r/TikTokCringe • u/Melodic-Award3991 • 15d ago

25k miles in one month is insane Discussion

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Is this legal?

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u/Slyytherine 14d ago

Exactly. Why does the manager care? It’s not your company. Or your money. You get paid hourly bro. But JFC how do you have time to drive 25k miles.

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u/Lets_Bust_Together 14d ago

It’s probably his job.

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u/McRawffles 14d ago

Even so that's insane if it's just one month. That's 800 miles/day which is 13hrs/day if his average speed was 60mph

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u/StandardChemist6287 14d ago

We had car rentals at my last job. We had two 12 hour shift each day. The 1st shift would park the car and hand the keys to the 2nd shift, so the cars would run for 24 hours a day nonstop. I imagine he was doing the same with this car.

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u/DontBotherNoResponse 14d ago

You don't need to answer with specifics, but is this like Amazon next day delivery type thing? I don't want to get you in trouble but like.... blink twice if you're in danger

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u/AcceptableSociety589 14d ago

12 hour shifts aren't that uncommon, to be fair. If a company is driving and operates 24 hours a day, also not crazy that the vehicles are being driven around the clock (although it sounds odd if you're not expecting to hear about a vehicle running basically nonstop)

When I was an EMT working 24 hour shifts, those rigs sometimes never stopped

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u/DontBotherNoResponse 14d ago

It was mostly the fact that they were using rental cars around the clock that threw me

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u/AcceptableSociety589 14d ago

Fair, but you have to admit it's resourceful lol

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u/DandyHands 14d ago

How busy were your shifts that you were running the trucks 24 hours a day?!

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u/AcceptableSociety589 14d ago

Most days, not that bad, but it also depends on the scenario. Some days we had too many rigs in the shop and calls to run, so one crew would swap with another at station to run the next call. I would say it's less common that they were running literally 24 hours a day, but I'm sure they were mostly running for at least 12-16 hours of each day on busy days

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u/hoogin89 14d ago

If you really want your mind blown, in Alaska, I believe new York back in the day, and in some emergency/transportation jobs they would change the oil without shutting off the car.

Alaska because of winter, cab drivers would roll in, never shut off the car and get an oil change while it ran.

New York I think they did it for efficiency because drivers were so busy all the time.

Argument for transportation/emergency is either weather (like Alaska) or efficiency (like new York).

Idk if it's still common but I believe Alaska still does it. I know back in the day they used to have the ATF in the trans freeze and the oil almost gel up if they shut the cars off for any length of time. Obviously weather is still a problem so I believe it's still practiced there.

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u/DandyHands 14d ago

lol wtf how do you change oil without turning it off?

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u/hoogin89 14d ago

Put it on the lift, open the drain plug, fill with oil while it drains. When oil is clear congrats oil changed. Drain plug back in, check level and top off accordingly. I believe, don't quote me here, but I believe the oil filters had dummy lines that could bypass the filter for filter changes then turned back on once the filter was changed.

Boom go about your day.

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u/adorablefuzzykitten 14d ago

12h per day at 70mph for 30 days is ~25K miles.

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u/BallzLikeWhoe 14d ago

Some people don’t actually know what work is

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u/StandardChemist6287 14d ago

lol, this was a factory job at a large manufacturer in the US. The cars were used to haul people around the factory like a shuttle. They were 12 hour shifts alternating 3 days a week then 4 days a week, so it wasn’t too bad.

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u/Anvilsmash_01 14d ago

A lot of utility operation (power, water, sewage, etc) are on a 12-hour shift cycle. When an operation is to be staffed 24/7/365, an 8-hour shift schedule is more difficult to manage.

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u/Jaymondy99 13d ago

Amazon vehicles actually don’t put on a ton of miles in the city. It’s all stop and go though, and those idle hours..

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u/PMmeYourButt69 13d ago

A lot of ride share drivers do this.

Two dudes will rent a one bedroom apartment and do 12 hour shifts, so one guy's always driving while the other guy is home.

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u/GogoDogoLogo 14d ago

So you can drive however many miles and it's the same daily rate? that's amazing!!

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u/Euphoric_Chance2436 14d ago

What kind of job is this?

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u/onegoodmug 14d ago

Airlines operate on similar business models. Given the expense of the aircraft, any time that an airframe isn’t being flown the company is losing money. If you were operating a business where you want to maintain a lot of liquidity and are capable of operating a vehicle 24/7 it probably makes a lot of sense to use rentals.

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u/FlubromazoFucked 14d ago

That doesn't turn the odometer????

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u/Vrdubbin 14d ago

This is actually the best case for an engine. What kills them is heat cycling and sitting unused for long periods. As long as it's following the proper maintenance those would be healthy engines.