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<blockquote data-quote="hungrydude505" data-source="post: 622102" data-attributes="member: 874"><p>And to the OP, I too am a cover driver (reg temp). I got thrown into it at the peak season. Before actually doing a route during that peak season, I was an air shuttle driver and saturday air driver. Shuttle will help you with the driving TREMENDOUSLY. I mean, if you're like our center, it's only really highway driving, but it'll give you time to practice your habits without the added frustration of EDD work behind that bulkhead door behind you. Saturdays will ease you into it, again, if you're like my center, you won't have a lot. I'm a small center, so you larger center guys will oppose to that, haha. It'll help you learn an area and get you into your delivery habits also. If you don't work Saturdays and want practice and want to start learning the areas while getting paid, ask to work Saturdays. Unless you don't want too of course. But most often than not, if you are low man, that's just too bad anyways, hahahahaha. Advice for an actual route? Don't start going insane at the work in front of you. Don't let it get to you. If you let it get to you, you'll start worrying and it'll just go downhill. My peak route wasn't bad, it was an extra route and I delivered areas I grew up in. But some areas I didn't. I started to freak out, and it got the best of me at times. I would just stare at the load and wonder "how am I ever going to get this off", "I'm never going to get done", things like that. The route I have now is a bit different. I'm pretty good at it now, but at first, holy crap. I freaked out everyday. But around the 2nd week of being on my own on an actual route, I just started thinking they're just packages. It will get done when it gets done. If I don't know an area of homes after my bulk stops (around 20 or so of at least 20 packages each), then I consult the maps. Worry about the air and any commits you have. It's hard work, it's not easy, but there's no reason to freak out and cloud your mind to make it HARDER. Also, don't let your load cloud your mind away from safe driving. One at fault accident without having your days in and you're worrying about paying bills rather than how you're going to get your packages off. That's probably the best advice I can give you right there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hungrydude505, post: 622102, member: 874"] And to the OP, I too am a cover driver (reg temp). I got thrown into it at the peak season. Before actually doing a route during that peak season, I was an air shuttle driver and saturday air driver. Shuttle will help you with the driving TREMENDOUSLY. I mean, if you're like our center, it's only really highway driving, but it'll give you time to practice your habits without the added frustration of EDD work behind that bulkhead door behind you. Saturdays will ease you into it, again, if you're like my center, you won't have a lot. I'm a small center, so you larger center guys will oppose to that, haha. It'll help you learn an area and get you into your delivery habits also. If you don't work Saturdays and want practice and want to start learning the areas while getting paid, ask to work Saturdays. Unless you don't want too of course. But most often than not, if you are low man, that's just too bad anyways, hahahahaha. Advice for an actual route? Don't start going insane at the work in front of you. Don't let it get to you. If you let it get to you, you'll start worrying and it'll just go downhill. My peak route wasn't bad, it was an extra route and I delivered areas I grew up in. But some areas I didn't. I started to freak out, and it got the best of me at times. I would just stare at the load and wonder "how am I ever going to get this off", "I'm never going to get done", things like that. The route I have now is a bit different. I'm pretty good at it now, but at first, holy crap. I freaked out everyday. But around the 2nd week of being on my own on an actual route, I just started thinking they're just packages. It will get done when it gets done. If I don't know an area of homes after my bulk stops (around 20 or so of at least 20 packages each), then I consult the maps. Worry about the air and any commits you have. It's hard work, it's not easy, but there's no reason to freak out and cloud your mind to make it HARDER. Also, don't let your load cloud your mind away from safe driving. One at fault accident without having your days in and you're worrying about paying bills rather than how you're going to get your packages off. That's probably the best advice I can give you right there. [/QUOTE]
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