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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 640397" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>Might be your route...there are several routes in my center that come up two hours over no matter who runs them.</p><p></p><p>Some routes have time studies that actually match reality, others not so much...so you might just be a really good worker on a route whose numbers have some semblance of clarity.</p><p></p><p>If a(ny) driver follows the methods on a busted route and comes up (consistently) an hour or two over, is that driver a slacker? Clearly not.</p><p></p><p>I hear you P-Man, but the reality on the ground is that more often than not, the 'numbers' just don't check out. It's almost like an Alice in Wonderland thing.</p><p></p><p>If you had the exact same load each and every day, loaded perfectly, there would be days when you came under and days you went over. The vagaries of traffic, construction, the one day a month when the elementary school gets let out early, etc. etc. etc.</p><p></p><p>Except it's a different load every day and sometimes it seems it's loaded by laughing hyenas (no offense to the preload, I'm a driver and I feel your job is tougher than mine in many ways...).</p><p></p><p>The numbers SHOULD be a guide, SHOULD be a metric dealing with an ideal day, an ideal load with acceptable variances understood. Instead, unfortunately, it often turns into a weird Dada exercise.</p><p></p><p>I'm actually looking forward to Telematics coming to my center...for better or for worse, it will put things into perspective. But I know the runners will still be allowed to run...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 640397, member: 18225"] Might be your route...there are several routes in my center that come up two hours over no matter who runs them. Some routes have time studies that actually match reality, others not so much...so you might just be a really good worker on a route whose numbers have some semblance of clarity. If a(ny) driver follows the methods on a busted route and comes up (consistently) an hour or two over, is that driver a slacker? Clearly not. I hear you P-Man, but the reality on the ground is that more often than not, the 'numbers' just don't check out. It's almost like an Alice in Wonderland thing. If you had the exact same load each and every day, loaded perfectly, there would be days when you came under and days you went over. The vagaries of traffic, construction, the one day a month when the elementary school gets let out early, etc. etc. etc. Except it's a different load every day and sometimes it seems it's loaded by laughing hyenas (no offense to the preload, I'm a driver and I feel your job is tougher than mine in many ways...). The numbers SHOULD be a guide, SHOULD be a metric dealing with an ideal day, an ideal load with acceptable variances understood. Instead, unfortunately, it often turns into a weird Dada exercise. I'm actually looking forward to Telematics coming to my center...for better or for worse, it will put things into perspective. But I know the runners will still be allowed to run... [/QUOTE]
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