New route first day out no supervisor

[burrheadd]

Bid a new route on the other side of the building, talked with my new supervisor on Monday said he would be ready to ride with me Tuesday. Get in early study the route talked to a fellow coworker about the route he had done and getting tips on how to run the route. So I go PCM supervisor is in browns and as I'm getting ready to get out of the building he tells me he will meet me out on route later. I think to myself okay, well I will give it my best shot on a route I have never done with businesses I have never been to as well as air stops I have no ing idea about. So long story short he never came out and needless to say it was a long day ahead. My question is how often does this happen? Every route that I have bid or drove a supervisor has at least came out and tried to help in some sort of fashion.

Happens everyday

Time to put on your big boy pants and get it done

Forget the gps and get a map

 

[Harley Rider]

At least you have gps and a phone to call someone if you really run into problems. I started back in 1984 before phones and the internet. All you had was a paper map and what you could glean from other drivers.

No telling how many routes I ran blind. Would have loved for 911 to be in effect with street names instead of RR1 box 311 etc.....

All you can do is your best. If you like the route then hang in there. It will get easier.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

At least you have gps and a phone to call someone if you really run into problems. I started back in 1984 before phones and the internet. All you had was a paper map and what you could glean from other drivers.

Yep.

Keys, truck number, paper map, load chart, and if you had a good on-car supervisor

a print out of the (previous) delivery records. And, a paper log to record pickups.

 

[MECH-lift]

I told my BA I will sleep on it in regards to turning it down

That’s exactly what they want you to do , you fell for the trap and UPS won

 

[MECH-lift]

Yep.

Keys, truck number, paper map, load chart, and if you had a good on-car supervisor

a print out of the (previous) delivery records. And, a paper log to record pickups.

Don’t forget 1/2 the stops the route has on it today..

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Don’t forget 1/2 the stops the route has on it today..

All the new technology has made the job easier.

Ask IE....

 

[Heavy Package]

I use map nav all day. I drive around distracted looking at the screen and wave at any hot chicks I see.

 

[KoennenTiger]

Why did you bid off your old route?

 

[Poop Head]

In my area its 10 days to try before you have to stay on it for a year or turn it down and not be able bid for a yea

In my area you bid for life. Then when you die, your next of kin has to run the route

 

[wayfair]

Follow the order, section 1 through section 8.

 

[KoennenTiger]

If you got the senority to bid a route then you must have been a cover guy for a long time. How in the world do you not remember how to run a route blind? You take it one package at a time and at noon you take your lunch and ODS "send help I'm gonna need it".

By the end of the second day you should have a pretty good grip on it.

 

[Brownslave688]

Are you a cover driver or a route driver, I know this happens a lot with cover drivers never heard it happen to a new route driver.

Par for the course man. You just start?

 

[KoennenTiger]

Par for the course man. You just start?

None of this thread makes any sense

 

[BigBrown87]

Why did you bid off your old route?

After 8 years of doing the same route I figured it was time for a change, plus the route is heavy with bussiness, apartments and residential along with 23 pick ups that fill up a 12.

 

[BigBrown87]

Par for the course man. You just start?

Been with the company for 13 years, driving 9 years. Bid a route right out of PT and tried to do something new on the other side of the building to see if I would like it more than my old route.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Been with the company for 13 years, driving 9 years. Bid a route right out of PT and tried to do something new on the other side of the building to see if I would like it more than my old route.

They all suck

You're welcome

 

[BigBrown87]

If you got the senority to bid a route then you must have been a cover guy for a long time. How in the world do you not remember how to run a route blind? You take it one package at a time and at noon you take your lunch and ODS "send help I'm gonna need it".

By the end of the second day you should have a pretty good grip on it.

Never been a cover driver bid a route right out of PT and was seasonal for summer and winter before I started FT.

 

[BigBrown87]

They all suck

You're welcome

That's what all the old timers say, guess it has to be true.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

That's what all the old timers say, guess it has to be true.

No more easy routes. That's why I stay on mine.

 

[Wilson1397]

No more easy routes. That's why I stay on mine.

That and you’re a dumb ass!!!