And so you wait...
Not one, but two hours.
And they've barely begun to unload you.
Then to add insult to injury, they put a lock on the airline to the trailer so you can't move, and then they ask for your truck key 😲
It's fucking winter am I supposed to freeze or something? No heater without electricity, and no electricity without a key in the ignition.
Fuck you, I'm an anarchist so I ain't giving you my truck key.
And I didn't chock the wheels like they asked either. 😋
Yeah... that'll show 'em!
Wow ..I see things haven't changed much since I was OTR in 2001. I never had a shipper or receiver ask for my keys though ...that's just unacceptable. I pulled everything from reefer to flat-bed, and have to say that flat bed was the best experience -- shippers and receivers had a much nicer atmosphere -- not rushed or rude. Freight wasn't late before you even loaded it ...not to mention most of them were out in the country so it wasn't a dangerous neighborhood either. But when I was pulling a reefer, I had a delivery to make in NJ. The receiver -- a small business -- apparently had never seen a woman driver before, ran outside waving his arms and SCREAMING that he wasn't going to let a woman drive a semi-truck on his property. I rolled up my window, turned around and simply left, called my dispatcher and told him he'd have to send someone else to hook onto my trailer since hell would freeze over before I delivered that load to that guy -- who had apparently beaten me to it, and had called apologizing and begging them to send me back. But I absolutely HATED having to drive in the northeast -- lots of ignorance and rudeness. I could have woken my husband and had him back into the dock just to shut him up, but the truth is that I was better at backing up then he was. hahaha
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Now that's... that's a good story!
Wow... the guy actually had a problem with a woman driving a truck? Like really? Not to make light of the situation, but he must have poor eyesight and mistaken you for the little old bluehaired grandma that cut him off that morning :p
Good for you turning around and driving off though. That's just sooooo beyond out there. Of all the things to complain about!
Yeah, the northeast is my native region so I'm "used" to it. But it still sucks with all the traffic. I honestly want to go with ODFL or a linehaul company, or maybe a local outfit, and just run part time... the constant traffic is really starting to wear me down. Being out on the open road is really really nice, but the northeast traffic makes me... it makes me angry.
It is unacceptable asking for the keys. But what am I gonna do? I'm a rookie and even though my company is so desperate for drivers they have a, get this, a firing freeze yeah you read it right a FIRING freeze... I'd rather use the leverage that gives me for days off when I want them.
I've thought of switching over to my company's flat-bed division, but as a dryvan driver I get home friday night and leave monday morning, flat-bedders tend to get home saturday night and leave sunday night. I value my home time a lot.
Linehaul it is!
Who did you work for, btw? And where do you work now?
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I worked for a lot of different companies ....Ajax and T&T Trucking -- both out of Washington state and out of business. R&R out of Fargo, N.D., and R&R out of Joplin, MO. CX Roberson -- Farmer City, Illinois, Trism out of Joplin, MO. U.S. Express -- worst company I ever worked for -- was like being in the military. I actually had to sleep with my Qualcomm keyboard dangling out the window with the window rolled up, so I couldn't hear their constant harassment at 11 pm one night --"Go deliver this load" ..."No, I was just there, and they are closed for the night." ...."Go back and see if someone is there now." ..."No, I'm exhausted, I'm scheduled to pick up a load in the morning and need my sleep because I have to drive all day tomorrow to get it delivered on time. If I do this now, I will be up all night. I'll drop it off at 8 am, after I've had my shower and breakfast, then will pick up the other load." ..."We need you to go check and see if someone is there." ...Throws Qualcomm out the window and goes to sleep. LOL I HATED those people!!...."I have a migraine, the flu and can't drive to day." ..."Are you refusing to pick up the load?"...Refusing? ..I said I was sick and can't." ...."So you are refusing to pick up the load, correct?" ....I had to quit trucking. I did it for 13 1/2 years. I don't do it anymore. The abuse was unacceptable.
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