Indecisi0n
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How was the gurl?
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Indecisi0n
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I just noticed that as well . How do we handle more customers when we don't have trailers for the ones we have now?When did they put the sales lead shortcut on the IVIS? I don't pay attention to the screen, when I noticed it this morning I had a flashback.
brostalss
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We're BFFs now.
brostalss
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What's a sales lead?
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
that was the hardest lesson to teach the new drivers who came over from package. after running and gunning for years it's hard to break that habit in feeder. we ( the ol timers ) would try to tell them. some would listen , most would not.
we would go from hardly ever an accident to an accident ( mostly in yard ) every other day. dropped trailers , airlines pulled out, damaged trailers from backing too fast and more.
i stopped trying to give advice unless a driver asked.
Indecisi0n
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Helps keep eyes off of me .
brostalss
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With 15 pulls up?
Indecisi0n
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Yard is always full when that happens but when I get it on in one shot there is no one to be found !
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
You mean that one time you got in on the first shot?
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
everyone has to start somewhere. have seen many new drivers work a yard bird for the first time as relief drivers and by the end of the week are doing remarkably well.
ya but it is frustrating sometimes to wait for their 15 pull ups , haha
there is a video on you tube that shows a UPS yard and the trailer movements over a several hour period in fast action. UPS drivers are still the best in the world.
Indecisi0n
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Happened to me just the other night. All I wanted to do was get out of the HUB and go home (was getting tired) and some guy in front of me was blocking the yard as he attempted to back onto a door. At about his 12th backup I just rolled my eyes and laughed (to myself). I started thinking back to when I first started and how nervous I was.
BTW
I was waiting with my lights OFF. Turn you
ing lights off for people when backing up at night and there's no need for fog lights in the damn yard !!!! My feeder pet peeves have begun.
BTW
I was waiting with my lights OFF. Turn you
And after youre on door, turn your freakin headlights off while you uncouple!
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
When I was a feeder newbie, I worked straight nights in coverage. There was 1 bid job that was available that everyone passed on that was a day job, and I took it. It was a shifting job, started at 1:00pm. Broke for lunch around 5pm, made a CPU, then shifted till the midnight lineup was in, around 11pm. I was assigned a yard mule, then jumped into a tractor for the CPU. I think I worked that job 2 years. It was an armpit of a job, especially in the Texas heat, but since I just came out of PC, sweating was nothing new to me. I sure learned to back, build sets, and yard etiquette. I think rookies should be required to shift for a least a minimum time before they are let loose on the motoring public.
Rick Ross
I'm into distribution!!
I agree!
When I started I had to take shifting bids sometimes just to get work. There were nights I would build 10 sets, which makes it easy for me now.
I also got to practice backing a dolly. I know some on here think it isn't a necessary skill but there are times when it's come in very handy.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
Most rookies get some yard time because those jobs are usually passed over by veterans . However we do have some vets that love those yard jobs. Sometimes they are in back napping during the night shift.
When they first opened our hub it was HUGE!!!! all kinds of room to do just about anything. The last 5 years or so it is so crowded we got permission from neighboring businesses to build double and triple sets and to park trailers during peak. Never thought we would outgrow our hub so fast.
It actually makes you a better driver when everything is so tight but sometimes tempers flare during peak.
When they first opened our hub it was HUGE!!!! all kinds of room to do just about anything. The last 5 years or so it is so crowded we got permission from neighboring businesses to build double and triple sets and to park trailers during peak. Never thought we would outgrow our hub so fast.
It actually makes you a better driver when everything is so tight but sometimes tempers flare during peak.
Johney
Pineapple King
Where was it that you say you worked out of?
ManInBrown
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As soon as i hit the inbound gate the lights go off. Markers and hazards are all i leave on. No reasonto be driving around the yard all lit up.Happened to me just the other night. All I wanted to do was get out of the HUB and go home (was getting tired) and some guy in front of me was blocking the yard as he attempted to back onto a door. At about his 12th backup I just rolled my eyes and laughed (to myself). I started thinking back to when I first started and how nervous I was.
BTW
I was waiting with my lights OFF. Turn you
Johney
Pineapple King
Can't start school here without the doubles/triples endorsement.
