Tired of delivering Pottery Barn boxes
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1989
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Originally Posted by 1989
Driving is the easiest job at ups.
1989 said:I do need to be challenged tho.
I don't need to add to this,do I?
onlyboy1 said:
That wasn't much of a challenge...Not a complaint either. I don't care how long it takes. Just an accelerated breakdown of the body..lol...That's why I moved to the country......More miles and less stops....instead of more stops and less miles.
Those BIG white boxes that you can fit two adult bodies in? At least they are not over 70s...
Jack4343
FT DR Specialist
I know that those PB boxes are a HUGE pain in the butt. However, Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids have created quite a few jobs for our fellow UPSers. In our center, we have a route that just delivers to Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids at our local mall. It's a full 24 footer and sometimes it's more than one. Nice route too. Just 2 stops and about 30 pick-ups. Of course, the piece count can reach into the 1000's. Still, you call the PB people on the phone before you arrive, they meet you at the mall loading dock with floats. You scan and move the packages to the back of the truck and they load them onto the floats for you. We are PB's exclusive shipper and they (and William Sonoma) have created many many UPS jobs. Their boxes are so huge that they have their own routes. Again, I know they are difficult to deliver (I'm currently on a large resi route so also see their boxes everyday) but unlike the Dell contract, this one has created a bunch of jobs for us so I am thankful to them.
JohnnyPension
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Do all locals have the the no delivery over seventy lbs without help rule? My old center (Manhattan North) had over 70lb boxes sitting in cars for weeks at a time sometimes because we would not get help. Eventually the box would be gone (I guess delivered by a sup). About half of them are so battered and broken they would go to the damage area.
The sin of it all is when the weight limit went from 50 pounds (there were days that I never had to use a hand truck all day back then!) when I started to the current 150 (is it 150 still?) and the union not making UPS pay for it in a bump up in pay.
The sin of it all is when the weight limit went from 50 pounds (there were days that I never had to use a hand truck all day back then!) when I started to the current 150 (is it 150 still?) and the union not making UPS pay for it in a bump up in pay.
if ya really want a work-out try delivering a 1000 full of antique rugs (100lbs+) its like handling corpse'sBC
LOL...I have a daily pick up at a carpet manufacturer, I know where you are coming from, not only that they leave it on the floor where I have to pick it up one at a time they will not load it on a cart....how stupid!
lost
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I agree, My biggest quill drop goes to a little anerexic looking girl that has to load it, she always starts off loading it on the 3000 shelf like it is spa'd to but after two she is worn out then starts loading them on the floor. I have to tell her every time its a bulk stop start it and finish it on the floor. Its kinda funny, when I was hired 10 years one of the first questions asked was "can you lift up to 70lbs by yourself?" Now these people are in here trying to load and the poor little things cant lift 30 lbs. with out hollering "This sh** is heavy!!!" Mind you I am a female my self and would never admit to 30lbs being heavy before UPS. In a way I feel bad for her because "its heavy" but at the same time Its part of the job.... sorry!
si_dan
Member
There is nothing more fun then coming in on a Monday morning and seeing your car loaded with about a dozen o/s pieces of PB. Except when you have to lug someones dining room set up five flights of stairs in 95 degrees of high humidity. Alas, this is the life we have chosen and if we didn't do it someone else will. Fedex ground would be happy to handle this stuff. Of course they would just drop it in front on the street. I,ve seen this done.
1989
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Nothing over 40lbs should be loaded on the top shelves.
(safety hazzard) Tell that loader to put all that paper on the floor.
gripitnripit
Member
The people signing up these accounts probably never stepped inside a package car or had to deliver pottery barn boxes or 40 cases of paper up 2 flights of stairs. When questioned about thier reasoning I'm sure they would say were getting our foot in the door so we may someday get all thier business! I say BS they're shipping smaller parcels via DHL, USPS and Fedex and the os3 with us because our competitors wont. Why because they know there isnt a profit in it while our UPS decision makers who don't leave the comfort of thier desk believe it looks like good idea on paper! HA!
just a little poll how many bad drivers were promoted into supervision? or Sales Reps hired right out of college? I know in our center everyone of our supervisors couldnt make it as a driver and they carried that experience with them when making decisions that effect UPS. Sales reps we get a new one every couple of months and then we get the same song and dance pcm. I'm here to make a difference and they need us to turn in a new sales lead every week.
I've turned in several sales leads only to have no one contact them and when I try to contact sales rep I get "oh she's no longer with UPS but we have someone coming in next week" and here we go again LMAO it's really hilarious
just a little poll how many bad drivers were promoted into supervision? or Sales Reps hired right out of college? I know in our center everyone of our supervisors couldnt make it as a driver and they carried that experience with them when making decisions that effect UPS. Sales reps we get a new one every couple of months and then we get the same song and dance pcm. I'm here to make a difference and they need us to turn in a new sales lead every week.
I've turned in several sales leads only to have no one contact them and when I try to contact sales rep I get "oh she's no longer with UPS but we have someone coming in next week" and here we go again LMAO it's really hilarious
lost
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Thats what I start out telling them but we get so much stuff over 40lbs in our center the floor would be packed and shelves empty.Nothing over 40lbs should be loaded on the top shelves.
That is a company wide rule in the UPS/Teamster Master Agreement
if ya really want a work-out try delivering a 1000 full of antique rugs (100lbs+) its like handling corpse's
Hilarious, thanks for the analogy and laugh.
Almost as good as a Manager I worked for one time who was referred to as a "Monkey with a machine gun"
DS
Fenderbender
We dont see much pottery barn where I am thank god,
but we do get our share of the shopping channel ,air miles,
and sears here.I delivered an air conditioner the other day,
and lots of huge inflatable pools latley.I hate rugs too,but
most of all I hate rolls....rolls of anything.Wallpaper
rolls,rolls of paper,rolls of leather...ick...90 lbs,ends all
tattered and ripped...and those bowflex things.
but we do get our share of the shopping channel ,air miles,
and sears here.I delivered an air conditioner the other day,
and lots of huge inflatable pools latley.I hate rugs too,but
most of all I hate rolls....rolls of anything.Wallpaper
rolls,rolls of paper,rolls of leather...ick...90 lbs,ends all
tattered and ripped...and those bowflex things.
OMG bowflex, I tell you what before I started preload, I was on day sort doing irregs for my PD which is all Houston... I awear everyone in Houston should have at least two bowflexes with all accesories by now!!
This might be true but I read an article where it says that Houston is one of the most obese city in the country. What do you think they are using the Bowflex for????
lost
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You got me there
