MisplacedRailWorker
an absolute *ing disgrace of a human being.
Except the driver
Diad cradle
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baklava
I don’t work at UPS anymore.
Yes. Although there’s kind of a trick to it. Plug your phone in, start package car, put Diad in cradle, in that order. You’ll see a screen pop up “device not recognized” just ignore it, the turn by turn will work anyway (if you even use it)
you’ll have to clear that screen out when you do your next stop though, it’s easy to do, I’m not even going to bother explaining how
Overpaid Union Thug
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The truck for my bid route has a bottle of sanitizer in the cradle. Fits nice and snug. I don’t need a cradle for that route I only deliver to 5 addresses. I like to use them on Saturdays though.
I bet it would gold a bottle of beer real nice..
Overpaid Union Thug
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. It would have to be a larger bottle. My sanitizer is hard to get out. Which is why it hasn’t been stolen yet.
BlackCat
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That was nice of them.
Your boss have a compliance metric that they need met and if the drivers don't hit it, the conference call the next day goes from bad to worse, so be prepared for a lot of messages over DIAD for months regarding the issue.
Yeah the ORION is such an impediment that getting the pointer to where you actually need to be going to next can literally take too much time especially before 1030AM. Having to constantly sift thru the list simply takes too long in too many situations and if the keys graze up against anything whether it be the palm of your hand or the side of the cradle itself, the DIAD screen has gone into a different menu before the truck gets turned back on and you're faced with wasting more time if trying to get the screen back to where the map turns on.
Every now and then, I'll get a cradle that simply doesn't work and then halfway thru the day. these messages show up asking why i'm not in compliance. That gets beyond irritating very quickly.
specter208
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Does your post office require the driver to sort the packages by zip code?
IJustWorkHere
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Thankfully No . I’d be there all day if that was the case . I usually get sent out with 500-700 packages no way to sort through all that .
specter208
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Does Post office have authority to direct the drivers to sort their surepost?
RuthlessSupSlayer
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If they want to give me less work, while I think less about work, all the while making money? Yes please and thank you.
SorryLazyPOS
Big Kahuna Burger
Probably not but it saves an argument.
SorryLazyPOS
Big Kahuna Burger
That may have been the company’s intention. But it seems to have been more work and more a pain in the ass.
Boxjockey82
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For certain areas it's in the contract if that particular post office gets more than 2 zip codes.
Driver7906
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The cradle.... just what I needed. Another reason to be glad I went feeder a couple years ago.
PhillyDriver
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Technically yes, it does work. But it shows a message on your DIAD, which I assume management also sees, that an "unknown device has been detected, download drivers for device". I don't know how true it is, but I'm told that they can then read files on the connected device. So my phone won't ever be connected to it.
Use it to charge up your spare battery or speaker...
It won't charge my speaker, it uses a 12V charger with a round plug. So I charge my speaker at home at night. And because it has a 30 hour battery life, I can easily go two days off playing music and charging my phone at lunch if needed.
Sounds like you're all set
