Is that where the red card, green cards came from??And the time spent dealing with consignee complaints. But I guess UPS gets paid for the redelivery too. And never has to buy paper for any of its own copy or fax machines...
Things you wish people knew about packages. . .
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How about placing the label so the tracking number is completely on one side of the package? I understand that with smaller packages it is not always possible to get the label on one side, but please don't put it so the tracinng number goes around a corner.
On a related note, for thin tubes or other similar packages don't place the label so the tracking number goes completely around the package. The scanners we use have limited tolerances for scanning barcodes that are not completely flat. If the package is too thin to have the tracking number flat and not wrap around and cover itself, then cut it in half across an put the two halves next to each other. Don't place the label across seams, straps, flaps, etc, on the box.
If you are reusing a box, either remove or cross out the old label so that we can easily tell which is the good address. Sorters only have a few seconds to determine where to sort a package and sorting it correctly the first time will reduce the number of handles and the chances of it being damaged.
Keep in mind that tape and labels do not stick very well to some types of metal, wood, plastic, (generally anything that is not paper or cardboard). Please make sure that the label will stay on the package.
On a related note, for thin tubes or other similar packages don't place the label so the tracking number goes completely around the package. The scanners we use have limited tolerances for scanning barcodes that are not completely flat. If the package is too thin to have the tracking number flat and not wrap around and cover itself, then cut it in half across an put the two halves next to each other. Don't place the label across seams, straps, flaps, etc, on the box.
If you are reusing a box, either remove or cross out the old label so that we can easily tell which is the good address. Sorters only have a few seconds to determine where to sort a package and sorting it correctly the first time will reduce the number of handles and the chances of it being damaged.
Keep in mind that tape and labels do not stick very well to some types of metal, wood, plastic, (generally anything that is not paper or cardboard). Please make sure that the label will stay on the package.
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westsideworma
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its funny though, Aspen tells me they AREN'T held accountable for bad pals (mis-slaps) out west. In fact, they even get in trouble for wasting time if they actually find one.
is this company all together on ANYTHING?
Labels also don't stick well to cardboard in a dusty warehouse. I have seen some places where they need to wipe the dust off before applying the label, or it just falls off. This time of year where I am at, the pollen is so bad there is an extra layer of yellow dust that does the same thing.
Jack4343
FT DR Specialist
I hear ya buddy! The pollen was incredible last week! Thank goodness for the rain on Friday and today to help wash that stuff off. Our trucks are now yellow. The packages inside has a yellow dusting on them as well. My drink cup from lunch becomes totally covered in pollen in less than an hour. It's a site to see when you are delivering on residential roads and pull up to a stop and see the pollen cloud that you kicked up coming towards you. That stuff sticks to a sweat soaked UPS driver with ease.
PS...Sorry bout going off topic!
I agree on the pollen. It gets so bad you can actually see it in the air. I haven't been able to wear my contact lenses for about three weeks now. My P7's exhaust pipe tip points straight down, it blows a yellow cloud around everywhere you go. I'll be glad to see some rain too.
aspenleaf
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its funny though, Aspen tells me they AREN'T held accountable for bad pals (mis-slaps) out west. In fact, they even get in trouble for wasting time if they actually find one.
is this company all together on ANYTHING?
Yes out here in the west we (at least on my boxline) are told to just use the PAL. Anything else makes us slower. . .I still find some bad pals and I don't load them (I just don't tell my sup anymore since I was yelled at for doing so in the past).
gandydancer
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And then there's the packages with two labels applied simultaneously by the shipper (not re-use; the shipper thinks he's fulfilled two orders for the same item). So the supe tears one off... Costs UPS $100, I guess, but saves him a left-in-building. And when I was loading the Canon cartridge recyling trailers, if labels fell off packs of new cartridges going through the system the supes would slap Canon ARS labels on them and throw them in the recycling trailer. I mean, I'm talking 4- and 6-packs of the big cartridges retailing for, what, $179 apiece? $225 apiece? Or if a package got missorted to us with a yellow label from a different recycler...whatthehell, slap a Canon ARS over the other and throw it in. But I'm straying from topic, sort of... Did I mention the tubes with the barcodes applied around rather than up-down?
One of my P/U uses boxes twenty times and now are more tape than box and their computer is broken, so they have one of their other stores make the labels and then fax them to the store. Needless to say the barcodes are unreadable. I hand them a stack of ground labels and the assistant manager tells me the manager does not want to use that type of label. I tell her that I don't want to pick up her type of packages. (jokingly of course) They are also too cheap to become a daily p/u, so they look for me as I pass their store and just yell out to me and say I have 20 boxes. (Yeah)
Can Dell use a different font on their labels. I understand the address is in EDD, but I'm a man of following the methods and I verify I'm at the actual address by reading the address label. Is that a 6 or an 8? Thanks Dell. Your labels are about as confusing as your tech support.
