@@bigguccisouljamike191 thanks but it was just a quick drill

@@amytaylor8182 lol thank you!! And don’t freak it’s all good! You’ll be starting with a nursery route so you won’t have a lot and it will give you time to figure out how things work! If you have any questions let me know! And have fun!

@@user-fm1mb7pu9k facts! I still drive down em lol!

@@emiliano5052 the hidden road?

​@@martinmanaoat989 bro be questioning the questions

@@thejsaji6169 yeah cuz they didn’t specify which road. I was driving down many roads in this video

Love the advice!! Thank you so much! I’ll try it that way next time I get the white van!

​@@martinmanaoat989 Sometimes the parcels slide towards you when you drive around the bend, but if you point the tote with the high side towards you, they stay in place or you can stop it with your hand, but in general they just stay up. their place. I work for DHL myself and they just use numbers in order, so if I have 140 packages, they are simply numbered from 1 to 140, so the organization goes quite quickly that way, about half a minute to a minute on the chair.

It can be my guy, but I see people on the road UPS and FEDEX, that are older than me and I’m 40!

One coming this week my guy! Thank you so much for stopping by and requesting more! Glad you’ve enjoyed what I’ve put out so far! Stay tuned more coming, also, if there anything I can address for you in future videos? Let me know! Thanks again, I appreciate you!

Vitamin water or Gatorade bottles work the best 😂

Awesome brotha! Thanks for stopping by the channel! And I’m stoked to hear you starting your journey! I’m always excited to hear people finding insight through my experience and glad you found some inspiration behind it! Like I said, it’s a simple job but not easy! Keep that in the back of your mind my friend! Other than that, the jobs been good for me! I deliver in the Bay Area! How bout you bro?

@@martinmanaoat989 thank you for the reply brother. Oh nice, I have always wanted to visit the Bay Area. I would be delivering in the Redlands CA area, within the inland empire.

Omg agreed! I can’t stress that enough too which is why working out and form and technique are very important! I have pretty bad knees, so paying attention to how I turn and get up are crucial..which is why I like the EDV’s cuz it’s more of a get down then it is getting up from that seat! Lol

It varies from day to day but averaging around 350 packages. You probably won’t be able to move the whole tote up there but if you got room for sure! You can always empty the tote out and organize all the packages up front. That’s what I do now with the white vans or EDV’s. Hope this helped you brotha

@@martinmanaoat989 thank you bud. I just want a chill job. Music. Driving. Being outside. But I don’t want managers breathing down my neck

@@jaystechroom I can say that the job can be chill but take that with a grain of salt because it is hard work like I’ve said. Don’t expect it to be too chill, but on the side of being able to listen to your own music, you’re on your own, no manager constantly hounding you or eagle eyeing you and you’re out and about and driving, it’s definitely chill in that way n exactly why I took. Great pay, for what I consider to be a pretty chill job. It’s a win still in my book lol

@@martinmanaoat989 thanks man. How is it working in heat?

​@jaystechroom not so bad when it's dry, but it's brutal on a hot summer day after it rains

Hey brotha! Yes I am, I am currently making a video about my 6 months being there! Are you starting work there?

@@martinmanaoat989 I got hired. Haven’t started training yet. Training to be a bus driver but no summer work yet so I had to find something else in meantime. My background is still going through.

Oh deng man, yeah I feel bad for those who start the later shift and having to be out later! I hated it during Nov-Dec cuz it got dark earlier lol! And yeah you’ll eventually build up speed the more you familiarize yourself with, your organization and area. Sucky thing is, as long as I’ve been at mine, they’ve switched areas like 4 times now and getting a new area sucks cuz it feels like starting over again lol

@@martinmanaoat989 Yeah, I agree I had 138 stops 233 packages yesterday my route got screwed up by the warehouse around 12, I usually get to my first stop at around 12:55 but I didn't get to my first stop until 1:55 so yeah had get rescued for the first time, yeah but I finished. lol

Hey there! You receive a card and you have a designated gas station or station(s) you can fuel up at! Hope that answered your question!

Funny thing, my boss is the one who told me to take my break while I waited for back up and then told me also, that the vans do that. So since he was confident in that, I trusted it but still am a little stand offish to the fact that they really don’t do checks on the van to really make sure it’s all safe.

