I HATE Pilot T/S's (even more now)

[Malaki86]

Yesterday morning I hit a nice pothole in the road, which caused my drink to dump out right on top of my bluetooth earbud. Needless to say, it was trashed. So, I stopped at the Pilot in Grantsville, MD and bought a Celltronix wireless headset. I let the thing charge up and the first time I put it on my head, I knew it was garbage. Either my head is unusually tiny, or they just made it too "loose". Also, the earpiece isn't adjustable, so it wouldn't fit flat on my ear. Just turning my head (not fast) made it fall off.

So, this morning I stopped at the Wilco in Harrisburg, PA and bought a new earbud and was going to return the headset at the same Pilot. That's where the fun started.

I paid for the thing on my Discover card. I had the receipt and all packaging. The manager told me that they don't give refunds for electronic items but they would be happy to give me store credit. That went right through me. I told him I didn't want store credit, I want the money returned on my card. He pointed out on the receipt where it stated about the no return policy. I then basically yelled at him (in front of a store full of customers) that I wanted to know where in the UFP*&( this is posted in the store. He then, again, offered me store credit. I told him that I would be calling Discover over this (loudly and profanely).

He finally broke down and gave me my refund. He then said that I need to remember that in the future that they don't give refunds on electronics. I told him the only thing I'll EVER buy from a Pilot is an occasional cup of coffee and a sandwich. My company doesn't buy fuel from them, so that's not an issue.

What a way to end the week.

[BanditsCousin]

Way to conduct yourself in public!

[Malaki86]

Yup - gotta let my redneck side out once in awhile.

[RostyC]

Yup - gotta let my redneck side out once in awhile.

tin- fo

[Roadhog]

tin- fo

I like the parts of the conversation Mal left out.

Yer a dumbasss.
My foot is about to drill a hole in your ass.
What??... are you going to put this on your resume dumbass?
Are you gonna give me my money back? or do I have to explain to you why Tiny Tim walks with a crutch?
You know I ought to vandalize your ass with my foot.
Are you on dope?
You're lucky this counter is standing between me and my foot and your ass.

Here's your money back sir.

(Mal turns to customers behind him) That kid's on dope.
So long, Dumbass!

[Malaki86]

It didn't help in my situtation when I started my day out in a horrible mood. My dispatch sent me a preplan to pick up in downtown Philly for a 400 mile run with 100 miles of deadhead that would've paid me a whopping $0.21cpm... I hate percentage pay...

[freebirdrfd]

It didn't help in my situtation when I started my day out in a horrible mood. My dispatch sent me a preplan to pick up in downtown Philly for a 400 mile run with 100 miles of deadhead that would've paid me a whopping $0.21cpm... I hate percentage pay...

Hey Malaki, you may want to edit your last post. It said .21cpm, that MUST be a mistake.

[Malaki86]

Well, it was a mistake. It actually works out to 56 miles paid deadhead miles (out of the 106) @ $0.16cpm. The load itself was 403 miles loaded paid @ $400 to the truck, of which I get 24.5%.

$0.16 x 56 = $8.96
$400 x 24.5% = $98.00
Total pay = $106.96
106 miles deadhead + 403 miles loaded = 509 miles total
$106.96 / 509 miles = a grand total of $0.2101375cpm

And my company wonders why our drivers are always in a pissy mood.

[ironeagle_2006]

Damn the lowest I ever got was .24 cpm and that was in 1996. Then the boss gave us .03 com as Pier Diem on top of that out of his pocket seprately in a differant check.

[Malaki86]

The worst one they nailed me with was a load that paid me $0.18cpm. Because they don't send us the rates with the dispatch info, I didn't find out about it for 2 weeks...

[thebaldeagle655]

The reason I left Westar Transportation out of Wichita Falls, Tx was that when they leased on to Acme Truck Lines, the first 3 weeks my average was only 21.6 cents per mile. Unfortunately there are more companies that are literally screwing their drivers just to stay in business. I have been on unemployment since October, my weekly amount from the unemployment is almost exactly what i had per week for the 3 weeks I stayed with Acme! Doesn't quite make it worth being on the road does it!!!