First day as package car driver
- Thread starter Looberger
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PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
Listen to the Sup and do as he says. Just follow ED and you will be fine. You will be out till 10:00 PM. Dump the Sup and you will be off by 8:00 PM. Gets better after that. Do not crash.
East coast navy
Veteran
Follow EDD. If you have Orion. Then use the force.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Anything really heavy, or bulk (residential) that need signature: Make sure customer is home first before dragging everything out to door. Don't ask me how I know this!
Also, try to ask drivers about the route you are doing. Chances are, there is a split driver that knows the route. Ask about pickups, any flag marker stops (?), and ask especially any dead ones that may still be in the PU list. Drivers keep them there to pad their stop count.
Also, try to ask drivers about the route you are doing. Chances are, there is a split driver that knows the route. Ask about pickups, any flag marker stops (?), and ask especially any dead ones that may still be in the PU list. Drivers keep them there to pad their stop count.
Just keep moving...you dont have to run like a chicken without a head. Just dont let the customers tie you up! put your cell phone away...........stay focused and do the best you can. Yes your sup will say" you are slow" DONT LET THEM MESS with your head! Just say im learning and I HOPE to do better tomorrow......GOOD LUCK!
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bowflex
Guest
To the OP. How did your first day go? Friday was my second day and its actually getting harder. Everyone I went to integrad with is loving it but i'm not having the same experience.
Thanks for all the insight seems like if I follow EDD and listen to the sup ill be all right. That's pretty much what I thought. I really appreciate all the replies though I've found the other drivers are really helpful I thought it'd be more like "who's this new kid, screw him" but it's quite the opposite.
Johney
Well-Known Member
Like IGP4U says, remember.....60 seconds wasted at 60 different stops is an hour wasted. It adds up. Don't get frazzled or frustrated one stop at a time.
But dont 4get...if she is really hot...........take 30 seconds and flirt.................shh...I didnt say that!.lol
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bowflex
Guest
I'm having issue learning my route. I live in the suburbs and its much different than the city. I love the challenge but I hate not eating from 7-8. that's a long time with no food. yea i may eat a bag of chips, a granola bar, a banana and a protein shake but i'm delirious at the end of the day. This week may do me in but it was an experience and I have gained respect for the folks that can run hard non stop. I'm a muscle head so for me this diet of chips and Gatorade wont last long.
nystripe96
Well-Known Member
Just make book and you can have a solid hour lunch. Don't forget to sheet your lunch now tho. Hope you are. I'm a newbie driver too
MassWineGuy
Well-Known Member
As a driver's helper, they gave us no more than 30 minutes on the DIAD during orientation. Do they do a better training job for driver's school?
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
I can work a DIAD. I cannot work a smartphone. You will catch on quickly.
MassWineGuy
Well-Known Member
Maybe. It gave me nothing but headaches when I was a driver's helper. Of course, we always got the older, maybe even a bit broken boards.
jumpman23
Oh Yeah
Good luck with the poopy loads, different dispatch every day, different dol everyday, cut up edds, and the numbnutt dispatchers putting everything in your edd in the wrong sequence lol. Its fun time make sure you take your Prozac before you come to work everyday youngblood and oh one last thing, make sure you bring your lube cause your gonna need it.
