The Food Service Rant thread

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They make more money. You're effectively getting 44c a mile instead of 39c a mile. (since you get 22c a mile but all miles, so you get paid while you sleep). You get tired enough you can sleep anywhere. bonk. Once I was out before the other guy hit 10th gear. earplugs help.

training? that's crazy. no, you get all mixed up. hardest part about the job is learning the product and almost always trucks are a mixture of multiple chains. so stop 1 might be chain 1 and stop 2 chain 2 and stop 3 chain 1 again, etc. 8 total chains at this center which is a lot.

Never got stuck in a lot but got #### close once. Looked before I turned and saw an alley out the back, figured I was good and went in. Couldn't see the chain link fence. BONED. Freaking big old light pole right in the middle. Took me 20 minutes to get turned around. I NEVER enter one I've not been to before without walking and looking (unless it's totally obvious) anymore. Once you've been someplace once it helps a lot because you know what to do. As other food service guys will attest, the job gets much easier a couple months in.

The worst place to get into I do every week. It's literally a 1/4 mile back with 2 to 4' walls on each side at a university with 3 different blind 45 deg corners. sucks something awful. And there's only one dock and you can't see if it's full or not until you back all the way in. Most places you drive in and turn around or do a turn and back. Traffic and cars are usually the biggest concern. And of course early mornings mean empty lots (which is a huge plus).

You'll be amazed at how few drivers you meet or see. You're only there for 20 minutes 2 or 3x a week and so are there. It's an odd job in that respect. And of course, like the replacements no one really learns your name until you have been there a while.

 

Total cluster fudge. Worked Thursday from 2:30am to 10pm. Yeah do that math. Took a Ryder guy to drive after I ran out of hours. I'm totally exhausted today.

 

thursday actually. Reefer broke down about 6am, i called in, they said to keep going. I get to albuquerque and "a tech will meet you there", but of course no one there has heard anything. By 4pm (and i'm running out of hours) and nothing really getting fixed, I said 'give me another driver and I'll get this stuff off the truck and as I ran out of hours he can drive. Worked until 9pm to get 800 pieces off the truck, left it at the shop and another trailer was towed down (bet that was spendy) from Denver to arrive at midnight (Yeah, remember, I called this in at 6am, clearly nobody but me thought it was a crisis) and they were supposed to switch it up. At 7am, i went to get the new trailer and finish the route.

yesterday was pretty much just sleepwalked thru.

the lesson, as always, ryder sucks.

 

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my gawddddddddddd, That would be a bit scary.

don't think I would be interested in that at all. Although the hoodrats aren't usually up at 3 - 5 am when we're delivering. Still, company policy be dammed on that one.