Runner Gunner

[StoptheAct1212]

You mad? Who cares what people on the Internet think? I agree time with family is important but you gotta take care of your body or that 100k you made last year will turn into minimum wage bagging groceries

Best reply yett. I like honest people...

 

[purehavanne]

I used to set the truck up, skip lunches, run/jog ect. Then I realized no matter how much you run&gun, it's a thankless pursuit. At least at my center. These people will find something to bitchh at you about regardless.

So why am I doing them a favor by making their numbers look good and fast tracking them for promotion at my body's expense?

I chill in my car everyday and walk in 1 minute before pcm.

 

[hellfire]

According to the logic here every runner in the company has been fired for running over people and bad drs or are gone because they are completely crippled or in management . Make up your mind bozos

 

[Pooter]

I'm glad for runners, they get/steal some of my stops so I can be at 110 daily

 

[Wally]

 

[burrheadd]

Winner!!

 

[JL 0513]

That idiot driver really think that a property like that wouldn't have surveillance? Meh, it's only a $100K job, who needs it.

 

[rod]

That idiot driver really think that a property like that wouldn't have surveillance? Meh, it's only a $100K job, who needs it.

But management has been riding his butt all week about why is it taking him so long and he needs to step it up.

 

[JL 0513]

But management has been riding his butt all week about why is it taking him so long and he needs to step it up.

Yup, and this is exactly the s#!/ you get.

As I cover driver you should hear all the stories I get from customers complaining about the "regular" guy. Mostly commercial customers. Stuff like "he just throws (literally throws) the boxes [on the dock]". Or from post offices, wow, I'm not used to this neatness (I stack them in the bins like a Tetris game), the other guy just throws them in and we need twice the bins, thanks for doing this!". All the short cuts guys make is troubling.

Then there's all the personal stuff. I always have a nice demeanor towards customers, and get comments all the time about how awful the regular guy is. "Always grumpy", "complaining", etc.

It's a shame really. We're well paid to offer a service and there's so many guys that don't offer it.

 

[eats packages]

Walk directly behind the camera's blind spot, wait ~1 minute, then leave with their package.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Yup, and this is exactly the s#!/ you get.

As I cover driver you should hear all the stories I get from customers complaining about the "regular" guy. Mostly commercial customers. Stuff like "he just throws (literally throws) the boxes [on the dock]". Or from post offices, wow, I'm not used to this neatness (I stack them in the bins like a Tetris game), the other guy just throws them in and we need twice the bins, thanks for doing this!". All the short cuts guys make is troubling.

Then there's all the personal stuff. I always have a nice demeanor towards customers, and get comments all the time about how awful the regular guy is. "Always grumpy", "complaining", etc.

It's a shame really. We're well paid to offer a service and there's so many guys that don't offer it.

I have also heard the same thing about the regular driver. Have also heard about how the regular driver can do nothing wrong compared to the cover driver doing everything wrong and called in on. Sometimes you can not win.

 

[eats packages]

every runner-gunner needs a pair of these

 

[Dr.Brownz]

Some of us just want to go home... the money........ call me a runner gunner.. no... i just wanna get home to my family

Come back when you are 50 and your knees pop like Kyles knees in the episode of south park where he gets a negroplasty, and tell us if you still think the same way.

 

[35years]

What kills me is the runners claiming they do it for more time with their family.
We all know how UPS works. If you run they give you more stops.
So now you are working the same hours, but with more work. And they will add even more.
More likely the runner has a needy personality...he has to look like the best, and is afraid of discipline.

I work less hours than any runner in my center.

Who are they more likely to give more work...
1 Runner gunner, 18 stops an hour, no 9.5 grievances, will burn off extra stops.
2 Methods driver, 13 stops an hour, 9.5 list, recognizes fatigue so he does less stops per hour on long days.

Runners work more hours.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Runners work more hours.

Not this one.

 

[BrownFlush]

Look for the company to start monitoring more closely those drivers who work through their lunch and breaks.

Good thing you are retiring.
Then again, wherever you are, working off the clock is obviously accepted practice.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

Not this one.

You work for free for 2 hours dude

 

[Heavy Package]

The only way to "win" at UPS is to maximize your benefits, save for retirement, and retire ON YOUR TERMS with your health intact. It's not like you're going to get a big "atta boy" on the way out of this hell hole.

 

[Dr.Brownz]

The only way to "win" at UPS is to maximize your benefits, save for retirement, and retire ON YOUR TERMS with your health intact. It's not like you're going to get a big "atta boy" on the way out of this hell hole.

Yes sir, they dont care. The last 3 drivers to retire here were scheduled to work their last day and instead of giving them a normal day, they blew out their trucks to the point where the last guy just said it and walked out.

 

[Dhydratd]

...recognizes fatigue so he does less stops per hour on long days.

This is me!!! UPS s me by over-dispatching, I just slow the down. I'm old, damnit! Long days wear me out! When UPS forced me to work 6 day/week last peak, I just slowed-down and gave them 5 days of work in a 6 day period. They didn't get more work out of me, they just paid me more to do the same amount of work.
One of my managers once told me to work smarter, not harder. I'd like to think I'm working "as instructed".