@martinmanaoat989 hang in there...dsp start good, but end up just money grabbing hungry... so long as you get your route done just ignore them. But if other sketchy things come up that you feel just doesn't feel right. Document it and save it on your personal phone. Be it emails, text screenshot, etc just to cover your arse so they can't come back at you for stupid stuff. There's a reason they don't want us to unionize. -.-

Lmao! I lightweight prefer the white vans too because of the same reason! Lol! 😂

@martinmanaoat989 unless your totes are wacky out of order and way too much overflow so you can't walk thru them.. but I love the white vans on down season

That’s funny cuz I sometimes will pace myself knowing I’ll get a rescue cuz the thing I wonder is how they distribute the totes and routesThe other day I got 11 totes with 20 stops while some of my other co workers got like 18 totes with 150 stops. it’s not always like that but it’s like that. Also yeah all the BS my DSP comes up with like they hit us up sometimes with “stay home today or take tomorrow off cuz Amazon cancelled routes” It’s hard to believe that Amazon would run out of routes? Maybe I’m trippin idk. And with the videos, I don’t plan on showing anyone on my dispatch cuz I’m also not there to make besties with anyone right? It’s a job for me to go to and dip when I’m done. Granted I’ve made acquaintances andnnnnnd maybe they could grow into friendships but we mainly just chit chat before we get our vans. And those meetings we got, I feel are useless cuz we gather around for them to just tell us “no violations, drive safe” wtf? Could’ve said that when we got our vans lol. At the end of the day, this is not my career choice :) Thanks for all the comments ash! I love reading them!

@martinmanaoat989 my worst was 20 totes and 20 something overflow...in a rental.... I asked for a rescue... I never got one. So I told them "well I'll let the bosses know that you had me out here til 6 delivering, instead of helping me... if I get yelled at, I'll show them the texts I was sending you but you never came thru..." ugh I really do wonder what dispatchers and acting managers do while we out here busting or butts... obviously not actually actively getting vans fixed or cleaned like they say they are -.-

@martinmanaoat989 amazon distributes route size and amount of packages. Your dsp doesn't. However, your dsp has the option to cut the load off they deem necessary. Then those extra they cut from you (if they do) go to flex route drivers. But again...money hungry dsp owners... they try their hardest not to do that, even though they running us ragged.

Thank you for the tips Ashley!! And for the advice and info that you provided! Yeah still learning a lot on my end! I’ve tried organizing at my first stop a few times but when I did, they’ve told me I fell behind schedule so I stopped doing that lol I thought it helped my time but apparently it messed it up! In my area the average stops we get is about 150-160 stops and that’s with apartments (which takes the longest cuz 90% dont have the lockers and we have to do door to door 😑)nonetheless thanks also for the heads up on posting. I’ve had a few people give me some tips if I was gonna post about what I do! I appreciate it!! Thank you so much for stopping by the channel and dropping these comments! I appreciate you!

@martinmanaoat989 at first for organizing at first stop, yeah you'll fall behind. But you'll pick up speed quick a little later in your shift. (I never get rescued unless i beg for one...) I usually end up only getting 30-50 stops done before I chose to clock out for lunch. But so long as it's your regular route you should be fine and comfortable enough to pull up your map and check to make sure they aren't backtracking you as well. I stop at a gas station EVERYDAY before I hit my first stop. I need my sodie!!! And I've not been bothered ... if they're being stingy about it... So I know I look behind on dispatch screen... but if you have a reg route, you'll pick up quick. Don't let them stress you out. They're just sitting behind a screen in a air-conditioned warehouse. Once you unload that first tote and organize it to what makes sense to you, you'll be flying. I have annoying arse apartments with stairs too... the map in your flex app is your best friend. Yeah you'll have to tote hop ...annoying... but you'll get it down. Wish I could talk to you in person though. Would be easier to explain. Otherwise yer doing good, don't let your dsp dispatch bully you

@martinmanaoat989 btw my average stops where I'm at is about 170 -180 not including group stops... they've v had x me on that shit in a damn rental I couldn't walk through (rental vans have a gated wall from can to cargo area x.x)

What in the world is that? And can you teach it to me?! 😆

@@martinmanaoat989 Hold the parcel in your hands and drop it as you kick it over the delivery address fence - Job Done!