Virtual Dispatch

The delivery season is extremely busy as we head into the Thanksgiving holiday! The offers are fast and steady until the courier locks in. Furthermore, the courier should be ready for the stack attack.

During busy times the courier will often deliver multiple deliveries on one trip. This saves time, serves more customers quicker, and benefits the courier too.

Putting deliveries into stacks that the courier can deliver in one trip is an efficient use of resources. Furthermore, it keeps the queue from overloading. The courier can benefit from accepting these opportunities.

Progress a Delivery

Stacks and rushes are good for the courier business. Additionally, quick pickups and dropoffs, are good for the courier business.

Stalls, are not good for the courier business. Stalls happen when some part of the process has failed. Furthermore, when the courier is delayed, the dropoff location is delayed.

A good example of a stall is the delayed pickup, even though the cargo is ready and visible. This may seem an improbable scenario but it is common.

Many merchants no longer use a special area to place a waiting delivery. Prepared cargo, that is waiting, does so behind the counter or somewhere out of reach of the general public. In some places, the general public is a security risk. Security risk.

This is when the courier must move to the front for cargo! The preceding link is to a previous article on this site about getting cargo from a busy merchant. This is when the chicken leg dance is so important!

There is nothing special about the chicken leg dance. It is simply doing what is necessary to get the attention of merchant staff. The courier is an advocate for the faraway customer. As well as an agent for their own interests.

Chicken leg dance

The courier has an appointment at this merchant. Furthermore, until the merchant staff know the courier has arrived, a delivery sits undelivered. It is possible to dance the chicken leg dance all over the place. Until someone acknowledges the courier.

The courier is expected to alert the merchant upon arrival. The app will alert the merchant of the courier’s arrival. Merchant staff are usually very busy, and do not always have time to scout for the courier. Time to do the chicken leg dance and get noticed. Stay safe out there.