Man, times they are a changing. I had a semi rural route 30+ years ago. UPS wasn't so picky then. Some really low volumn pickups I had, I picked up on-area. If I got by there to deliver at 11am, I'd ask if they had any thing going out. Back then we also used "flags." A red square in the window meant to stop for pickup packages and a green one meant to keep on driving. At some time back then they made us stop at every pickup and pull a sheet from the customers' pickup book. It had a carbon copy that stayed in the book and each package shipped was handwritten. If nothing shipped that day, you still had to pull a sheet and put it in your folder, proving that you came by there and wrote a big 0 on the page and what time you went by there. If someone made you wait for a pickup, it was no big deal. Take a break and have a coke or sit in the A/C for a few minutes. I guess UPS would have a cow about doing that now. You as a driver can only do so much in a designated amount of time. You start trying to do the impossible and you will end up tearing something up or running over somebody. Why do you think Domino's pizza stopped guaranteeing delivery in 30 minutes or less? Let a supervisor know you need some relief from your pickups, and never ever falsify anything. It's too easy to be nabbed nowadays with technology. I'm glad I'm sitting at home watching Judge Judy nowadays. Ida gotten fired fer sure! lol.
