Running routes

[UrFellowUpser]

It was alot of high rise apartments and office buildings and student dorms. I was lost all day man

 

[UrFellowUpser]

And then most of the buildings i needed a fob or special card to get into the bulidings and the layout of these buildings where crazy it was like a maze.

 

[Poop Head]

And then most of the buildings i needed a fob or special card to get into the bulidings and the layout of these buildings where crazy it was like a maze.

Yes. That's kinda how buildings work. They have doors, and hallways. Stairs and elevators. And more doors and hallways.

 

[CitizenTruth]

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

You bid on routes they can't make you do anything

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

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

We had routes that would do those numbers before the proliferation of Amazon. Not anymore.

 

[UrFellowUpser]

Yes. That's kinda how buildings work. They have doors, and hallways. Stairs and elevators. And more doors and hallways.

I dont have to worry about all that in the country

 

[UrFellowUpser]

But to be honest being in country you just dont really see how the job really is compared to them downtown metro routes. Metro routes is where the real work is. Kudos to yall that do it day in and day out. I might actually bid on some just to get a challenge and grow some hair on my balls

 

[Slug Life]

But to be honest being in country you just dont really see how the job really is compared to them downtown metro routes. Metro routes is where the real work is. Kudos to yall that do it day in and day out. I might actually bid on some just to get a challenge and grow some hair on my balls

You’ll be too sore to scratch em’.

 

[UrFellowUpser]

You’ll be too sore to scratch em’.

I herd one veteran driver say one time that theres no scratching a metro route and i believe him and can see why.

 

[DeliveryMachine]

There’s

I herd one veteran driver say one time that theres no scratching a metro route and i believe him and can see why.

There’s no scratching any route. I think country routes are hard too. Driving down long gravel bumpy driveways through the woods, in the mud. Only to park 50 yards from the house because the driveway turns into their yard and it’s all mud and no turn around. Then you back out of the driveway. That stop takes 10 minutes in reality and 2 minutes on the computer

 

[WTFm8]

There’s

There’s no scratching any route. I think country routes are hard too. Driving down long gravel bumpy driveways through the woods, in the mud. Only to park 50 yards from the house because the driveway turns into their yard and it’s all mud and no turn around. Then you back out of the driveway. That stop takes 10 minutes in reality and 2 minutes on the computer

12 stops in first 2.5 hours doing Saturday air today. 5-15 minutes between stops. Sent another driver to grab a few to make commit because I still had 11 left... but those were all in 2 developments lol. Totally made sense to have driver come from 20 minutes away to help.

 

[burrheadd]

There’s

There’s no scratching any route. I think country routes are hard too. Driving down long gravel bumpy driveways through the woods, in the mud. Only to park 50 yards from the house because the driveway turns into their yard and it’s all mud and no turn around. Then you back out of the driveway. That stop takes 10 minutes in reality and 2 minutes on the computer

Your doing it wrong DR front gate or mailbox or big tree

Takes less than a minute

 

[PT Car Washer]

12 stops in first 2.5 hours doing Saturday air today. 5-15 minutes between stops. Sent another driver to grab a few to make commit because I still had 11 left... but those were all in 2 developments lol. Totally made sense to have driver come from 20 minutes away to help.

I used to love Saturday Air. Until UPS started Saturday ground service.

 

[Slug Life]

Your doing it wrong DR front gate or mailbox or big tree

Takes less than a minute

Screw that and cheat yourself out of OT. Not to mention getting more stops after your SPOR goes up. More stops means more pieces. Over

 

[wayfair]

You bid on routes they can't make you do anything

call stewart...

 

[Christian M]

Now i know for a fact they gonna throw me on other ones cause management has that look in there eyes like you can get it done.

How do you learn your routes when your out blind? GPS the whole way?

 

[Box Ox]

How do you learn your routes when your out blind? GPS the whole way?

Get to know the driver who typically covers the area and have them break everything down on a printed route manifest for you. Neighborhood starts and stops, businesses late in the day, etc. They're typically glad to do so if you could potentially become a cover guy for them.

 

[Box Ox]

There’s

There’s no scratching any route. I think country routes are hard too. Driving down long gravel bumpy driveways through the woods, in the mud. Only to park 50 yards from the house because the driveway turns into their yard and it’s all mud and no turn around. Then you back out of the driveway. That stop takes 10 minutes in reality and 2 minutes on the computer

And the whole time, the horse flies are biting and you're watching out for the attack dog who would love to eat you while your tires are rolling an inch away from a ravine. LOL

 

[Brown Biscuit]

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.

LOL youngin’. I’m lucky to drive 40 miles total in a day, and get anywhere from 140-230 stops depending on the route. Add in 15 pickups and you’ve got a normal day in my center.

 

[UrFellowUpser]

How do you learn your routes when your out blind? GPS the whole way?

No i usually map out the route in sections