AAA Cooper

Whats up fellas, hope you guys are doing great. Let me just inform yall that I was given a Volvo now and mine is not missing the bumper. Hope to see a update from yall.

 

@Kstrong86 well I certainly hope AAA does not change your route; @88 Alpha has your injury healed. I hope it has and I also hope you getting good hours. @Matt1924 hope you doing good brother.

 

Im so glad that your injury is healing. Also at work I was given a peddle route that has nothing but country roads, man I love it so much especially when I go to customers that have cows and chicken roaming around. Im putting at least 240 miles a day.

 

Oh yeah, doing pretty good. Was given my first raise last week so we’ll see what the pay is looking like. Now I have access to the benefits and such so that’ll probably cancel out those extra earnings this go around. Been doing a lot of city and a bit of hopping back and forth on others routes as they go missing on vacation, sick, etc. I’m getting better at backing up, probably done more in the last two months than my previous 15 years combined. Almost scary how simple it becomes, but I’ve always been wary of over- confidence. I’ve just learned to dot my I’s and cross my t’s while backing a little quicker. Is it bad that I get a bit giddy when I hit a dock somewhere and I’m dead on? I still enjoy that. Came to a shipper today where a UPS, Estes, and ODFL we’re already docked. I could feel them eyes just staring at this blue Volvo wondering if IT knew what the hell it was doing...well it wa fun to say the least. Had a decent short convo with OD man and wa a bit disappointed when he told me what they were paying and the expectations they had. They top out over 3 more an hour than we do plus get overtime and work much less dock. I’m not one to complain too much but hey, I’ve always liked green uniforms... Other than just a bit of my day, I’m so busy anymore it’s tonight to even get online I’m trying to stay informed and be an active member. Glad to read you guys are generally doing okay, routes are decent, hours aren’t too bad, and injuries are healing.

 

Hope all you guys are doing well! We're starting to feel the wintertime crunch coming on. Our hours are being throttled and today a man was asked to stay out. I'm in line next, and I'll say that never in my entire adult life have I been asked to stay home due to lack of work. Not sure how I'll react when my number comes up, and I'm sure it will. All in all though, things are going pretty good. Still managing to learn more routes and customers. As a city P&D driver, the other day I ran out a bit and knocked out about 16 deliveries and 5 pickups on about 150 miles. Felt like I was over the road again! Just terrible, I tell ya! How are you all doing?