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Virtual Dispatch

Author: 1driver

  • The best restaurant from a courier’s perspective

    The best restaurant from a courier’s perspective

    The best restaurant from a courier’s perspective Couriers spend a lot of time on the road. Between the courier, truckers and drivers of all types, tons of cargo moves daily. Which requires a huge amount of road time. With all the road time, comes a few unexpected bonuses. Sometimes these bonuses are nothing more than…

  • Which one is better, meet at the door, or leave at the door?

    Which one is better, meet at the door, or leave at the door?

    Which one is better, meet at the door, or leave at the door? It’s not always easy to make it to the door. Sometimes it’s quite an obstacle course. This is something a courier contends with on every delivery. Most of us know our own front porches. Or lack thereof. The same is true for…

  • Tales of the Courier – The lost and found delivery

    Tales of the Courier – The lost and found delivery

    Tales of the Courier – The lost and found delivery The road is long and winds off into the horizon. 1courier has the windows low, and the night breeze is cool. Only a few more minutes now. And he would be back at the drop-off. His feeling of, things unusual, was steadily growing larger. With…

  • Basic delivery details and why they count every time

    Basic delivery details and why they count every time

    Basic delivery details and why they count every time Standing on a stranger’s porch is not the best time to feel conspicuous. In fact, it’s important to have a purpose when standing on a stranger’s porch. Especially considering all the cameras in use these days. The courier understands the feel of all those cameras keeping…

  • How to work the queue to influence a delivery offer

    How to work the queue to influence a delivery offer

    How to work the queue to influence a delivery offer Every courier deals with it. Even crew couriers contend with a version of the delivery queue. Although it may be called a dispatch board, it is still a method for delivery distribution. The idea of sorting and then disbursing deliveries, is par for the course,…

  • The easy alcohol delivery tip for a safety boost

    The easy alcohol delivery tip for a safety boost

    The easy alcohol delivery tip for a safety boost Every once in a while a delivery doesn’t go as planned. Then there are the times when a delivery goes off the rails altogether. From the moment a courier accepts a delivery offer, to the moment of drop-off, there is a process. A step by step…

  • One easy way to know how much to tip the courier

    One easy way to know how much to tip the courier

    One easy way to know how much to tip the courier What is a good tip? It’s actually a fair question, although relative. In almost every case, tipping is optional. Yet, when a tip is given, one usually thinks about how much is appropriate. On the one hand, too little, and it’s nearly the same…