Over70irregs
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Go 9.5 or get the OT $. There is choice.
Peak Season Volume
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Overpaid Union Thug
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Well, that’s where it sounds like we are at when the workhorses see that dispatch has piled another 30 stops into their already over dispatched routes. LOL.
CoolStoryBro
Well-Known Member
Crazy on the west coast as people begin to hoard essentials.
People have money in their pockets from their income tax refund
deeztier
Well-Known Member
why you running
PeakMode
Arrive Peak Leave
Bruh,
You moving as if that's a training route. I hope you had more stops left cause you are blowing that route up for the next driver.
Whither
Scofflaw
That was after my last stop. I usually hustle but don't work unsafely, and I take my lunch and paid 10: I plan to be here for the long haul. Over the past month I've even started using legit 3 points of contact getting in and out of the pkg car -- two hands on the rail -- and turn as I'm stepping out to the curb. The job has slowed down considerably for me.
It's a cake suburban route. Good parking positions, not much traffic. Rarely more than 5 air stops, 20 businesses. Goes out in a 1000 so the aisle is walkable. We've been getting out of the building on time, so usually have 20 done by 1030. The former driver went to feeders after 25 years in pkg. He scratched it regularly. On this one you don't have to cut corners, just be smooth.
Netsua 3:16
AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE
We have routes like that too, where you can do 25 an hour consistently without breaking a sweat or over exerting yourself at all. Just gotta stay sorted. I’m always weary of going too fast but some routes are so damn easy that you get into a zone and you’re doing everything perfect and smooth and stops just fly off the truck.
rocket man
Well-Known Member
what time do you go on lunch ?
Whither
Scofflaw
Exactly.
My first day in the blind on commercial or industrial routes I usually bomb it -- always close to service failures, or in one case, 16 pieces late air haha. After a few days I've got it down, but unless the pickup run is easy, e.g., back the bulk van to a dock and a fork truck driver loads wrapped skids, I never scratch those routes. I know the tips for dealing with commercial stops, but rapport is as much a factor there as area knowledge. Working as an unassigned cover driver is a lot like working as a substitute teacher -- a lot of stops you get little respect until you've been there for a while.
This by way of saying, getting into that zone on an easy resi route is a welcome relief from the rough days juggling commits.
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Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Volume is light in my area.
