I’m still in my qualifying period. I’ve got the diad down, the stop car routine and all that down pretty well. My area and route knowledge is not too bad. The only thing bothering me is my damn knees. I always thought that when i got this opportunity, that i would run with it for 25 years and 4...
Hi guys. I’m fairly new to this forum and UPS in general. I’ve just been completing training for package car driving and have worked at UPS for a total of about 6 months.
So recently (Wed. 11/22) I got in a minor accident in which a gutter that was sticking out at a little coffee shop got...
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I did my 4th day today as a driver helper. I did the route by myself on the golf cart. Let me ask you all something? The golf cart is stored in a shipping container, and unloading it and the little trailer isn't bad. What is bad though... is driving it back in. There is no ramp, so you have to...
received one on Saturday.
“You’ve only delivered 30 stops. You’re NOT NEW ANYMORE!”
This was my 3rd Saturday on this blind route. So I drove around angry for the next 7 hours. That’s safe!
As the title says I'm a new package car driver and am about 5-6 days in my qualifying period. I'm wondering if the "scratch" number is a real achievable thing because last Friday i had all my deliveries done before lunch and got all my pickups done on time (slightly before the scheduled time...
I'm a reg temp driver and didn't work today so I'm sitting here sipping some coffee looking out my front picture window and up pulls the FT bid driver to deliver across the street.
-pops bulkhead door
-grabs small pkg off dash
-jumps out drivers side door into traffic side leaving bulkhead door...
In Arlington tx, addition of a new 1.1 million sq foot Hub. The Mesquite hub is supposed to be expanded to double the current 400,000 Sq feet to 800,000 sq feet.
What is happening with new hubs or expansions in other parts of the country?
After many years of working with Drivers Helpers, I feel comfortable in sharing some observations. Patterns suggest we can group them into key groups. Of course, I'm not a psychologist, nor, do I play one on TV, however, having said that, here are my observations in no special order.
The...
I know the drivers have tons of things that bug them and we preloaders may cause a few of those issues; however we also have things that bother us. . .
1. Add/cuts that are given to us when we are wrapping up our trucks.
2. A huge add with smeared writing so we have no clue where...