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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 4181190" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>I'm <em>done</em> with Orion on the route I'm covering. Pure idiocy. Trace is busted, sequence numbers make little sense. Left me loathing the job this past Friday. Didn't punch out til 10p. Last stop was 6 miles off-area. Was schlepping a misloaded truck tire about one of those large minimalist loft apartments that have been taking over the city, knowing full well it was going to be NI1. Place is ringed with bar and restaurant patios. People were astonished, "Can you believe UPS has him out delivering this late?!"</p><p></p><p>I'm on the route again this week. Was dreading it enough to print out a map earlier today (the center's printers haven't been working, of course) and spend an hour of my own time devising a sensible plan. I <em>know</em> that's scabbing. While I couldn't care less about the handful of late savers and missed businesses I had last Friday (I warned the center, twice, well in advance of the commits) I don't want to quit this job out of frustration or worse -- make an irreversible mistake on area -- when an hour suffices to restore order to the unnecessary dispatching chaos. If the dispatching made any sense, I would've finished the route on my own by 8 at the latest.</p><p></p><p>What's a newly-minted cover driver to do? It would be great -- and hilarious! -- if we could organize a widespread rank and file initiative to run ODO trace 100 percent, but I'm not holding my breath. Here's the thing. We're not dumb truck drivers, even if it's in the company's interests to believe we are. It takes a lot more than brawn and basic driving skills to run a route well. A person needs good training, area knowledge, outstanding alertness/attention, excellent driving skills, and good judgment. And all this under stressful, fluctuating conditions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 4181190, member: 76643"] I'm [I]done[/I] with Orion on the route I'm covering. Pure idiocy. Trace is busted, sequence numbers make little sense. Left me loathing the job this past Friday. Didn't punch out til 10p. Last stop was 6 miles off-area. Was schlepping a misloaded truck tire about one of those large minimalist loft apartments that have been taking over the city, knowing full well it was going to be NI1. Place is ringed with bar and restaurant patios. People were astonished, "Can you believe UPS has him out delivering this late?!" I'm on the route again this week. Was dreading it enough to print out a map earlier today (the center's printers haven't been working, of course) and spend an hour of my own time devising a sensible plan. I [I]know[/I] that's scabbing. While I couldn't care less about the handful of late savers and missed businesses I had last Friday (I warned the center, twice, well in advance of the commits) I don't want to quit this job out of frustration or worse -- make an irreversible mistake on area -- when an hour suffices to restore order to the unnecessary dispatching chaos. If the dispatching made any sense, I would've finished the route on my own by 8 at the latest. What's a newly-minted cover driver to do? It would be great -- and hilarious! -- if we could organize a widespread rank and file initiative to run ODO trace 100 percent, but I'm not holding my breath. Here's the thing. We're not dumb truck drivers, even if it's in the company's interests to believe we are. It takes a lot more than brawn and basic driving skills to run a route well. A person needs good training, area knowledge, outstanding alertness/attention, excellent driving skills, and good judgment. And all this under stressful, fluctuating conditions. [/QUOTE]
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