(pssst...I came from the USAF.....I am one of those off the street hires)
If you had bothered to read even part of this thread (post #41) you would have seen that I do take my full lunch and break--just not at the contractually agreed upon times. This works out best for me and for my customers.
Is that bad?
I read the post thanks.
Go ahead and take your lunch when you're not supposed. to.
Take into consideration how more work you get off earlier in the day when you don't have to deal with traffic, or fatigue.
So what do you do? Finish the route before your first pick up so you have a nice empty truck to neatly load your pick ups into? Would take more time if you had 20 stops left over and you had to find a place to put your pick ups and maneuver everything around.
It's going to take longer to deliver those stops later when you're dealing with school buses dropping off children and rush hour traffic.
What time are you putting in your board that you are taking lunch? I hope you don't have a accident or an injury during that time when you're working and you are supposed to be on lunch, after all you are falsifying.
Doing this is only benefiting you and the company, that's it.