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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 717640" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>I agree, the thing is management knows they will get a better number when giving the 3-day rides for two primary reasons in my humble opinion. </p><p> </p><p>The first reason is human nature. We are not robots and need to talk with our customers. This customer contact is drastically reduce with the supervisor standing right next to. You feel like you can't talk to the customer and the customer feels like he can't talk to you either. Even when I'm alone I can't shut some customers up. I don't know if they are lonely and boared or what? I wan't to fly and they want to chew my ear off, but if the sup. is there he won't talk to me except to say "thanks". Figures, right?</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, they ride with the real slackers first. Most of us do our job as quickly as humanly possible. There are a small minority that will need to "get theirs" even if they don't have the work. I have no sympathy or like this segment of the work-force. Its these drivers that are going to have a problem when it comes to living up to a demonsatrated performance. My experience has been that mangement will be easier on the yappers and come down on the blatant and lazy drivers. They get on my nerves also because I go out and bust my butt everyday only to have to help someone who can't pull his own weight.</p><p> </p><p>I've seen enough to know if the route is really screwed up, then the 3-day ride will prove that. I've also been around long enough to see the minority out over 9.5 EVERY DAY and then in under 8.5 with the supervior. I witnessed this with the driver next to me who I needed to help or take his airs in on a nightly basis. Then he goes out with the sup. for 3 days and they are in before me every day. I almost can't even look at him everyday. I feel like saying (but I don't) "what the heck man? you're killing me! I have enough work and when I'm done I want to go home. I don't want to go and get more work from you!!!"</p><p> </p><p>It would be OK if he needed help here and there and was over-dispatched every day. But we are both in-range and I need to grab his reds or help him. It gets old really quick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 717640, member: 4653"] I agree, the thing is management knows they will get a better number when giving the 3-day rides for two primary reasons in my humble opinion. The first reason is human nature. We are not robots and need to talk with our customers. This customer contact is drastically reduce with the supervisor standing right next to. You feel like you can't talk to the customer and the customer feels like he can't talk to you either. Even when I'm alone I can't shut some customers up. I don't know if they are lonely and boared or what? I wan't to fly and they want to chew my ear off, but if the sup. is there he won't talk to me except to say "thanks". Figures, right? Secondly, they ride with the real slackers first. Most of us do our job as quickly as humanly possible. There are a small minority that will need to "get theirs" even if they don't have the work. I have no sympathy or like this segment of the work-force. Its these drivers that are going to have a problem when it comes to living up to a demonsatrated performance. My experience has been that mangement will be easier on the yappers and come down on the blatant and lazy drivers. They get on my nerves also because I go out and bust my butt everyday only to have to help someone who can't pull his own weight. I've seen enough to know if the route is really screwed up, then the 3-day ride will prove that. I've also been around long enough to see the minority out over 9.5 EVERY DAY and then in under 8.5 with the supervior. I witnessed this with the driver next to me who I needed to help or take his airs in on a nightly basis. Then he goes out with the sup. for 3 days and they are in before me every day. I almost can't even look at him everyday. I feel like saying (but I don't) "what the heck man? you're killing me! I have enough work and when I'm done I want to go home. I don't want to go and get more work from you!!!" It would be OK if he needed help here and there and was over-dispatched every day. But we are both in-range and I need to grab his reds or help him. It gets old really quick [/QUOTE]
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