Onlinebully832
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Has the powerpad gps been used in anybody's station yet? Like to find a possible misdelivered package? Or verify a disputed delivery/pick-up?
Powerpad gps; has it been referenced?
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BootsOnTarmac
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When the powerpad GPS location service is enabled the location of the powerpad can be tracked when scanning the package, not the package itself. Why do you want to "find a possible misdelivered package". or "verify a disputed delivery/pick-up". Customer Service or Security should be doing that, again, why you?
whenIgetthere
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Yes, I heard a manager asking a newbie about a misdelivered package and he had the GPS info for the delivery point.
Express Courier
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Pretty sure gps is always able to work. It always works on my iphone even if I have no signal.
Schweddy
Balls
Sorry, I meant for the specific notion of the power pad geotagging a location each time you go into a pod/stop, scan, end stop, etc. idk what all reasons would cause it to not work but I wonder if the no-ack would be one.
Edit> ooh like the new iPhone scanner deal? We don't have that yet.
Edit> ooh like the new iPhone scanner deal? We don't have that yet.
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MrFedEx
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I know it has been used several times for terminations when management wanted to prove someone wasn't where they said they were at a given time.
Purplepackage
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Funny the extent they will go through when they want you gone.
Yet our system is still completely imperfect for GPS, you request a manual pup, takes dispatch 10 minutes to send you one (obviously you are gone from the location). So now the GPS time stamp shows you pupping the package 2 miles from where it should be....smart
MrFedEx
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As someone else said, PowerPad technology isn't exactly up to date. The 2 people I know who were terminated were using delivery delay exceptions provided by management and both were following management's instructions to the letter by essentially falsifying. Both entered the code off the premises of the business with the exception, and when said business complained that they were getting their FO at 1500 or later, the crap hit the fan and management lied and threw these couriers under the bus, despite their working as directed.
GPS was used to prove they were off the premises of the business when the codes were entered...falsification, directed by management.
!Retired!
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The only time you would ask for a manual PUP is when you're at that location, correct? So, as long as you send your message asking for it while you're still there, it doesn't matter when you actually get it. You need to remember dispatch has, in my station at least, ~60 couriers asking for PUP's, DEX 3's that need research, etc.
Which delivery delay exception are you referring to? If it's the 'Arrived after couriers dispatched' one, it should be done in the station, not on the road. I would NEVER do the exception after I left the building, no matter what management says.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
This is a delivery exception for an exceptionally large recipient with a secure facility that requires search/inspection for entry.
Purplepackage
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My last manager would put all kinds of scans on FOs....with his power pad of course
!Retired!
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We had that in NY. We did a security delay scan while waiting to have the packages x-rayed, NEVER at the station.
outtatime
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Can also be used at a warehouse/factory that has a security gate lined up with tractor-trailers waiting to be signed in. Those lines can take 30 minutes to get to the shack. Put the delay scan on them and come back later.
McFeely
Huge Member
I used the security delay while waiting at a DOE facility on one of my routes. You'd pull up to the gate, hit the intercom button, and wait anywhere between 2-10 minutes for the guard to come out and let you in. THEN they wanted you to open all doors for them to have a quick look inside.
I'd do the security delay just in case I had to bail to make my other P1s while waiting on the gate to open. It's too bad the location of this stop put it smack in the middle of all my P1 stops, not at the end.
I'd do the security delay just in case I had to bail to make my other P1s while waiting on the gate to open. It's too bad the location of this stop put it smack in the middle of all my P1 stops, not at the end.
dezguy
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I've used security deal while dealing with the police. Can remember one time, had the truck backed into a cons driveway. About to get out when 2 police cruisers come screaming up. They held me there for 20 minutes while they cleared the house. Turned out it was a false 911 call. Cops guessed it was the cat because the house was empty.
Easiest 20 minutes pay I've ever made!
Easiest 20 minutes pay I've ever made!
