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Virtual Dispatch

Tag: delivery driver

  • You Are Here, Somewhere

    Yo driver, good day for running, got on every side of my city, hope you did too! This one is about where, when, and wtf? It’s the wtf part, that we want to get to, mostly. It has everything to do with, you are here, somewhere. I may post this incomplete on purpose, so that…

  • The Rainy Day Hustle

    If your instincts warn against utilizing a bad weather event, trust them. While bad weather may increase business, it also increases risk. The rainy day hustle.

  • Double Down

    Sometimes by choice, sometimes not. Changing course sucks, especially when you’re on point, and you’re hellbent on following through with the initial plan. Course changes, (the unexpected ones) can derail timing, completion, and a host of other things. Most everyone knows the old saying, a person doesn’t plan to fail, a person fails to plan.…

  • A Good Tip

    You made the pick up, and cut some time from your run! You moved quickly and arrived at the delivery location in half the time. Next, you walked up 5 flights of stairs, carrying the contents of your delivery! Next, transfer the delivery to the customer, and your work is done. On to the next.…

  • enjoying life on the road

    enjoying life on the road perpetual motion machine, supposedly not possible, thoughts on becoming a perpetual motion courier, and some other weird stuff to chew on during all that traveling I had a good thought on this topic, it was almost an epiphany. I couldn’t decide if it might have any value to new drivers/couriers;…

  • How does this strike you?

    How does this strike you? Yo driver, plentiful runs today, hope you got some too! Off season work as a driver/courier used to be scarce before the advent of 3rd party delivery apps/companies. Dispatch boards were tethered to physical locations. Routes, as well as orders and destinations, could be more static/predictable. Even with good tips,…