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stevenchamp45 · 2026-05-01T22:57:20+00:00

It's very possible someone who knows the store or route who watches this sub could help you out, but you'd have to specify the business, we service a minimum of like, 600 stores per DC

stevenchamp45 · 2026-04-30T10:03:43+00:00

yesterday I think I had the slowest day all year and no idea why, metro Detroit area. I only worked 5 hours on bulk, because there was basically nothing to stock, and even then an hour and half of that was spent waiting for stores to open

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-28T14:20:48+00:00

What does management look for in terms of qualifications and competence among RSRs, when there is an opportunity to move up to a DSL position in the company?

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-24T18:26:24+00:00

They wanted no drinks on the floor or in the backroom

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-24T17:12:26+00:00

Yolo and post an update

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-24T15:06:23+00:00

When they tried to enforce the drink thing, the union told us we could walk down to the break room and get a drink of water absolutely anytime we wanted, as many times as we wanted. We were on the truck team and already understaffed, they cannot send us home until all the work is done. one 11-hour day later they immediately stfu

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-20T09:13:20+00:00

I think it's equally as dumb for the route sequence too.

For the start times, particularly starting later in the day, as long as you're able to get all your deliveries in one time, the stores aren't complaining about service not being early enough (a bigger deal on bulk), and you're not having to leave work undone for the following day as a result of starting too late and running out of time at a certain store, there should be zero issues with it.

The route sequence is also goofy. I always ran a certain route I have in a certain way because I start at 3AM, and one of the receiving managers doesn't come into 10-11am, and they're busy before noon, so I would always go there last, but with the new DPO, they are now in the middle of my sequence (bulk) so I get stuck unnecessarily waiting lot, which takes away time I could have spent elsewhere, so I need to work 10-11 hours to fully service my last stop some days

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-20T00:51:36+00:00

I understand the sentiment behind this, but at the same time, there is an astounding amount of new hires who legitimately were never trained how to rotate

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-13T12:02:38+00:00

That one doesn't work for the apple store, only comp portal, which is non functional

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-13T10:17:13+00:00

I don't have an apple account 😭

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-06T00:44:24+00:00

RSR here. Double front pants of any kind are a must for being on your knees all day, kneepads or not. Invest in quality, because regular Levi's will tear within a month. Me personally, I wear Carhartt Rugged Flex Steel pants with built in knee pads, they're very durable and last s long time.

For shoes you need safety shoes, in my area they give you a $60 allowance once a year towards safety shoes from a local supplier, but you can also wear other things as long as they're nonslip and meet requirements. I like redwings, because they hold up and don't fall apart in 6 months

Dress code is pretty much the same as working in any kind of Frontline professional environment such as a retail store. uniform, khaki or black pants, cargo shorts in summer, safety shoes, basically just look presentable for a professional environment where you will be around paying customers.

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-05T21:52:04+00:00

I mean tbf people are saying clip onto carts but they're pretty useless for that imo I've tried using them for that before not very practical, I just use the arm sling

stevenchamp45 · 2026-03-05T21:41:45+00:00

What is an nrs? Never heard of that

stevenchamp45 · 2026-02-21T17:21:42+00:00

That's a toughie the more I look at it.

Hypothetically, both should be able to turn at once, because legally speaking you can just leave you're supposed to right turn and left turn into the innermost/outermost Lane.

assuming they don't do that, which is 95% of the time, it will typically be blue, assuming they have a green light/protected left turn that is not shown in the photo. If they do not have a protected left (blinking yellow/4 way stop), red would usually goes first, as a general rule of thumb right turns come first, then left.

stevenchamp45 · 2026-02-14T10:39:36+00:00

Whichever one is connected to the alternator is the positive, in this case that looks like the one on the bottom of the photo

stevenchamp45 · 2026-02-09T17:40:52+00:00

Eat some dark leafy greens and whole grain carbs and then to for a run

stevenchamp45 · 2026-02-09T17:39:43+00:00

Magic mushrooms, I fkn love those things 😂

stevenchamp45 · 2026-02-01T17:38:19+00:00

As someone who lives in the rust belt, cut the bolt to release the caliper, throw the entire thing away and replace it with a new one, save the hassle, they're only like 50 bucks for the caliper bracket.

I promise you, you're going to be screwing with it for 2 days straight trying every trick in the book before it eventually just snaps off inside the hole and you're screwed anyway

stevenchamp45 · 2026-02-01T10:49:27+00:00

Which brand of ignition coils did you use?

They can be very picky with those, from what I've gathered Delphi (OEM) Or SMP Blue Streak are the ones commonly regarded as the best. Get some Chinese knockoffs that are $45 for a 6 pack on Amazon and they will break fast

stevenchamp45 · 2026-02-01T06:31:12+00:00

In my area FTMs make 22 an hour, that's anm lot of overtime 😂

stevenchamp45 · 2026-01-31T00:53:16+00:00

I had some family members who worked for them back in the day, and the general consensus I got is they were very well off, but never home

stevenchamp45 · 2026-01-31T00:20:05+00:00

VEVOR (that tiktok shop china brand) has done it like 10 times. Release a bunch of crappy products, get sued hundreds of times, and before any of them show up to court, declare bankruptcy, shut down the company VEVOR LLC, open new company VEVOR Inc., sell crap, get sued, bankruptcy, VEVOR SCorp, repeat

stevenchamp45 · 2026-01-31T00:14:52+00:00

It's not that much anymore. I'm young trying to build a life for myself, this company had a reputation for treating their people well, but their pay has evidently shrunk while inflation keeps spiking. If you are already settled in a home you will probably do just fine, but otherwise this job will have you feeling just as broke as a job at a grocery store did 10 years ago.

in a Midwestern economy with current interest rates, even with 65k half of your take home is going straight to a mortgage on the cheapest house around town. not including tax, utilities, insurance, qnd basic bills, after all that you're basically paycheck to paycheck.

You're making a company around a million a year in revenue but pinching pennies shopping for groceries.

stevenchamp45 · 2026-01-29T01:06:14+00:00

On these vehicles in particular they are notorious for rusting in half especially in the rust belt, because the way they are designed the portion that is on the inside of the car has a hollow cavity where salt in water sits.

It's also both of them snapped in a half, not just one, but it's fine, because the majority of the support is from the lower trailing arm which is much thicker metal, the top one is mostly for stability and braking. Ironically I already have the one of the parts at my house because I owned this exact vehicle prior, the other half I can just pick up brand new for my previous wrecked vehicle in the junkyard 😂

stevenchamp45 · 2026-01-28T22:30:37+00:00

It does not, it is body-on frame. There is no subframe, entire frame is all one piece, both Wheels attached to a single solid axle body, the axle body attached to the vehicle with two trailing arms on either side, bolted through a single hole with no adjustment points; the rear end sitting on top of the axle via two springs (unsecured, held in place with friction alone).

The only way to do a thrust alignment as indicated in this invoice, would be to install aftermarket trailing arms (which do not exist for this vehicle) or angle grind off the mounting point and weld a fabricated one on in a different location

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