Killing a route as a cover driver

[JackStraw]

Listen cheesy, we make $33 an hour. We know we have to hustle. But do it the right way. Don't cut corners, work safely, take your full one hour lunch, follow the methods and you'll make 30 years. It's not a competition between drivers on who is better or faster. There is always going to be drivers that are better and faster than others. Going around and beating your chest about it will not earn you anything.

 

[MethodsMan]

Listen cheesy, we make $33 an hour. We know we have to hustle. But do it the right way. Don't cut corners, work safely, take your full one hour lunch, follow the methods and you'll make 30 years. It's not a competition between drivers on who is better or faster. There is always going to be drivers that are better and faster than others. Going around and beating your chest about it will not earn you anything.

An hour lunch? We have a mandatory 30 minutes. I couldn't take an hour lunch everyday. After I sit around for that long I don't want to get back after it.

 

[JackStraw]

An hour lunch? We have a mandatory 30 minutes. I couldn't take an hour lunch everyday. After I sit around for that long I don't want to get back after it.

It does get tough. Especially in the winter. After sitting for an hour going out in 20 degree weather sucks. I normally take a nap for 30 mins.

 

[DriverMD]

You should never literally run. Walking fast is smoother, safer, and just as quick in the long term.

More of a slight jog than anything.

 

[Re-Raise]

More of a slight jog than anything.

Are you a grown man or a child? That is just sad.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Are you a grown man or a child? That is just sad.

I limp my way, to O.T.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

 

[bleedinbrown58]

Here's some logic for ya...don't piss off the veteran drivers...you never know when you might need one of them to have your back in the future. Alienate youself and you may wind up holding the bag all by your lonesome in the office.

 

[Xexys]

The OP is NOT a team player. You're not going to make it 30 years working like that.

Doesn't surprise me that UpState approves of the OP's work methods. Such a MeSter.

 

[Harry Manback]

So if I happen to work faster than someone, im showing off to management? What happens if I work slower than the bid driver? Is that what im supposed to do?

You should follow the methods. That's what YOU should do.

You know what else you should do? You should try to acquire a life instead of, getting your jollies by trolling this forum.

Have a seat, right over there.

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[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

The OP is NOT a team player. You're not going to make it 30 years working like that.

Doesn't surprise me that UpState approves of the OP's work methods. Such a MeSter.

Wonder how many, driver follow ups he gets?

 

[govols019]

If I'm running then there is a dog behind me...otherwise, never happens.

 

[ZQXC]

If I'm running the there is a hot woman ahead of me...otherwise, not so much.

 

[joeboodog]

If you were to cover my route and ran a buck early, I would by you a beer because you have done the impossible. The runner gunner swing drivers whine when they have to do my route because "it's hard" and "they can't make any bonus." My route is hard but if you take your time, get to know the customers, and not worry about scratch you will have a good, but long, day.

 

[leastbest]

Back in the 70's we had a guy work off the clock and run. An old guy pointed at him and said, "Here is a perfect example of a supervisor in its larval stage "

 

[TooTechie]

My DM told us a story about how when he was a rookie driver he was actually running across a courtyard between a couple of buildings when he was running by an older person sitting on a bench. The guy on the bench called him over and told him he looked like an running like that carrying packages and said he was gonna hurt someone. He got the message and stopped running. It was weird hearing management telling drivers to slow down.

 

[superballs63]

My DM told us a story about how when he was a rookie driver he was actually running across a courtyard between a couple of buildings when he was running by an older person sitting on a bench.

I didn't think they still had upper management that had ever been in the delivery ranks. Who knew

 

[BakerMayfield2018]

So his paycheck was bigger than yours? He was probably laughing at you also.

I learned very fast as a xman that burning up routes and working like a fool only amounts to a smaller income and more stops the next day.

"The search for excellence" is not fun.

 

[Indecisi0n]

If I'm running the there is a hot woman ahead of me...otherwise, not so much.

Me t.... Never mind.

 

[Whargoul]

I've been a FT swing driver for 5 months now. I work in a bonus center. At first I always went for bonus but I noticed almost every time I was tearing it up, gonna get done early like 3-4pm, that I would get a call from dispatch or a msg on diad to go do out of area pickups for other drivers pretty much killing all my bonus time. So now I just aim to run scratch everyday and I have not had to do any extra added BS. They have stat print outs every morning we can check and noticed that another new swing driver will run 1.5-2 hours bonus. This guy has literally told me he will buckle the seat belt behind him and not wear it. I checked his telematics stats and he'll have a absurd amount of bulk head door events, record in travel, high backs. I know he misdelivers a bunch of too because I've had to clean up after him on some routes. Another new driver fresh outta Integrad last christmas was running 2-3 hours bonus doing all res stops no air no pickups and had a tier 3 after a month. I want to get my job done and go home ASAP everyday but I don't think it's worth the risk taking shortcuts that can lead to termination.