Safety First..
Left hand doesn't know what right hand is doing. This is unreal, business as usual, nothing here is usual. Moorpark isn't that far from me on the 126, I know your closer, so stay safe. I realize if your not affected, not your problem, like hurricanes don't stop me from anything, am not affected, but this ......I would never say to a hurricane victim oh well, business as usual...people are surprising. I called Edison as they own many acres of@kenasch wrote:
Just got a text message from another scheduler at TS asking me to do shop in Moorpark really close to fire. I guess schedulers don’t talk to one another.
land with brush on it right outside my door. They used to trim it but haven't for years. Someone came out and said they'll get to the right dept. and schedule a trimming...hoping it's this year...
Why can't owners of this arces take care of trimmings, should be mandatory.Live consciously....
But we have had fires annually for ages in So Cal. It's clearly getting worse that ever with weather patterns changing, and when I lived in the hills outside Pasadena I had to deal with it there.
Last year, the Ventura & Santa Barbara area was hit hard, and then it became mudslides when it rained. I was bombarded with emails for straggler shops in that area last year. The requests are business-as-usual...
This is why I have deactivated all email email notifications and search for my shops when I feel like working.
Last year, the Ventura & Santa Barbara area was hit hard, and then it became mudslides when it rained. I was bombarded with emails for straggler shops in that area last year. The requests are business-as-usual...
This is why I have deactivated all email email notifications and search for my shops when I feel like working.
Irene, I do not think most of the schedulers or any of us are thinking it is business as usual in areas with fires. The emails I get about shops are probably sent to a huge group of people who live within 50 miles or more of each other for jobs that are scattered all throughout so calif. I doubt they check each and every address where shoppers live or even each shop's address before sending the emails out. Even emails that appear to be addressed just to me are often emails sent to a group. They are trying to fill their jobs. They have little idea of exactly where you or anyone else is. You could be visiting/staying with a cousin 25 miles away and interested in a shop.There could be one of these shops just down the street from you and you would be happy to get out of the house and do it once the electricity is back on. It is business as usual for me because I am not directly affected by the fires so I can work but that does not mean I , or the schedulers, are wanting someone to risk their lives to drive to a shop in an area with fire. I do not think we are thinking it is business as usual for you and all the others trapped so close to raging fires. I think you should just ignore the jobs if they cannot be done just like most of us ignore 95% of the shop emails we get every day. Yes, it would be nice for schedulers who schedule where the fires are would reach out and express some recognition of what is going on.
The freeway may be open on your side, but the 405 and 5 were closed were closed on my side going into the city a few days ago, when I wrote original post.....freeways are now open, changes day to day.....@sandyf wrote:
Irene, none of the freeways here are closed and there is no fire and has been no wind. Los Angeles city is not on fire. The winds may affect the people up in the canyons or who have to cross the fire areas to get somewhere else but for us in the city which includes Cent City,, Pac Palis we are okay. Parts of the county, also called Los Angeles for those of you who do not know have winds and fire issues but I cannot even smell any smoke and have not gotten any ash on my car so the winds must be blowing north rather than south.
I just want to say that for someone not familiar with every city and town and where it is and using national news (not the local area channels) they are not necessarily getting the kind of detail the schedulers might need. They must have thousands of jobs that may or may not be affected by fire. Yes, it would be nice if they could preface their lists with i hope you are okay and if you cannot do these I understand but for them to know exactly what street or little town is affected or what highways a particular shopper has to travel to get somewhere would be very hard to do. So Irene I know the air quality and travel around where you live must be horrible and feel for all those people but it is calm and quiet here with a blue sky. They also have end of the month deadlines. If I lived in a fire zone but my part of the city was not affected right then I might take a job and so may many others. My brother in Ohio mentioned the other day that only tens of thousands had electricity turned off. He pays close attention to the news.
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
I just got an email for jobs in Pacific Palisades, Century City and in the city where freeways could be closed if their not already...guess the schedulers just don't know, but even if you don't know, sending this anywhere in
No. CA or So. CA seems like lazy scheduling. I wrote back stating cities on fire, hope they take that into consideration, especially for route shoppers. Power is off, business closed, why not cool it until next week....come on now!
Live consciously....
The source calls from a scheduler I never heard from offering me a job in Palm Springs, she didn't have a clue where that was, only 2 1/2 hours from me one way, sure I'll do it for a 4.00 pad....please, your in CA, get a clue.
Who calls this business, or stupidity.
Who calls this business, or stupidity.
Live consciously....
