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TypeRNammer 09-03-2025 11:12 AM

Community shuttle is a decent gig too at TransLink, top wage of $35.22 an hour

You start off as a casual though, so you don't get a seniority number until future bidding on the next schedule.

We also have depot clerk dispatch positions that pay $42 an hour top wage

Eff-1 09-03-2025 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by whitev70r (Post 9191783)
I thought one day, when I retire, I'd like to drive the shuttle bus from car dealers to transit ... like Richmond Car Dealer to Brighouse ... just for kicks, shitz, giggles, conversation, and to get out of the house.

A long time ago when I was managing sponsorship events for car dealers, we used to hire this company all the time (I forget what they were called) but they were a family-run small business. Basically, all they did was drive cars to and from dealerships and the port.

All you need is a fleet policy of transporter plates, a mini van to shuttle drivers around, and a bunch of retired people.

The hardest part is scheduling the drivers and the shuttles I imagine.

Food for thought if we win the lotto and can retire early.

whitev70r 09-03-2025 03:04 PM

^ is that why new cars all list 300 kms on odometer .. :lol.

noclue 09-03-2025 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Eff-1 (Post 9191887)
A long time ago when I was managing sponsorship events for car dealers, we used to hire this company all the time (I forget what they were called) but they were a family-run small business. Basically, all they did was drive cars to and from dealerships and the port.

All you need is a fleet policy of transporter plates, a mini van to shuttle drivers around, and a bunch of retired people.

The hardest part is scheduling the drivers and the shuttles I imagine.

Food for thought if we win the lotto and can retire early.

There are transport businesses that hire retired people with class 1 to deliver semi trucks/RV/Buses all over north america. Too big to ship via rail I guess

donk. 09-03-2025 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TypeRNammer (Post 9191863)
Community shuttle is a decent gig too at TransLink, top wage of $35.22 an hour

You start off as a casual though, so you don't get a seniority number until future bidding on the next schedule.

We also have depot clerk dispatch positions that pay $42 an hour top wage

42$/hr for dispatch is insane.

This chick i d̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ banged 12+ years ago, was making 18$/hr up north as dispatch. (Min wage was 9$ at the time i think), so she was rolling in money for someone fresh out of highschool.

Traum 09-03-2025 08:24 PM

I am totally seeing the subtle flex here lol~ :ifyouknow:
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Originally Posted by donk. (Post 9191922)
This chick i d̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ banged 12+ years ago, was making 18$/hr up north as dispatch. (Min wage was 9$ at the time i think), so she was rolling in money for someone fresh out of highschool.


68style 09-03-2025 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by donk. (Post 9191922)
42$/hr for dispatch is insane.

This chick i d̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ banged 12+ years ago, was making 18$/hr up north as dispatch. (Min wage was 9$ at the time i think), so she was rolling in money for someone fresh out of highschool.

Shouldn’t you have been still playing with GI Joes and Transformers 12+ years ago?

underscore 09-03-2025 09:49 PM

^ maybe he meant finger banged.

TypeRNammer 09-04-2025 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by donk. (Post 9191922)
42$/hr for dispatch is insane.

This chick i d̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ banged 12+ years ago, was making 18$/hr up north as dispatch. (Min wage was 9$ at the time i think), so she was rolling in money for someone fresh out of highschool.

It's a mix of administration and dispatch.

They are bus driver's first point of contact for general inquiries, booking off, checking work assignments.

Besides those things, they also take care of time keeping, logging incident reports from operators, do roll call for over time, assigning daily work for operators for the next day.

That's just off the top of my head

donk. 09-04-2025 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 68style (Post 9191932)
Shouldn’t you have been still playing with GI Joes and Transformers 12+ years ago?

:okay:

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Originally Posted by underscore (Post 9191933)
^ maybe he meant finger banged.

:okay:

Im actually a virgin that walks in the abundant light of christ


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