Running routes

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Man there’s nothing worse than getting used to a country route with 80 stops and 1 pickup then coming in one morning to run a downtown route with 150 stops 29 pickups. IN THE BLIND. Feels like a different job.

Oh the horror

 

[brostalss]

Back in the day when I was utility, if you were put on a route you didn't know our center manager would say You'll know it after today.

Today a utility driver says they don't know the route, they get to go home.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

I had the same bid job the 9 years I was in PC. I guess I had been there 4 or 5 years. Came to work one day and they told me I'd be doing a different route that day. I told them they were making a big mistake. They didn't believe me. They never did that again.

 

[Brownslave688]

Here cover drivers pick based on seniority routes that they have ran previously. The center must be notified in advance, someone's desire to run a new route.

It's pretty good until you realize management sucks at managing and the greviances are just a show-and-tell. Covers run routes blind all the time still.

Blind? Ain't nobody blind with the sweet maps we got now

 

[Brownslave688]

I had the same bid job the 9 years I was in PC. I guess I had been there 4 or 5 years. Came to work one day and they told me I'd be doing a different route that day. I told them they were making a big mistake. They didn't believe me. They never did that again.

We had a guy like that. Said they threw him on a non 911 route blind with no route book.

Said he called in at lunch and had done 4 of 55 stops. They didn't do that to him
Again. Lol

 

[Slug Life]

Back in the day when I was utility, if you were put on a route you didn't know our center manager would say You'll know it after today.

Today a utility driver says they don't know the route, they get to go home.

LOL I wish that were true. I’d had alot of extra vacations.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Said he called in at lunch and had done 4 of 55 stops. They didn't do that to him
Again. Lol

This happened almost 40 years ago, before a lot of technology available today. I only ran a few stops, drove around lost a lot. Finally broke off and did all the pickups. Brought back 40-50 stops or so. I'm sure whoever made the decision to put a guy with 90% residential onto an industrial route regretted it later. lol.

 

[UrFellowUpser]

I was 6 hrs over looking at the numbers today lol

 

[sandwich]

Yea man the route had a stop count of 215 i was like wtf man are you serious

Did you tell them you only signed up to run the easy routes?

 

[Wally]

If you are a country driver can they make you run a metro route cause i had to run one in the blind today

 

[Withbacon]

Anything over 30 stops I go crying into the office asking if they can call my mom for me..

 

[UrFellowUpser]

I just been pampered so long in country. I rather do 130 miles and do 120 stops vs 45 miles and 200 somthing stops

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

75 stops and 250 miles is even better.

 

[DeliveryMachine]

I was 6 hrs over looking at the numbers today lol

6 hours over!?!? Sweet!!! You will NEVER do that route again. Nice job.

 

[Nolimitz]

I just been pampered so long in country. I rather do 130 miles and do 120 stops vs 45 miles and 200 somthing stops

350 miles, 2 shuttle stops for domicile routes and a dozen light pickups is even better.

 

[PASinterference]

55 stops nearly whooped my today.

 

[UrFellowUpser]

6 hours over!?!? Sweet!!! You will NEVER do that route again. Nice job.

Those was they ugliest numbers ive ever put up

 

[DeliveryMachine]

Those was they ugliest numbers ive ever put up

That is pretty terrible. How did you not go over 14 hours?

 

[UrFellowUpser]

That is pretty terrible. How did you not go over 14 hours?

Started 810am and clocked out at 810pm. I think it was a five hr day or somthing i dont know

 

[Brownslave688]

75 stops and 250 miles is even better.

250 and I better have under 70 stops. Probably closer to 60 than 70.