How long did it take you beverage/local guys to learn the handheld and different stores??

"Horror stories"?! These are horror stories to you? Congrats , you've lived a charmed life. This sounds like typical new job learning curve stuff to me. Every job is gonna have a system for paperwork (computers, Qualcomm etc etc) that you need to learn, as well as a certain set of unwritten rules for that industry.

This is pretty typical, actually tame, stuff for any new hire to go thru. I don't really see the "horror" in the bulk side of the beverage industry. It's actually prolly the easiest job you'll ever have (which is why they never become available) in the trucking industry. Pays pretty well to.

 

What the heck is a super 10? It sounds like a ####ty motel in the mountains......

 

Back when I worked at Pepsi (around 2008-ish), I spent 3 full weeks on the route with my "trainer" which meant I got to see the route, see how the handheld / printer worked, what to do in each store, etc. during the first week. The second week, the trainer rode in the passenger seat and was there to answer any questions or anything and assisted with running the handheld. Third week, he was basically my helper and I had to do everything....he was there in case I royally ####ed up, but that's about it. They turned me loose on my own the fourth week.

 

Just a 10-speed.
It's like a 9-speed, but you have First / Sixth (Lo, Hi) directly below reverse, while the rest of the pattern is like a normal "H" pattern you'd find on a 9-speed.

 

I don't dispute that. But so much is too much. I once applied to fed ex as a regular courier. Then saw all the b.s. they got to do for not quite twice minimum wage. Last thanksgiving my boss sent me to do some tem work for Wal-Mart. Another headache.

I prefer straight long haul dry van. It's what I do, and what I do best. Good miles, good pay and a minimum of paper work.

 

back when I worked for coke, at $15 an hour in 1976, the handheld was the dolly and you checked off the paper to match the product. I hated those glass 1 litre bottles when they came out.

 

That's all Coke is paying bulk drivers? Is that because of your area? I don't know what the Coke guys in my area make, I just always assumed it was much more. No way the Pepsi guys in this area would work for that. Of course if the cost of living is cheap in your area it could be great money.