I have always had trouble reading street numbers on Dell boxes too. Terrible font, I would sometimes look on packing list label or look up address in a phone book before EDD. EDD is good for something after all!
yeah but it slows down the packages per hour numbers... You just dont have enough time to be reading EVERY address on the PAL vs. shipping label
DS
Fenderbender
One day I had a resi p/u and the lady hands me this
hand painted plastic banner add thing.There was one small
sheet of paper wrapped around it with a piece of scotch
tape holding it on.It was a really nice,intimately crafted piece
of work.I sez lady,if I take this as it is it will be totalled by
the time it gets where its going.She gives me a puzzled look
and sez,why are they so rough?
So i sez,we move millions of packages every day,and sometimes the packages rub up against each other on the belt.Wrap it in thick cardboard and tape it up really well and
I`ll pick it up later...I go back and she tells me she delivered
it herself...??? this is a weird job
hand painted plastic banner add thing.There was one small
sheet of paper wrapped around it with a piece of scotch
tape holding it on.It was a really nice,intimately crafted piece
of work.I sez lady,if I take this as it is it will be totalled by
the time it gets where its going.She gives me a puzzled look
and sez,why are they so rough?
So i sez,we move millions of packages every day,and sometimes the packages rub up against each other on the belt.Wrap it in thick cardboard and tape it up really well and
I`ll pick it up later...I go back and she tells me she delivered
it herself...??? this is a weird job
Hijack, look out, this is about service,
I went to the porch of a house and this older woman came out with a nassty, haughty looking grin on her face. And as I was about to tell her the pkg looked crushed and I had noted it on the info, she said, "well at least my son wont have to pay the shipping" I said "why is that? " Because it was guaranteed by 5 oclock. she said. I looked again at the label in case they had instituted a new service I wasnt aware of....I said no thats ground service and the end of our day is not 5 oclock. She grabbed the pkg like it was a grandchild she had never seen and said "well thats not what we were told" like I was freaking lieing to her, I told her, "they lied to you" and she said "we will see about that missy" So I hope she called and for once I hope the phone center did their job and told her. It bothered me though, like she thought I wasnt doing my job, well I guess that shouldnt suprise me.
I went to the porch of a house and this older woman came out with a nassty, haughty looking grin on her face. And as I was about to tell her the pkg looked crushed and I had noted it on the info, she said, "well at least my son wont have to pay the shipping" I said "why is that? " Because it was guaranteed by 5 oclock. she said. I looked again at the label in case they had instituted a new service I wasnt aware of....I said no thats ground service and the end of our day is not 5 oclock. She grabbed the pkg like it was a grandchild she had never seen and said "well thats not what we were told" like I was freaking lieing to her, I told her, "they lied to you" and she said "we will see about that missy" So I hope she called and for once I hope the phone center did their job and told her. It bothered me though, like she thought I wasnt doing my job, well I guess that shouldnt suprise me.
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westsideworma
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from what I was told we lost dell to DHL, problem solved
....though I still see a bunch of them
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aspenleaf
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Listen here Missy! Of course the end of day is 5 PM. Where in the world did she hear that?? It is funny what people in regards to shipping times.
We know you are not lying Tooner.
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westsideworma
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Listen here Missy! Of course the end of day is 5 PM. Where in the world did she hear that?? It is funny what people in regards to shipping times.
We know you are not lying Tooner.
haha damn, if I get my combo bid my day starts at 6pm
aspenleaf
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haha damn, if I get my combo bid my day starts at 6pm
Well you just throw off the whole day! All days begin at 8 and end at 5; the other hours are just free time! So by you starting after the end of the day you are in the free time zone and therefore do not work.
So are you going to leave preload if you combo? Seems like you'd be on twilight and then midnight? Not sure how things work out east.
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westsideworma
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Well you just throw off the whole day! All days begin at 8 and end at 5; the other hours are just free time! So by you starting after the end of the day you are in the free time zone and therefore do not work.
So are you going to leave preload if you combo? Seems like you'd be on twilight and then midnight? Not sure how things work out east.
If I get it yea it'd be twi/midnight, I wish they had midnight/preload (actually preload/day sort would be the best I think lol)...that'd be my favorite, but no dice. I like the preload (much as I complain about PAS), but hey full time is full time. The way they're doing things now I'd rather stay union I think, I mean I think supervision would be a challenge but the simple fact is theres more money in the 22.3 job than a part time supe (granted I could go for a full time one...maybe, I've heard PT supe is dead end).
I guess I just want a change. If I could be moved around the preload (since ANYONE can load now lol) now and then to different jobs I think it'd break up the monotony of it, but that'll never happen.
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