To continue in my theme of Telematics and unintended consequences, I felt we should look at what the future holds for the new supervisor candidate. All of you drivers know that it is the running, jumping, leaping, throwing, cheating, maniac, of a driver that ultimately gets promoted and becomes your new supervisor. Under Telematics that will be a thing of the past. Unfortunately, (or fortunately), I will not be around to see what kind of person they will promote after years on Telematics. The only guys that will survive the driving rigors will be the steady, consistent type of driver that can do the right thing at every stop, every day. Of course the guy that can do that will not necessarily be the fastest guy in town, so what kind of mentality will he or she have when it comes to management. Managers for years have taught drivers to lie, and cheat, and steal to get the job done the fastest way possible. Now what? Will they be the nerdy, careful, meticulous type of person? Soft spoken, but right to the point. Will they be a perfect physical specimen with exceptional ability to perform any task in a robot like manner, never wavering from the task at hand, spewing the 5 seeing habits in their sleep, or sitting on the pot? Will they be able to drive exactly at the posted speed limit, never wavering, never speeding, better than electronic cruise control? Will they be a social misfit that is able to go without any customer contact, yet sell the company, and fill out lead cards without using any time that would show up on Telematics? Will they have the work ethic of an Amazonian Unick, with no other purpose in life than to do the perfect job 24 hours a day? Probably! It may be the reason we are seeing the company turn to the outside for their new management people. We currently have 2 supervisors that were never drivers. How can the company make ridiculous commands, and expectations without someone that knows nothing about doing the job? Never doing the job allows them to be stupid in their demands and expectations. It is the new UPS under Telematics! Coming to a center near you!