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<blockquote data-quote="ol&#039;browneye" data-source="post: 300534" data-attributes="member: 14003"><p>I have to say, I was a runner when I started driving. They use to call me "Flash". I would set up my truck in the morning before work. I did take all my lunch but sometimes would find myself fixing my load if I was bored on lunch. The problem is , nobody ever told me any different, not even an older experienced driver. I WAS an "uninformed union employee" as someone posted earlier.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It took me a few years to figure it out. I was raised to do the very best job you can but finally realized at UPS that just gets you 10 more stops. Now, 21 years later, I just come in and do the job and go home. If I have too many stops, I just figure I'll be out late and make some extra money that day. I help other drivers if needed but I usually don't ask for help myself. I don't ever work off the clock and don't mind doing whatever it takes to get a pkg delivered, even if that means walking up a 100 yard driveway in the snow to make service. When they ask how many ECs I will have I say "Only 3 today!" I have been on my route for 13 years so I know my customers well and a few of the older, lonely ones like to chat. If I feel I've spent too much time visiting I count 5 or so minutes of lunch. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It's called INTEGRITY. If more employees had it, including many in management, UPS wouldn't have many of the problem we have today. I don't mean to preach because I am far from the perfect driver or the perfect person, but I do believe in an honest days work for an honest days pay. It just takes me a little longer these days! Like I tell my on-car supe, "Every day is different" Just because I have 80 stops two days in a row doesn't mean I will work the same amount of time both days!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ol'browneye, post: 300534, member: 14003"] I have to say, I was a runner when I started driving. They use to call me "Flash". I would set up my truck in the morning before work. I did take all my lunch but sometimes would find myself fixing my load if I was bored on lunch. The problem is , nobody ever told me any different, not even an older experienced driver. I WAS an "uninformed union employee" as someone posted earlier. It took me a few years to figure it out. I was raised to do the very best job you can but finally realized at UPS that just gets you 10 more stops. Now, 21 years later, I just come in and do the job and go home. If I have too many stops, I just figure I'll be out late and make some extra money that day. I help other drivers if needed but I usually don't ask for help myself. I don't ever work off the clock and don't mind doing whatever it takes to get a pkg delivered, even if that means walking up a 100 yard driveway in the snow to make service. When they ask how many ECs I will have I say "Only 3 today!" I have been on my route for 13 years so I know my customers well and a few of the older, lonely ones like to chat. If I feel I've spent too much time visiting I count 5 or so minutes of lunch. It's called INTEGRITY. If more employees had it, including many in management, UPS wouldn't have many of the problem we have today. I don't mean to preach because I am far from the perfect driver or the perfect person, but I do believe in an honest days work for an honest days pay. It just takes me a little longer these days! Like I tell my on-car supe, "Every day is different" Just because I have 80 stops two days in a row doesn't mean I will work the same amount of time both days! [/QUOTE]
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