took the suggestion to heart, treated every stop individually and didn’t worry about the “numbers”. Everything fell into place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upsdude, post: 300274, member: 2033"] I’ve been accused of being a “runner” because I consistently run scratch or better on my route. I do my job and take my 70 minutes (60 lunch, 10 paid break), if I beat the route, big deal, UPS made some extra cash that day. If I run over they’ve never asked me for any money back. Prior to a time study nearly 2 years ago I ran about 30-45 minutes over everyday, now I’m generally 15-30 minutes under. I will say that way back when I started driving, I was a “RUNNER”. Yes, that’s with all caps. The person that slowed me down and kept me out of trouble was my center manager. After about a year driving the center manager shows up at one of my stops. He did the typical audit, looked at my paper records, dot card, license, and dvir. Everything was in order so he said he was buying me lunch. I told him I didn’t really have time to sit down and eat, he said yes you do. He explained to me that I was setting myself up for injury/accident or other service type issue if I didn’t slow down a little. He added that I had enough heart and motivation for 2 people and I would do him no good at home injured or suspended. He said there were 3 of us that needed to slow down just a little and we reminded him of himself when he started driving. I can’t speak for the other folks but I took the suggestion to heart, treated every stop individually and didn’t worry about the “numbers”. Everything fell into place. [/QUOTE]
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