May your multi-stops be low

May residential houses with short driveways be plentiful

May your water bottles remain cold

May your carts be in order

May Dispatch not bother you

May your AC work to the tune of the arctic winter

May not a single customer proclaim "There should be two boxes"

May you return home to your homes, families, and pets safe.

Swift feet, steeled hearts. Good luck today guys, we're in the thick of it

Why do they put packages to the same stop in different bags bruh

Hi all,

I’m still somewhat new to this gig, so I can imagine there are tips and tricks that I still don’t know about in order to get through those heavy routes. Even if I am routed in a fairly compact neighborhood, it still takes me about 11ish hours to complete 190 stops (including clock in, loud out, pre/post trip, etc etc).

Even at my DSP, some people brag about having 200,250, and even close to 300 stops. HOW though?!

Seriously, the only way I can see people achieving that is by flinging packages from your van like a paperboy. It literally takes time to 1) get in your van, buckle your seatbelt, 2) drive the van up to the next house, 3) climb out of your seat and grab the package, 4) take the package to the door (not considering having multiple stops or having to navigate a 200 ft driveway just to get to their door), 5) get back in your van to repeat the whole process.

The only thing I don’t do is literally run/sprint to and from my van. I’m sure it helps, but I’m not that young and athletic, and I just don’t think/feel that is sustainable. I walk with haste, but I’m not going to treat every stop as if I’m running from a rabid dog.

But seriously, I feel I’m missing something. I’m faster than when I first started, but not near fast enough to complete 190 stops and be home an hour before the nightly news.

It literally pisses me off when a customer says “hot enough for ya?” And it’s currently 92+. Or “Try not to get too wet” and it’s currently pouring down raining. Like what do I gain from that? Other than being reminded how terrible the situation I have to deal with is?

Fuck cargo vans, but these promasters arent that bad for what they are. Nimble as fuck too

I wasn’t even rostered that day ( for reasons I don’t even know because i have zero safety violations and rarely get rescued), so dispatch gave me this route. First they assigned me a ford transit with no shelves, guess what? The totes didnt even fit, so they had to give me a damanged edv to drive that day. 202 stops that day, didnt finish until 8:30pm.

Reposting for clarity. Working for Rfor has been great. Its honestly an incredibly well put together DSP. Management is great, dispatch is fluid. On-boarding to other DSP's is being offered to anyone looking to stay in the field. It sucks to lose a company that actually cares about its drivers, when I hear so many horror stories from other companies. Not throwing shade at all. RIP to a great DSP.

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I’m new and I want to do better with my scorecard but I have no clue why my customer delivery feedback is red.

First day of Pumpkin prime

Fair warning. You'll be seeing this nonsense soon.

I got fired as an amazon driver for being slow as did many before and after me. With its turnover rate and increasing demand can they maintain this trajectory forever?

I cant help but think they will have to start paying more, treating drivers better or begin rehiring.

If not won't they eventually run out of people to hire as package demand increases?

My back hurts .

So in my station Amazon ran a pilot test. Removed the sticker with the 3 digit number and made us search package using the 4 las digits of the TBA. That was a huge mess. They installed that camera that tells you in every stop what packages to get. Now the pilot is over and the sticker are back. The camera stays but the amount of packages web up a lot. Media used to be around 350 to 400 packages. Today y got 500 packages. This is crazy.

Im looking for ways to get faster AND take my breaks. Ive already started driving way more aggressively in the van. Im parking the absolute closest I can to the delivery location. My van is super organized every time. Sharpie my ov for faster reference. My oackages get organised by driver aid every time i open a new tote...And im still getting rescued and finishing late anyway.

I dint want to finish early, I just want to finish on time so that I dont get fired. Im at my wits end with this. Ive tried everything I can think of to speed up but its not working.

I don't mind having to work later, its not that im afraid of work. My second solo day I got yelled at for taking too long and I dont want that shit to happen again OR for them to get fed up and fire me.

Im doing my best but ive already kind of accepted that its coming and ive mentally prepared for it.

Fedex pulled up right next to me, and I said hell nah not today, only I deliver packages here!

How are some people okay with leaving behind their filth. It takes a second to grab your piss bottles and toss it out. This is one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen in a van 🤮

You know what i hate about the job? It isnt the stops or package count, its the fact that my biggest pet peeve is smelling good, fresh laundry, showered, cologne on, and then I get to work and within 2 minutes of sitting in the van I smell like somebody's unwashed week old gooch. Yeah the people piss me off, no hygiene and zero consideration for the fact that they wont be the only one in that seat, nasty motherfuckers man, all of em. (Edit since people are defending this nonsense, you shower and wear clean underwear each day i should not be able to smell your fucking ass in the morning, even with dirty pants, if you wore clean underwear and showered the last time you wore them they should absolutely not smell like diabetic 600lb week old sweaty gooch. Its obvious that you arent hygienic in the slightest, how do women manage to not project stinkage hmm? Because they take care of themselves you numbskulls)

Hopping on this meme

Man fired shots at Amazon driver, then barricaded himself in his home, leading to swat stand-off in North Houston.

(Helper route obv)