Jax Using golf cart helpers instead of cover drivers

[oldngray]

Are those golf carts even street legal?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I was talking with my on-car yesterday and he told me that UPS will be utilizing more independent helpers this Peak. He told me that I may have as many as 3 helpers and that I will be dropping off residential packages for each of the helpers, who will then walk up and down the streets of that section to make their deliveries while I focus on the commercial areas. They will not be allowed to use their personal vehicles. I have my doubts but will try to keep an open mind.

 

[oldngray]

I was talking with my on-car yesterday and he told me that UPS will be utilizing more independent helpers this Peak. He told me that I may have as many as 3 helpers and that I will be dropping off residential packages for each of the helpers, who will then walk up and down the streets of that section to make their deliveries while I focus on the commercial areas. They will not be allowed to use their personal vehicles. I have my doubts but will try to keep an open mind.

Expect a flood of driver follow ups in January.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Expect a flood of driver follow ups in January.

How hard is it to deliver a residential?

 

[oldngray]

to the correct house in a safe location? Very difficult for some helpers.

 

[Johney]

Are those golf carts even street legal?

Around here they are used in gated communities so I don't think it matters..............until one of them has an accident.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Around here they are used in gated communities so I don't think it matters..............until one of them has an accident.

TIER 3.......................GOlf cart goes head on, into Grandpa's electric scooter!...........Followed by 10 messages in your DIAD. accident in center!...........lol

 

[bleedinbrown58]

TIER 3.......................GOlf cart goes head on, into Grandpa's electric scooter!...........Followed by 10 messages in your DIAD. accident in center!...........lol

what's next ups? Why not just put a big basket on grandpa's rascal scooter, paint it brown and deliver packages that way! sounds like job for cosmo....lol.

 

[scratch]

she may have to file to get it. Higgy brought this up last meeting

I wonder if a golf cart driver can file and get extra pay for pulling a trailer too. My present Preloader drove a golf cart last year, he was paid the $8.50 an hour Helper wage. They won't let him drive one this year because he has so many missorts everyday.
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[PT Car Washer]

I wonder if a golf cart driver can file and get extra pay for pulling a trailer too. My present Preloader drove a golf cart last year, he was paid the $8.50 an hour Helper wage. They won't let him drive one this year because he has so many missorts everyday.
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Wouldn't that be considered retaliation?

 

[scratch]

Wouldn't that be considered retaliation?

Sounds like it to me. Most of our Preloaders don't seem to file on things, even though they have an excellent shop steward. My Center might be better off if he was driving a golf cart instead of working the Preload. I do appreciate the extra OT from running missorts though!

 

[PT Car Washer]

Sounds like it to me. Most of our Preloaders don't seem to file on things, even though they have an excellent shop steward. My Center might be better off if he was driving a golf cart instead of working the Preload. I do appreciate the extra OT from running missorts though!

I hear you. Been vacation covering an AM air route this week. After air is off I will spend 2 or 3 hours running misloads. Easiest money you can ever make.

 

['Lord Brown's bidding']

Have any of you ever heard of an "air walker"? They are used in high-density metro areas, like downtowns. They are the same as "the golf-cart" guys.