The Food Service Rant thread

Shep you work for a private fleet that has a chain of stores in where Indiana and Michigan Michiana area?

 

Just one store in Niles, Michigan.

 

Hey guys what's up? Today was an alright day. Took me a little while at the end, but it all went. Trailer was loaded a little shaky for the first few stops I was missing a case of bacon and at 11:30am I got a call from one of our Ashtabula, Drop Lot drivers turns out he had my case of bacon. Which was good because I don't need another 23 code I seem to average one for every 6,100 cases delivered and I just had one on Friday and I don't really care for that. For a while there past couple weeks I was having no returns or 23 codes. However today I had some returns on some wears had a customer get sent the wrong pot and pan holder and another the wrong lid so all that went back. Ehh it happens.

Tomorrow I have a pretty full day a head of me.They wanted to give me help, but were all out of people so I'm on my own I can deal.

Got my travel itinerary for next week I ship out Sunday to Maryland so will have a special edition of Live on Location in the nations capital. So stay tuned for all the fast paced food service action that you can handle live from our nations capital.

I tell you what OTR drivers might have one stop or two stops in an area there not familiar with and in a big truck like they drive that's plenty, but in our work final mile delivery we have 10-15 stops in area's. Next week should be fun though, if any of you are out that way next week be sure to wave and say hello.

 

Oh boy long day at the office today. 20 stops 17,000+lbs and 777 cases and a back haul. Got to work at 3:40 then heard my trailer wouldn't be in till 5:00am. So I had some quality head on the steering wheel time for an hour. Got hooked up and all that jazz and headed out. I was covering a route today another driver was on vacation a couple customers who were deliberately unhappy for no real reason, but to bad.

Actually I thought I ripped through it all pretty good my self. 20 stops is pretty time consuming.

 

20 stops that's a pretty good day....... I always say it's not the cases it's the stops.

 

Some of the stops were small, but that 20 will take you all day I've had bigger cases days that took less time simply because I didn't have as many stops. Drove 92 miles to boot so all that driving in between that ads up time wise little by little over the day no wonder I was leaving work at 5pm.

 

Cake route for me today 8 stops 550 cases.... got soaked from a freak thunder storm so I lost all motivation for the day but the day wasn't a total loss got two hours of overtime and got fed.

 

I got minorly B-I-T-finish the rest at by customers today because I wasn't the "regular guy" oh well they will live.

I didn't get fed...although one golf course gave me a glass of water. No rain here the grass is brown and crunchy.

 

One of the bosses called me today about 12:30 made sure I hadn't hung my self yet LOL! I know US Foods from what I heard lets you go and then they don't call or send help or anything. They don't really call us really, but if it's a big 20 stop day and your swinging like I was today that's a little different story. They weren't calling to tell me to go faster, it wasn't like that. Actually I thought I did pretty good personally LOL!

 

Yep bout the only time the send help is to get the truck when you run outa time... till recently they have been getting a lot better about not letting you run out of your time. We are a drop lot and have a good group of guys working down here so we look out for on another