Where does it all end?

[Fezco]

It's a capitalist economy, if our competition works Sunday then we'll work Sunday too we really don't have much choice if we want to stay in business. In feeders we already have Tue-Sat and Sun-Thu bids, the way I look at it it just offers more opportunity for people who want to work a different schedule.

We have had Sat-Wed feeder runs for years at my center.

 

[Jones]

We have had Sat-Wed feeder runs for years at my center.

I bet the senior drivers snap those up right up at bid time

 

[Coldworld]

I understand it though.

If you ran a business how much money would you spend for 1 months worth of capacity?

Many of these buildings have been outdated since they were built....

 

[MyTripisCut]

I understand it though.

If you ran a business how much money would you spend for 1 months worth of capacity?

Is it ridiculous to not try to eat the whole pie and be happy with a healthy sized slice?

 

[Brownsfan]

It ends with a giant robotic amazon floating warehouse above your house with drones pooping pkgs from the sky and little gps guided rockets propelling them In to your backyard. Of course it won't be your house, a robot will own it and be ordering the pkg seeing how they're the only thing going to be employed in the future.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

When did you become a business analyst for ups???? Well, they aren't that smart... they had air back in the 20's or 30's but canned it... not smart since if they would have kept it up we probably wouldn't have had a FedEx to deal with today....so you are wrong about that..

There was that pesky thing called THE DEPRESSION that prompted them to curtail air service.

 

[Coldworld]

There was that pesky thing called THE DEPRESSION that prompted them to curtail air service.

Thought ups was always known for looking into the future....the crash wasn't going to be a forever thing...

 

[bbsam]

We will be delivering on Sunday during peak within the next 5 years more than likely. Why? Because that's the only way we will be able to move the volume thru our old centers that were too small 25 years ago.

THAT SUCKS!

 

[FrigidFTSup]

they had air back in the 20's or 30's but canned it...

Because it wasn't profitable. Expectations were also wildly different. You're talking about a time where you'd order from a catalog and get your order 2 months later.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

Thought ups was always known for looking into the future....the crash wasn't going to be a forever thing...

Nobody knew how long it would last. And really, the only thing that ended the depression was World War II.

 

[Coldworld]

Because it wasn't profitable. Expectations were also wildly different. You're talking about a time where you'd order from a catalog and get your order 2 months later.

That's good time right there....60 days from factory to door...

 

[MyTripisCut]

That's good time right there....60 days from factory to door...

Solve a lot of problems going back to that simple time.

 

[Poop Head]

Where does it all end?


Pre-delivery. We'll be delivering stuff before people even know they want it. In the middle of the night..

 

[olroadbeech]

thank the good lord for DOT hours of service regulations.

that'll be the next to go.

 

[Wally]

Is it ridiculous to not try to eat the whole pie and be happy with a healthy sized slice?

Listen to this tub of lard, he knows how to eat!

 

[Hellobrown2000]

Exactly... but they have been updating SOME buildings they feel are "outgrowned"...but I guess it's just easier, and more classy to add a beat up trailer to the end of an existing building with holes cut out for loading package cars.... I highly doubt FedEx or the post office do this....lol

What does fed ex do right though? Post office? Over the past 10 years they have lost double digit billions.

 

[Faceplanted]

Post office actually funds their pension properly which is where all these "losses" come from

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Post office actually funds their pension properly which is where all these "losses" come from

75 years reserve is a properly funded pension?

 

[542thruNthru]

Because it wasn't profitable. Expectations were also wildly different. You're talking about a time where you'd order from a catalog and get your order 2 months later.

Damn I remember picking out school clothes from that big jcpennys catalog.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Damn I remember picking out school clothes from that big jcpennys catalog.

Oh yeah? Well @cosmo1 @oldngray and @rod still know the shipper number from when we were on paper!