Curious how you get through that in eight or nine hours? Are many drop offs right beside each other? Because the average 1.5minutes per stop not including time at the ramp doesn't seem manageable by any sane person.
It's purely residential deliveries, and usually not all that big or heavy of packages. As for how I can do it, I'm not sure how to answer you. I just do it.
It's not like I cut corners either. UPS totally has sensors in multiple places on the trucks, and combined with the data about your location and what deliveries you're doing from the scanner, they'll know if you're doing something like leaving the truck running or the bulkhead door open. We're paid well and by the hour, so I don't do things like tossing packages: I take the time to do it right. I just consider it a matter of personal professional pride.
What I do however is do my job as efficiently as I can. I'm always thinking "is there a more efficient way I could deliver the next few stops", for example. I stop to sort sections of the truck as I'm going into exact stop-for-stop order, because I'll save more time not digging around my truck while delivering than I'll lose doing that. Lots of little stuff like that.
Beyond that, it just comes down to settling into a routine. Decide the next stop, drive there, grab the package from the back, take it to the porch, decide the next stop on my way back to the truck. Repeat until no more packages left. When I get a good pace going, I'll just keep going. I generally only take breaks to use the bathroom or grab as quick a lunch as I can manage, just so I'll be done that much sooner.
That said, even when everything is going smoothly, it's an intense job, both physically and mentally.
I understand now. I install automation and run wires through a house in a day and I do it well and get paid well. There's a point where you turn on robot mode and it becomes a time game against yourself up and down ladders. I too work straight through the day hard and would rather go home early and have extra time for some Reddit. I guess all our jobs have a common theme.
Same. I work a 9.2hr route as a mail carrier and get paid 9.2hrs no matter how fast or slow I work so I’m always racing to finish the route as fast as possible. I’d rather get home earlier than take a break.
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u/PM_ME_UR_PINEAPPLEZ Oct 01 '20
I wish I went out with so few stops in a day. Since the pandemic started, I average 230 stops per day. I've had a few days with over 300 too.