FedEx Freight | City Hands.......who like runnin' wild?

[WornOut]

Just a little fun here guys, any city hands out there like runnin' wild like me?, or do you prefer a steady route? A steady route can become a bit tedious, or boring, I know you get to know the customers, etc.... but I like runnin' wild, it keeps it interesting. Also, when you get to a stop and their closed, you can just say you didnt know......but a good freight hand may sometimes persuade the customer to take it anyway, being that you didnt know they were closed......
I also like the new sights I get to see, and the challenges it brings....and when you finish before the regular driver usually does, dispatch likes it too!! :buttkisser:
Ive approached management before about not getting a real start time, and theyve said that the relationship of a regular driver is important, I say BS...... every driver should maintain the same customer relations as a driver whether he's delivered to that customer for ten years, or its his first time......
Your Thoughts.....
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[HILLBILLY]

I loved running wild when I was in the city. I like to talk so I got to know the customers even though I didnt see them everyday. The only two routes that I liked and wanted to do on a daily basis was Fishers Indiana and Bloomington Indiana. I miss Bloomington it was a busy day all day and a bit challenging because its spread out and not well designed its got low trees and narrow streets and tight turns but man the IU college girls were awesome. Got a few dates while delivering to the cammpus, fun times being and adult but living like a college kid. :beerchug: Like you said if you get the route done before the regular driver you do look good and my bosses loved me and would pretty much let me by with a little more because I busted my but and took care of them even if at time I worried them a bit. Good times got to the point that I hated running the city so I went to the road at times I wish I could go back and have my senority back but that wont happen.

 

[hooty]

I just got back into the city myself.....running wild everywhere....get screwed up sometimes though and forget a customers location, and some of the names have changed too.

 

[WornOut]

[quote author=hooty link=topic=79998.msg828762#msg828762 date=1273542682]
I just got back into the city myself.....running wild everywhere....get screwed up sometimes though and forget a customers location, and some of the names have changed too.
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Now thats what Im talkin' bout......
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[FLOUNDER]

its cool runin wild you hear what the regular driver is like and what the cust thinks about the reg driver and others.

 

[SMOKESTACK]

Or you get to hear the customer tell you what a hero and how the regular driver thinks he's the best driver FedEx Freight has , I'm falling down laughing at some of the crap that comes out of these freight experts. Mighty high opinion some of these guys have of themselves , if they only knew what the customers really thought of them.

 

[FLOUNDER]

Smokestack, one of our cust. talks bout 1 of our city drivers like they feel sorry for him cause he talks about all his problems with them and they thought they had it bad until he started talkin.

 

[lastcavalier186]

Nothing like bringing your customers down with your problems.... :tribe:

 

[SMOKESTACK]

[quote author=ff5013 link=topic=79998.msg829082#msg829082 date=1273671313]
Smokestack, one of our cust. talks bout 1 of our city drivers like they feel sorry for him cause he talks about all his problems with them and they thought they had it bad until he started talkin.
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That's sickening the driver needs to stop that crap .
Boy I'll bet the customer hates having to even take
delivery from us if they have to listen to that B.S.
every time the loser steps on that dock.

 

[crbourret]

I'm with you Lonestar, I like runnin wild. When I first started, a few months ago, I was filling in all over the map and enjoyed the challenges it brought. Now they're trying to settle us all in to regular routes and I'm already bored....
I love it when I come in and I get to go someplace new or different!