Ha Ha, I can imagine some scheduler living somewhere with 40 degree temps at the end of October thinking, no dreaming, about how lucky we are to be only an hours drive (in their location at 75 miles per hour or more and no traffic to speak of) from the legendary tourist area of Palm Springs. Wouldn't we all want to plan a little jaunt over there to enjoy the Palm trees, warm days, famous and beautiful people on every corner and swimming pool at the end of fall. We could even offset our $350 a night hotel fee by doing this $4 extra job.
Many look at miles as the crow flies. I read about those who live near islands with shops that require a long drive to a ferry, a ferry crossing and then perhaps another long drive to the town on the island with the shop...but as the crow flies from their spot where they live it is only 8 miles. The schedulers who have ever lived or visited for more than a few days this carmageddon we live in can understand. Just laugh at the others...and tell them no.
Many look at miles as the crow flies. I read about those who live near islands with shops that require a long drive to a ferry, a ferry crossing and then perhaps another long drive to the town on the island with the shop...but as the crow flies from their spot where they live it is only 8 miles. The schedulers who have ever lived or visited for more than a few days this carmageddon we live in can understand. Just laugh at the others...and tell them no.
@Irene_L.A. wrote:
The source calls from a scheduler I never heard from offering me a job in Palm Springs, she didn't have a clue where that was, only 2 1/2 hours from me one way, sure I'll do it for a 4.00 pad....please, your in CA, get a clue.
Who calls this business, or stupidity.
I often have to tell the "PAD" schedulers that they are quoting "bird miles" wheres I have to drive "road miles". I also have to remind them that we have bridge tolls at the Delaware River (among others) and sometimes highway tolls as well.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
One scheduler was upset with me because the $70 shop was only 24 miles away in "bird miles." I had to let her know that driving the bird miles would require me to excavate a tunnel through a very tall mountain range. She had a sense of humor about it, anyway.
Yep. I asked if they wanted to rent me a helicopter. Bishop and Visalia are not "just a short distance from one another."
I think you really can't blame the schedulers, this is why:
1. Schedulers are trying to schedule shops, that's what they are contracted to do by the MSC.
2. The MSC is trying to get shops completed, that's what they are contracted to do by the client.
3. The "Client" is often a corporation run by CEOs and upper management who have no idea where their stores are located and do not care as long as their big paychecks are coming in and they can live comfortably in their million dollar mansions that are not located in the current disaster zone. They usually have no idea what is going on out here on ground level, that is why they contract MSCs, to find out.
My point: Corporate leaders are out of touch with reality. They only know statistics, dollars, personal income and algorithms. If there is a disaster in their home area, they will know because it will affect them. If the disaster is elsewhere and affects others, there's no need to know.
And, yes, you have discerned much hostility in this post regarding those that run the world but do not live down here in it with us.
Conclusion: Lack of awareness/lust for the almighty dollar begins at the top (corporate industry) and rolls downhill, hitting everything in it's way.
I still have a little Rebel left in me from the seventies!
1. Schedulers are trying to schedule shops, that's what they are contracted to do by the MSC.
2. The MSC is trying to get shops completed, that's what they are contracted to do by the client.
3. The "Client" is often a corporation run by CEOs and upper management who have no idea where their stores are located and do not care as long as their big paychecks are coming in and they can live comfortably in their million dollar mansions that are not located in the current disaster zone. They usually have no idea what is going on out here on ground level, that is why they contract MSCs, to find out.
My point: Corporate leaders are out of touch with reality. They only know statistics, dollars, personal income and algorithms. If there is a disaster in their home area, they will know because it will affect them. If the disaster is elsewhere and affects others, there's no need to know.
And, yes, you have discerned much hostility in this post regarding those that run the world but do not live down here in it with us.
Conclusion: Lack of awareness/lust for the almighty dollar begins at the top (corporate industry) and rolls downhill, hitting everything in it's way.
I still have a little Rebel left in me from the seventies!
I am not surprised. Last year I was scheduled to do a restaurant shop with a company I'd never worked with before. I did the phone reservation portion, but on the day of the actual visit, I was evacuated due to a fire that came within one mile of my house. While I was packing up my disabled son, my two dogs and my important papers, I emailed the scheduler to inform her I would not be able to do the restaurant that night and to please reschedule. I HEARD NADA. Nothing. When I returned home a day and a half later, I saw on the board that my shop was "overdue." I contacted the scheduler again, who did not respond at all. When I emailed for a third time, she merely said, "I have removed the assignment from your board." That was not very concerned or caring. So I have not requested another assignment for them. I won't work for a company that treats people like robots.
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