Newly hired- Driver-(from Canada)

sortaisle

Livin the cardboard dream
Maybe I need to transfer to Canada! 90 stops and 30 pickups??? WOW! There's lots of miles/kilometers maybe? Over here it's 142 stops per car average...not including pickups! With pickups it's like 160 total stops of up and down. What a rosy picture! Anyway for the OG poster, start and stop routines are huge. Stopping in the best area for your delivery so you can smoothly deliver your parcels is huge. Also getting buckled and looking over your shoulder while the truck is starting. Making sure you know exactly what package you're grabbing when you open the door to your next stop. If your next stop is inside the bulkhead or in the rear for a dock stop...organizing buildings with lots of suites on your hand cart...reduce the amount of steps...You'd be shocked...after a week or two, the amount of time saved by getting these basics down to second nature with save you anywhere from half an hour to maybe two hours depending on how many stops you have! Speed won't always make up for smooth. Good luck!
 

moreluck

golden ticket member
I agree ! It's the worst time to start courier or other driving jobs.
The weekend after holloween we turn th clocks ahead, it will be dark by 5, and by mid Dec 4pm.
Add to that the blizzards, snowfall & (black)-ice and the deep freezings temperatures - totally yucky !
We have Halloween here....nothing "hollow" about it. We turn our clocks back an hour because it's Spring ahead and Fall back.... the exceptions being Arizona (except for the Navajo Nation, which does observe daylight saving time),[SUP][1][/SUP] Hawaii,[SUP][2][/SUP] and the overseas territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.. who never change their times.

You do realize you don't present western Canada in a good light and you will never have a job in the tourist bureau industry!
 
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