High volume

[rod]

Back when a heavy day was less than most drivers before lunch now

You would have died trying to follow in my footsteps on my route. It was a killer. I will say though that I bet a good majority of todays drivers would go absolutely insane trying to navigate a rural route without the help of a cell phone or GPS or any other electronics---all while driving a POS straight stick. For the first 5 or 10 years I worked the only addresses that were on the rural route packages were like Joe Blow-- RR3. It got better when they switched to Joe Blow RR 3 Box 187 (as long as you knew how the mail carrier ran his route). We spent a lot of time barrowing customers phones trying to locate people.

 

[rod]

Are you talking crap about my ex wife?

I feel for you friend

 

[542thruNthru]

Anyone else filing over the use of Helpers? The contract is pretty clear Helpers are only used between from October 15 -January 15.

Did your local give them permission?

Every comic con in San Diego they allowhelpers downtown. As long as every driver in the building is working. Also helpers make top rate.

 

[scratch]

Plus they make full scale right?

I'm not sure about that, I just know they get overtime after eight hours. We always have monthly Bid Sheets for extra work. There is one for part-timers and a separate one for full-timers.

 

[KenYouDigIt]

Good lord. How in the hell does this company roll volume in July

We are in our "second peak season" here .....its such a beach

 

[numberonedriver]

We have been getting killed here guys rolling stops and running out of hours. They had to get rentals and brought in drivers and sups from out of the area and other states to try and get us caught up and it still isn't working. I have filed 9.5 for the last 6 weeks for going over every day. The ship is sinking.

 

[brostalss]

And peak sneaks up on them....
EVERY....
SINGLE....
YEAR.

And they never factor in Hanakauh

 

[Indecisi0n]

Edit

 

[UPSER1987]

Good lord. How in the hell does this company roll volume in July

Fools don’t show up for work that’s how

 

[ManInBrown]

You would have died trying to follow in my footsteps on my route. It was a killer. I will say though that I bet a good majority of todays drivers would go absolutely insane trying to navigate a rural route without the help of a cell phone or GPS or any other electronics---all while driving a POS straight stick. For the first 5 or 10 years I worked the only addresses that were on the rural route packages were like Joe Blow-- RR3. It got better when they switched to Joe Blow RR 3 Box 187 (as long as you knew how the mail carrier ran his route). We spent a lot of time barrowing customers phones trying to locate people.

Please stop. It would take about 2 days and they would figure it out. You werent curing cancer on a rural route pre cell phones. Buddy of mine was a package driver in the 80s. Said it was a joke.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Please stop. It would take about 2 days and they would figure it out. You werent curing cancer on a rural route pre cell phones. Buddy of mine was a package driver in the 80s. Said it was a joke.

Guys these days. We have a member @rod who delivered throughout the 60's without issue . It's just what men did .

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

You would have died trying to follow in my footsteps on my route. It was a killer. I will say though that I bet a good majority of todays drivers would go absolutely insane trying to navigate a rural route without the help of a cell phone or GPS or any other electronics---all while driving a POS straight stick. For the first 5 or 10 years I worked the only addresses that were on the rural route packages were like Joe Blow-- RR3. It got better when they switched to Joe Blow RR 3 Box 187 (as long as you knew how the mail carrier ran his route). We spent a lot of time barrowing customers phones trying to locate people.

Did you have a little index box in the back of truck with notes about customers ?
Joe S RD2 look for the windmill, blue house?

 

[PT Car Washer]

Please stop. It would take about 2 days and they would figure it out. You werent curing cancer on a rural route pre cell phones. Buddy of mine was a package driver in the 80s. Said it was a joke.

Drop half the route off at home and have the wife deliver it.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Please stop. It would take about 2 days and they would figure it out. You werent curing cancer on a rural route pre cell phones. Buddy of mine was a package driver in the 80s. Said it was a joke.

The amount of paperwork was ridiculous back then.

 

[Two Tokes]

Next week is gonna be an absolute disaster

Yep
Can't wait
I will decline a helper and take the OT
Plus I do not like the fact that it goes against our contract
Kind of like a supervisor working

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yep
Can't wait
I will decline a helper and take the OT
Plus I do not like the fact that it goes against our contract
Kind of like a supervisor working

But Dennis approved it....

 

[Two Tokes]

Yes ... trust me .... volume through the roof....wait till next week

My stop count was up 20 this week
I expect that to double this week

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

My stop count was up 20 this week
I expect that to double this week

The entire computer screen was solid red all week.

 

[Future]

The entire computer screen was solid red all week.

I call it blood red lol

 

[Future]

My stop count was up 20 this week
I expect that to double this week

40 here .... and i am old ... mother ers