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Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performance.
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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 866992" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p><strong>Re: Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performanc</strong></p><p></p><p>Following EDD is not an issue for me as I took the time when the PAS/EDD team was in my center to set up my DOL the way that I wanted it. I go through EDD before leaving the building and throughout the day to see if there is a more efficient way for me to do the route that day. </p><p></p><p>As far as the COD's go, I have notepads from a local windshield shop in my PC and use these to write down the COD info. I am able to deliver the 3-4 stops near this one business while she is writing her checks. I would challenge your center manager to show me how this is not efficient. I also drive by this business while doing my pickups and will reattempt any send agains. I would again challenge your center manager to show me how this is not efficient. As far as you only being allowed to attempt a COD once in a day--are you telling us that if the customer came up to you later in the day with checks in hand asking for his pkgs that you would not be allowed to deliver them? All you would have to do is void the first delivery after completing the second.</p><p></p><p>The one thing that I will never do is leave the pkgs and come back in the afternoon for the checks. We do have bid drivers who do this and the cover drivers feel as though they also have to do this. I recall my instructor at driving school telling us of a driver who had dropped off the pkgs in the morning only to come back in the afternoon to find that the business had gone out of business. The driver was on the hook for the COD's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 866992, member: 12570"] [b]Re: Older driver fired for "not using 3 points of contact", but really for performanc[/b] Following EDD is not an issue for me as I took the time when the PAS/EDD team was in my center to set up my DOL the way that I wanted it. I go through EDD before leaving the building and throughout the day to see if there is a more efficient way for me to do the route that day. As far as the COD's go, I have notepads from a local windshield shop in my PC and use these to write down the COD info. I am able to deliver the 3-4 stops near this one business while she is writing her checks. I would challenge your center manager to show me how this is not efficient. I also drive by this business while doing my pickups and will reattempt any send agains. I would again challenge your center manager to show me how this is not efficient. As far as you only being allowed to attempt a COD once in a day--are you telling us that if the customer came up to you later in the day with checks in hand asking for his pkgs that you would not be allowed to deliver them? All you would have to do is void the first delivery after completing the second. The one thing that I will never do is leave the pkgs and come back in the afternoon for the checks. We do have bid drivers who do this and the cover drivers feel as though they also have to do this. I recall my instructor at driving school telling us of a driver who had dropped off the pkgs in the morning only to come back in the afternoon to find that the business had gone out of business. The driver was on the hook for the COD's. [/QUOTE]
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