Is Driving EASY?
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City Driver
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why are u an ******* to everybody? get a life
rocket man
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should i grow my hair real long 70s style. to?Yea Rocket. You should get a cool beer for lunch and then you'll see things more collectively.
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rocket man
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WOW city driver you almost hurt my feelings /
ahhhhh BUT MOST PEOPLE NO I DONT HAVE ANY.
WHATS WRONG WITH YOUR AVATR ? LOOKS LIKE YOU CANT HOLD WATER
rocket man
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KLINE OLD buddy AT LEAST I CAN DELIVER TO CUSTOMERS / WHAT PART OF UPS ARE YOU IN AGAIN? I FORGET....
Cementups
Box Monkey
I make it look easy. No brag, just fact.
True dat!!!
satellitedriver
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If you have the desire, the job is easy.
Physical as hell, yes.
The training is all about learning the rules and the hard part is not getting flustered.
Most routes are in a concentrated area, so it would be hard to get lost. When I was hired, I drove around my route on the weekends with map in hand. -( On my own time)- I wrote down the number breaks on the street intersections and memorized them. Basically, I was driving at a slow pace and mentally drawing the route in my mind.
I wanted the job and did what it took to get it.
All the "new" technology is great-(sometimes)- and I have no idea how new drivers are trained these days.
Having said that, the most important thing I learned was when I was a cover driver in my first year was to calm down.
When everything seems to be going wrong, just stop for 10 seconds, 20 seconds, or 5 minutes and think the situation through.
1 second of clear thought and planning is worth more than 10 minutes of wasting motion.
Think, then do.
Best of Luck, BJ616.
brownrodster
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Don't worry, we have this awesome technology called EDD which will tell you where to go stop for stop.
And the DIAD has a GPS in it which will tell you if you are not at the correct location.
the hard part of driving is working 11 hours a day/5 days a week and having your boss tell you that your not working hard enough. You soon realize that not one person on your management team could actually do what you are doing 5 days a week. Yes they go out on car somtimes but they have a helper. They will show you a report that somehow produces a number that will determine if you are a good driver and if they get a stock bonus. The number will change all the time and will never make you a good driver because ups will always want you to think your a bad driver and that you need more stops to become a good driver. If you understand the ups culture of shortcuts and making numbers you will be ok. If not dont take the numbers personally. Its not your fault. Also dont let anyone ever tell you drivers are overpaid. You will meet lots of people on your route that make good money and you will wonder to yourself what the hell it is they do? Most people have downtime at work! You will never have true downtime with this job! ALSO IF YOU STICK WITH DRIVING GET IN THE 401K RIGHT FROM THE GET GO AND MAX IT OUT! THE PENSION MIGHT NOT BE AROUND FOR LONG. I HOPE I AM WRONG BUT IF YOU HAVE 25 TO 30 YEARS TO GO I WOULD NOT COUNT ON A TEAMSTER PENSION. I HOPE TO GOD THE ECONOMY RECOVERS SOON SO THIS BIG SINKING SHIP CAN STOP TAKING ON WATER.
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Dis-organized Labor
Guest
The hardest part of driving is accurately determining the distance to the green.
The training isn't hard. It's paying for all those lost balls from shanks....
whiskey
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Have no fear. You will be in the hands of the keenest delivery minds in the industry. And they will bring you along, at whatever speed you have been assessed at. And you will be successful. I guarantee it.
