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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 92452" data-attributes="member: 198"><p><span style="color: black"><strong>Sarezega...I'm in the same situation. I work the local sort though and not preload. I know one route and pieces of others. We don't have "PAS" so we are old school when it comes to learning routes. According to management you should be able to run a route you know nothing about as long as you have a map and if you follow the methods you learned in the driving school. In a way they are right. You should be able to start with the top right shelf (on the passenger side) and sort those packages into the order you choose according to the map. You are supposed to be able to work through all the sections of the truck (while checking the floor too). But of course in the real world it is not quite that simple. Especially for routes that are mostly residential. One of the things that makes it hard is preloaders. Preloaders make or break ya. The ones that just throw the packages into their sections according to the load chart are the ones that kill me. Some will actually halfway put them in order by street and some even by number. I like those guys. For me the hardest thing about being a part time cover driver is that I'll get to drive in spurts and as soon as I start learning an area I wont drive for a few weeks, or more, and pretty much forget things. I got sick of it and finally decided to study a map of the sections of town I tend to get stuck with. It has helped allot. I suggest that. Believe it or not....working Saturdays helps too. </strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 92452, member: 198"] [COLOR=black][B]Sarezega...I'm in the same situation. I work the local sort though and not preload. I know one route and pieces of others. We don't have "PAS" so we are old school when it comes to learning routes. According to management you should be able to run a route you know nothing about as long as you have a map and if you follow the methods you learned in the driving school. In a way they are right. You should be able to start with the top right shelf (on the passenger side) and sort those packages into the order you choose according to the map. You are supposed to be able to work through all the sections of the truck (while checking the floor too). But of course in the real world it is not quite that simple. Especially for routes that are mostly residential. One of the things that makes it hard is preloaders. Preloaders make or break ya. The ones that just throw the packages into their sections according to the load chart are the ones that kill me. Some will actually halfway put them in order by street and some even by number. I like those guys. For me the hardest thing about being a part time cover driver is that I'll get to drive in spurts and as soon as I start learning an area I wont drive for a few weeks, or more, and pretty much forget things. I got sick of it and finally decided to study a map of the sections of town I tend to get stuck with. It has helped allot. I suggest that. Believe it or not....working Saturdays helps too. [/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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