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<blockquote data-quote="PPH_over_9000" data-source="post: 4832786" data-attributes="member: 79761"><p>Okay, so, time to answer a few questions.</p><p></p><p>The first set of pick-ups were almost all smaller stores in strip malls. The second set was big box stores (Target, Best Buy, Michaels), the third set was basically the second set all over again with the addition of a jewelry store that had three scheduled pick-ups in different parts of the store, but the only information in the DIAD was "PU 1800 2100 FRONT."</p><p></p><p>The resi's were super tight and my only saving grace. I was delivering in the neighborhood I grew up in. It's easy to get turned around on streets where 6 houses share the same address and go by unit numbers, and the apartments I needed to get into are always locked down tight. Manned security gate, locked doors everywhere. Other than that it was pretty sweet.</p><p></p><p>total miles: 43</p><p></p><p>I absolutely counted every piece I picked up. One of the workers at Target looked at me like I was out of my mind, lol.</p><p></p><p>Target definitely had a lot of bags (~150), but everything else was in boxes.Took up my 3000/7000, 4000/8000, 5000, and 6000 shelves, packed as tightly as I could underneath the shelves, and then I honestly got a little frustrated and just piled the rest of the <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> up the middle because I had already made the decision to go back to the building to unload before continuing the route.</p><p></p><p>I went out with either 246 or 264 pieces. Brought back at least twice that.</p><p></p><p>2.53hrs (or ticks? idk) over-allowed, and I really don't follow that too closely but I like to use it as a bit of a guide. Typically I'm finishing my routes within +-20min of the computer's estimate.</p><p></p><p>I'm a 22.4, just hit day 320 of driving today but I worked the preload for 9 years. That's honestly what I hate: the 22.4 position. Keep me on a route for more than a day or two at a time and the job is lovely. You know what to expect, you know what's expected of you. Lately they've taken to scheduling me off for the day, then right after the PCM I hear my name called and all of a sudden I'm on a route. It's nice to work for the day but at least give me a chance to wrap my head around the route and figure out what I'm gonna be driving into.</p><p></p><p>Any more questions, feel free to ask. They took me off the route today, though. Managed to have a customer call in a complaint. Beauty supply store. Apparently I was rude because I waited for them to write COD checks instead of prerecording the stop and coming back later. So today I was on the backroads, 146 stops/110 miles. It wasn't bad at all I just wasn't feelin' the job after yesterday. Couldn't stop feeling miserable in the rain all day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PPH_over_9000, post: 4832786, member: 79761"] Okay, so, time to answer a few questions. The first set of pick-ups were almost all smaller stores in strip malls. The second set was big box stores (Target, Best Buy, Michaels), the third set was basically the second set all over again with the addition of a jewelry store that had three scheduled pick-ups in different parts of the store, but the only information in the DIAD was "PU 1800 2100 FRONT." The resi's were super tight and my only saving grace. I was delivering in the neighborhood I grew up in. It's easy to get turned around on streets where 6 houses share the same address and go by unit numbers, and the apartments I needed to get into are always locked down tight. Manned security gate, locked doors everywhere. Other than that it was pretty sweet. total miles: 43 I absolutely counted every piece I picked up. One of the workers at Target looked at me like I was out of my mind, lol. Target definitely had a lot of bags (~150), but everything else was in boxes.Took up my 3000/7000, 4000/8000, 5000, and 6000 shelves, packed as tightly as I could underneath the shelves, and then I honestly got a little frustrated and just piled the rest of the :censored: up the middle because I had already made the decision to go back to the building to unload before continuing the route. I went out with either 246 or 264 pieces. Brought back at least twice that. 2.53hrs (or ticks? idk) over-allowed, and I really don't follow that too closely but I like to use it as a bit of a guide. Typically I'm finishing my routes within +-20min of the computer's estimate. I'm a 22.4, just hit day 320 of driving today but I worked the preload for 9 years. That's honestly what I hate: the 22.4 position. Keep me on a route for more than a day or two at a time and the job is lovely. You know what to expect, you know what's expected of you. Lately they've taken to scheduling me off for the day, then right after the PCM I hear my name called and all of a sudden I'm on a route. It's nice to work for the day but at least give me a chance to wrap my head around the route and figure out what I'm gonna be driving into. Any more questions, feel free to ask. They took me off the route today, though. Managed to have a customer call in a complaint. Beauty supply store. Apparently I was rude because I waited for them to write COD checks instead of prerecording the stop and coming back later. So today I was on the backroads, 146 stops/110 miles. It wasn't bad at all I just wasn't feelin' the job after yesterday. Couldn't stop feeling miserable in the rain all day. [/QUOTE]
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