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<blockquote data-quote="ManInBrown" data-source="post: 4527533" data-attributes="member: 46614">When I first started in package I got parked on a heavy business route. Driver was on comp. It sucked. Driver was a runner. Went out with 95-100 stops and 38 pickups. 70 of the 95-100 were heavy business. Problem is the runner would call most the pickups every day to see if they had anything going out. I dropped anchor and they had to send help every day At 2pm to get the business savers off because I took meal. I wasn’t calling anyone. Went to every pickup. The only saving grace was the loader was great. was loaded to perfection. Never had to search for anything.Routes like this are horrible IMO. It’s always something every day, forget about needing help. There’s always a pickup that‘s shipping 10x their normal amount, or they are closing early. My last route in package before feeders was so cushy. 120 stops. 28-30 business. The rest residential. 8 super light pickups that I could grab anytime I wanted after 5pm. All were left outside, or inside a business lobby. You always want routes with the fewest pickups as possible.Let me give all the package drivers a tip. Put your name on the feeder list. I work 43-45 hours a week without a care in the world and haven’t touched cardboard in 2 years. About 18 months ago I was pulling a rail off the door and the idiot loader didn’t put a load bar on. Swing door. A package fell out and I just left it on the ground in the yard. My days of touching cardboard are over. I wasn’t walking back to grab it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ManInBrown, post: 4527533, member: 46614"] When I first started in package I got parked on a heavy business route. Driver was on comp. It sucked. Driver was a runner. Went out with 95-100 stops and 38 pickups. 70 of the 95-100 were heavy business. Problem is the runner would call most the pickups every day to see if they had anything going out. I dropped anchor and they had to send help every day At 2pm to get the business savers off because I took meal. I wasn’t calling anyone. Went to every pickup. The only saving grace was the loader was great. was loaded to perfection. Never had to search for anything. Routes like this are horrible IMO. It’s always something every day, forget about needing help. There’s always a pickup that‘s shipping 10x their normal amount, or they are closing early. My last route in package before feeders was so cushy. 120 stops. 28-30 business. The rest residential. 8 super light pickups that I could grab anytime I wanted after 5pm. All were left outside, or inside a business lobby. You always want routes with the fewest pickups as possible. Let me give all the package drivers a tip. Put your name on the feeder list. I work 43-45 hours a week without a care in the world and haven’t touched cardboard in 2 years. About 18 months ago I was pulling a rail off the door and the idiot loader didn’t put a load bar on. Swing door. A package fell out and I just left it on the ground in the yard. My days of touching cardboard are over. I wasn’t walking back to grab it. [/QUOTE]

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