Daily driver logs

[The Man]

Does anyone keep track of they're daily activities while on a route?
And if you do what setup to you have in your notebook?

 

[olroadbeech]

Does anyone keep track of they're daily activities while on a route?
And if you do what setup to you have in your notebook?

what do you mean? I kept a daily log of hours , the weather if snowing, raining etc. if I had to chain up so I knew how many times I chained for the winter. anything unusual like delays due to accidents or delays for anything so I could answer management if that topic came up. also kept notes about conversations with management or notes for potential grievances.

also used said notebook to record expenses, bills, phone numbers, family info , etc.

I kept a notebook for every year I worked. those books make for some interesting reading after 20-25 years. I keep them in a fireproof safe for generations to come. serious.

 

[ManInBrown]

Hours tracker on iPhone. Keeps track of everything. Has a section at the bottom for notes. I input stops for day. How many NDA. If anything unusual happens during the day to delay me. The only downside is it's a pay app. Well worth it though.

 

[olroadbeech]

Hours tracker on iPhone. Keeps track of everything. Has a section at the bottom for notes. I input stops for day. How many NDA. If anything unusual happens during the day to delay me. The only downside is it's a pay app. Well worth it though.

don't have an iphone so had to use the ancient way , lol

but ya, that's good for you. CYA. when i first started a senior driver recommended a notebook. he said " you're gonna need it ." at the time i didnt know what he was talking about but i learned.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Does anyone keep track of they're daily activities while on a route?
And if you do what setup to you have in your notebook?

Just the basics. Start time , leave building time. How many stops and packages. Different areas and anything out of the ordinary. Like helping someone, traffic or weather conditions.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Does anyone keep track of they're daily activities while on a route?
And if you do what setup to you have in your notebook?

I ordered some of these years ago. They were okay I guess. I haven't used them in a very long time. The biggest disappointment was that they were shipped through the post office.

*New* UPS Driver Daily Log Book | Teamsters for a Democratic Union

 

[scooby0048]

Just the basics. Start time , leave building time. How many stops and packages. Different areas and anything out of the ordinary. Like helping someone, traffic or weather conditions.

It's a pretty heinous state this company is in when you have to carry around notebooks on the that goes on instead of just going to work and doing a job. I didn't document this much when I was cop!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It's a pretty heinous state this company is in when you have to carry around notebooks on the that goes on instead of just going to work and doing a job. I didn't document this much when I was cop!

I learned a long time ago and it saves my bitt a fee times and mase my sup look like an ass...lol

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

28 years in and I have never felt that I needed to document my day.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

Just the basics. Start time , leave building time. How many stops and packages. Different areas and anything out of the ordinary. Like helping someone, traffic or weather conditions.

That's me.

 

[scooby0048]

28 years in and I have never felt that I needed to document my day.

Normally I wouldn't feel the need to do it either but after a center manager flat out told me to lie about a work injury happening somewhere else, I suddenly felt the need to keep good notes on out of the ordinary events and discrepancies.

I don't care about stop count, miles, pkgs or things like that until I have a reason to care.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

That's me.

My man.!

 

[Bubblehead]

28 years in and I have never felt that I needed to document my day.

We weren't talking about your weekends?

 

[Bubblehead]

Hours tracker on iPhone. Keeps track of everything. Has a section at the bottom for notes. I input stops for day. How many NDA. If anything unusual happens during the day to delay me. The only downside is it's a pay app. Well worth it though.

A similar option for Android phones is an app called Color Note.
It syncs to your Google account and other devices, so if you lose or change phones, you don't lose your notes.
Notebooks work, but these apps take it up to the next level.
I highly recommend them.

 

[KOG72]

I'll take a picture every now and then of a stupid Diad message they send out wanting me to do something that might backfire.

 

[scooby0048]

A similar option for Android phones is an app called Color Note.
It syncs to your Google account and other devices, so if you lose or change phones, you don't lose your notes.
Notebooks work, but these apps take it up to the next level.
I highly recommend them.

Sometimes old fashioned notes are the way to go. I'm not arguing the benefit of a smart device but something to remember is they time-stamp stuff and it would be Murphy's Law, that someone would use a device to take notes, or record some action, and then try to use it during a grievance only to later have the company use it against you as stealing time or some other loophole violation.

 

[Scottyhawk]

Time recorder app on droid. Hours with lunch total stops and pieces and if anything happened on road during the day in the notes section. Backs up weekly onto Google drive

 

[Bubblehead]

Sometimes old fashioned notes are the way to go. I'm not arguing the benefit of a smart device but something to remember is they time-stamp stuff and it would be Murphy's Law, that someone would use a device to take notes, or record some action, and then try to use it during a grievance only to later have the company use it against you as stealing time or some other loophole violation.

They are my notes, so they will see what I want them to see, just like paper notes.
I don't subscribe to the notion that I can't document an incident on the clock.
I'd love to argue that notion.

 

[scooby0048]

I don't subscribe to the notion that I can't document an incident on the clock.
I'd love to argue that notion.

I don't either, but playing Devil's advocate here. I will gladly take a picture of my DIAD when they say crazy things and will deal with the consequences later if I have to.

 

[Cementups]

I use HoursTracker just to document my hours to make sure I'm not shorted at the end of the week. Haven't had any problems yet.