Wally's list of things that make Package Car drivers heads want to explode!

[BrownThunder]

On demand pick ups for business stops that already have scheduled pickups.

Or.... Two on demand pickups in one day for the same address.

Or... An on demand pickup for a place you just finished delivering to.

Basically anything that throws you out of your groove.

-construction
-traffic
-too many pedestrians
-left turn arrows that stay red when you're clearly in the f_cking left turn lane
-hearing "we got oooooone more" during pickups
-customers bitching about you being 5min early to their pickup
-customers asking about the contents of their package

"Good afternoon, I've got 2 for ya"
*hands DIAD and stylus*

-oh, is it the wax we ordered?

"Uhh, not sure about the contents of the package, just that there are two"

That's all I have so far in a month of doing this job

 

[toonertoo]

People who take my dolly from my truck.
Customers who yell at me from 2 doors down. Uos, ups right here.....

 

[ManInBrown]

Is it raining out? As i walk in to their office completely drenched with a wet package and a wet board. How did you guess?

 

[Re-Raise]

Being at the mercy of some dispatch clown who leaves an hour before the drivers get to work.

I swear he must spend the entire time he is there trying to find a split area I have never delivered to before so he can cut it to me.

 

[Cementups]

Being at the mercy of some dispatch clown who leaves an hour before the drivers get to work.

I swear he must spend the entire time he is there trying to find a split area I have never delivered to before so he can cut it to me.

Our dispatcher doesn't leave until lunch time.

 

[TBH]

On demand pick ups for business stops that already have scheduled pickups.

Or.... Two on demand pickups in one day for the same address.

Or... An on demand pickup for a place you just finished delivering to.

Basically anything that throws you out of your groove.

-construction
-traffic
-too many pedestrians
-left turn arrows that stay red when you're clearly in the f_cking left turn lane
-hearing "we got oooooone more" during pickups
-customers bitching about you being 5min early to their pickup
-customers asking about the contents of their package

"Good afternoon, I've got 2 for ya"
*hands DIAD and stylus*

-oh, is it the wax we ordered?

"Uhh, not sure about the contents of the package, just that there are two"

That's all I have so far in a month of doing this job

I'm sorry lad, you've got a long row to hoe. You will get used to it. Sometimes after a while, it's pretty funny.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Our dispatcher doesn't leave until lunch time.

Ours tries to get out before driver start time or else he'd get tarred and feathered.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

On demand pick ups for business stops that already have scheduled pickups.

Or.... Two on demand pickups in one day for the same address.

Or... An on demand pickup for a place you just finished delivering to.

Basically anything that throws you out of your groove.

-construction
-traffic
-too many pedestrians
-left turn arrows that stay red when you're clearly in the f_cking left turn lane
-hearing "we got oooooone more" during pickups
-customers bitching about you being 5min early to their pickup
-customers asking about the contents of their package

"Good afternoon, I've got 2 for ya"
*hands DIAD and stylus*

-oh, is it the wax we ordered?

"Uhh, not sure about the contents of the package, just that there are two"

That's all I have so far in a month of doing this job

I always cancel OCA's for stops that have a daily pickup unless it is a Smart Pickup. Often times the OCA has been called in by the receiver, not the shipper.

 

[joeboodog]

Scrambling to get a NDA off by 10:30 and seeing it where you left it, untouched, when you pickup at 4:00.

 

[Wally]

Truck comes back from shop- handcart missing!

 

[Johney]

Delivering last NDA at 10:29 and having to reply to 5 message's and then put in commit times to 3 OCA's before the DIAD will allow you to scan it.

 

[livin the dream]

"busy this time of year huh?" yea we kinda just hang out all day the rest of the year

 

[Coldworld]

I guess us Connecticut drivers are spoiled !!!

You mean all 20 of you guys...lol

 

[Cementups]

Ours tries to get out before driver start time or else he'd get tarred and feathered.

That means he's a crappy dispatcher and he knows it.

 

[Cementups]

Scrambling to get a NDA off by 10:30 and seeing it where you left it, untouched, when you pickup at 4:00..........3 days later.

Fixed that for you.

 

[BrownThunder]

Scrambling to get a NDA off by 10:30 and seeing it where you left it, untouched, when you pickup at 4:00.

Yes! That One!

 

[BrownThunder]

NDAs to Resi stops or companies that don't even open until 10am

 

[Catatonic]

Words with more than 2 syllables or 8 letters.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

That means he's a crappy dispatcher and he knows it.

To be fair he is getting better. But dispatch is a thankless job. No matter what you do someone is going to be ticked at you for something.

 

[How Now Brown Cow]

Using the last hour of daylight for pickups when you have 30 resi stops left. Doesn't really make your head want to explode, as there really isn't a way to get around this, but it sucks watching the daylight disappear.