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<blockquote data-quote="NHDRVR" data-source="post: 506374" data-attributes="member: 10327"><p>Ten years ago I never thought these words would come out of my mouth but the best way to do this job, and increase your income, is to simply follow the methods. </p><p>Like most of the new drivers I had my time when my feet weren't touching the ground and, looking back, I'm surprised I didn't have a serious knee or ankle injury. </p><p>It took a talking to from a senior driver to get me thinking about how long I was probably going to be doing this job and if I wanted to be walking up-right when I decide to leave.</p><p>'Hiding in the weeds' is the term we use up here and it is pretty apt. I am seeing a lot of 2 hours under and over in some of the previous responses and our swings aren't that great in our center. The biggest you see is about a buck and a half over or, at the most, an hour under. Maybe someone who knows more about the time allowances can explain it but there are a number of us who believe that OR's follow the driver and not the route. A cover driver who does the mall can scratch it while the regular driver is about an hour over. This same cover driver, it turns out, is an hour under on just about every route he covers. This is an anomaly since the allowances are different on every route ( I know the hour could be just cutting his lunch). In other words, I think that they have a number in mind for every driver based on past performance regardless of the route they are on. </p><p>This is where it's important to not go so damn fast all of the time because when you finally realize you can't keep that pace up forever you draw way too much attention when you finally slow down. Besides, I always get a laugh when one of these 'runners' complains when they always get a split.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NHDRVR, post: 506374, member: 10327"] Ten years ago I never thought these words would come out of my mouth but the best way to do this job, and increase your income, is to simply follow the methods. Like most of the new drivers I had my time when my feet weren't touching the ground and, looking back, I'm surprised I didn't have a serious knee or ankle injury. It took a talking to from a senior driver to get me thinking about how long I was probably going to be doing this job and if I wanted to be walking up-right when I decide to leave. 'Hiding in the weeds' is the term we use up here and it is pretty apt. I am seeing a lot of 2 hours under and over in some of the previous responses and our swings aren't that great in our center. The biggest you see is about a buck and a half over or, at the most, an hour under. Maybe someone who knows more about the time allowances can explain it but there are a number of us who believe that OR's follow the driver and not the route. A cover driver who does the mall can scratch it while the regular driver is about an hour over. This same cover driver, it turns out, is an hour under on just about every route he covers. This is an anomaly since the allowances are different on every route ( I know the hour could be just cutting his lunch). In other words, I think that they have a number in mind for every driver based on past performance regardless of the route they are on. This is where it's important to not go so damn fast all of the time because when you finally realize you can't keep that pace up forever you draw way too much attention when you finally slow down. Besides, I always get a laugh when one of these 'runners' complains when they always get a split. [/QUOTE]
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