Emergency Conditions
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Right? I was thinking the same thing reading that post lol!Come run my route first day blind tomorrow. Second day we send out Troopers and search parties!
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Deranged lunatic
It does not even have to be rural, some of these urban areas they insist every route goes out with an 8 cube and you get hard stuck in a street with the only options being a 40-point turnaround or backing all the way out and it would require actual area knowledge outside of a map to save yourself the torture.
Then there are streets where you have to drive down the medium or hit a tree, parking spots where you are literally rotating the tail between signs and trees and using visual cues, diad 6 navigation does not help with any of these, if anything it leads you into these traps more often.
Volume is down, party is over, both the extra surcharges and "shrinkflation" in general makes 200 stops look smaller than it's ever been, if they really wanted to reduce accidents (primarily speaking of property damage, actual safety should be a different catagory) then shrink the vehicles because they are not getting filled up any time soon.
Then there are streets where you have to drive down the medium or hit a tree, parking spots where you are literally rotating the tail between signs and trees and using visual cues, diad 6 navigation does not help with any of these, if anything it leads you into these traps more often.
Volume is down, party is over, both the extra surcharges and "shrinkflation" in general makes 200 stops look smaller than it's ever been, if they really wanted to reduce accidents (primarily speaking of property damage, actual safety should be a different catagory) then shrink the vehicles because they are not getting filled up any time soon.
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What'dyabringmetoday???
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Innovator...
oldupsman
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If it comes to a strike, I think Carol actually believes that. We can stick anybody in a truck with a computer
and run a route. Again, the 90 day wonders have no idea what running a route every day in a package
car is truly like. Not just the process but dealing with people every day.
oldngray
nowhere special
This is what happens when the people in charge never did the job themselves.
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
Do you remember what the bells on the chain were for ?
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
Ha Ha !
Haven't heard that term in a while.
Now.... it's like a week of supervisor school. They know nothing.
oldupsman
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That shows how old I am too,
First one was for girth , second one was for length and the end of the chain was for total length and girth combined
oldngray
nowhere special
Max size was length, width, and girth (108"). 84" was max length.
oldupsman
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See, you two are old too.
Thank goodness I still look good.It's all I have left.
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
Funniest thing I saw, was couple of 90 day wonders that stayed driving.... and in the Union.
Refused the promotion to full-time supe.
oldngray
nowhere special
Back when part time sups had to spend a taken amount of time on the road before moving to full time.Funniest thing I saw, was couple of 90 day wonders that stayed driving.... and in the Union.
Refused the promotion to full-time supe.
Go look in the mirror...See, you two are old too.
It's all I have left.
Then they switched it from 108 to 130
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
It has changed over the years. I remember 108" on length, and 130" on girth.
Right now.... I'm not sure on length, but girth is like 160".
oldngray
nowhere special
I thought it was more size doesn't matter now. Just tack on an extra surcharge if its too big.
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
It looks like that.
I had alway heard it was against UPS's tariff.
What are the weight and size limits for shipping using UPS?: UPS - Puerto Rico
UPS has established specific weight and size limits for the packages that you send with all UPS services.
www.ups.com
(I can't believe I took a minute to google that)
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oldngray
nowhere special
Note: Packages that exceed UPS weight and size limits are subject to an Over Maximum Limits charge.
