Dhydratd
Well-Known Member
30 years new.
The ship is sinking.... how many missed?
Well, shoot. I guess my 34+ years t retirement prove that I know nothing.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
I have socks that have seen more service time then you. Come back when you've been here a while.
Dhydratd
Well-Known Member
Oh wow! I'm so honored to be in your presence!I have socks that have seen more service time then you. Come back when you've been here a while.
What is this, a pissing contest?
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
Yes.
Saying peak is always the Wednesday before Christmas is a pretty specific statement. If Christmas is Thursday, is Christmas Eve peak day. What if it falls on Wednesday? Is peak day the week before?
Maybe somebody bored enough could search some UPS archives and tell us.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
Settle down old man it was a joke. Also we all know your old ass is up 3 times a night pissing anyways so id say you win.
T
thisjobaintforeverybody
Guest
Not just peak anymore. Some new guys run the same routes year round like there 25 year veterans!! Management is scared to put them anywhere else!! Unbelievable!!
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Peak day used to almost always be between the 18-21. Now with Black Friday the week after thanksgiving has been just as heavy if not heavier.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
I almost made one cry by bumping him off a route to run a route blind.
35years
Gravy route
I believe they count all pkgs in the system to calculate peak day; including pkgs picked up. Since we pick up little to no ground later this week, official peak day becomes Wednesday.
That does NOT mean there will be fewer stops on Thursday and Friday to deliver than on Wednesday.
That does NOT mean there will be fewer stops on Thursday and Friday to deliver than on Wednesday.
Dhydratd
Well-Known Member
When Christmas is on a Friday or Monday, as it will be this year, then my statement is generally true. That was my train of thought when I typed my response.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Ups measures peak day by packages delivered.
FedEx measures peak day by packages picked up.
budlight
hey friend* face
Sunday went well. Today was an absolute shietshow. Saturday was cleared out, had all the Monday preload trailers up on doors by midnight Monday morning. Get back to work and day sort was getting destroyed, twilight got destroyed, and night sort got to finish what twilight didn't. Preload is going to start in 30 minutes and I highly doubt night sort is anywhere (they're probably close) near finished, lol. Last week was a snooze fest.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I am hardly what you would call new and I agree with D that it is rare to have a Monday as Peak Day.
badpal
Well-Known Member
In my experience, seems like Wednesday before gets a push of food its smoked hams and turkeys. Its kinda interesting seeing the transformation take place though, grandmas shipping in the last week and blowing us out is dropping every year. We could get to the point where actual top peak day is in the next week after thanksgiving. And some of this years problems seem to point to that. The oldtimers will also recall all those boxes of crappy cheese we would deliver in the last week 25 years ago, that's long gone.