a little annoyed.....

[Kevin0915]

And not only that, arguing about something like that is alot like arguing politics or religion. You arent going to pursuade the other person into changing their mind, so why bother? neither one of you can win....so why waste the time?

[EvenJoe]

........... I have heard of cops coming along and issueing tickets because of someone's phone call...........

I've heard of it, too, but never seen it. Don't think I'm going to, either. Police enforce laws, not desires.

[Jay B]

you mean like you just did in this entire post?

I don't care who you are, that's funny.

[Walking Eagle]

Anyone that wanted to take my truck keys away the answer would be "Ok, I'll let you know where your stuff is in storage, on your Dime" or "Find another truck" if it was a pickup.

[Kevin0915]

Here is another one. Pactiv in Temple, TX....it is almost as if security likes to screw with drivers. I show up at 03:00 for a load that was to be a D&H at 6a. i'm told the trailer wasnt ready and just half loaded.... and to come back at 8a and whatever is loaded, will be released. Then im told over the QC to come back at 10a, trailer will be ready. so i go back...and THEN told it hasnt even been loaded yet, and to come back at 4p. i call back at 4p....still not ready.....6p...still not ready.

in the mean time, another driver pulled up....called the guard shack on the CB and said he had a load to drop. the guy inside said "we dont have anything scheduled". then a few more words are exchanged, and teh guy inside says, "oh that load isnt scheduled to drop till monday morning". WTF !!! just let the driver drop the trailer in your drop yard and let him be on his way. They finally say to the driver to look for an MT trailer, and if there are any, to drop it.

i mean come on....this load is only 7700lbs that i'm on. My plan was to stay in houston, have braekfast with my brother, and blast off in the AM for this place. i was asked by my DM to take off last night for an early pick up. So much for that...cause now here i sit almost 24 hours later at a truck stop waiting for someone to actually do their job and get my trailer loaded.

The shipper wanted me to wait at the truck stop 1/4 mi away, just so they wouldnt have to pay detention pay. Now the most ill get for wasting a day sitting is $50 for layover......again. If this wasnt a 1600 mi load, i'd tell them to take it off me, and let them jerk another driver around.

[Orangetxguy]

if it doesn't fit in a round hole, you're trying to put IT in the wrong one.

You young PUP SA !!!

[--grande--]

Here is another one. Pactiv in Temple, TX....it is almost as if security likes to screw with drivers. I show up at 03:00 for a load that was to be a D&H at 6a. i'm told the trailer wasnt ready and just half loaded.... and to come back at 8a and whatever is loaded, will be released. Then im told over the QC to come back at 10a, trailer will be ready. so i go back...and THEN told it hasnt even been loaded yet, and to come back at 4p. i call back at 4p....still not ready.....6p...still not ready.

Boy Im glad I dont have them problums, I get in and get out with in an hour of when I hit the companys dock.

[dle]

I had your loading experience with SRT, Werner and Swift.

I've told some of these sites that unless you have a drivers lounge that is non-smoking I will stay in the truck and will maintain a livable environment. The responses have ranged from we won't load you to -- huh ok. The sites that said they wouldn't load or unload changed their mind when I asked for the phone number for the local OSHA.

[golfhobo]

Boy Im glad I dont have them problums, I get in and get out with in an hour of when I hit the companys dock.

Carrying that roll of "grease" for the Security guard's palms is paying off for you then?

[golfhobo]

I've told some of these sites that unless you have a drivers lounge that is non-smoking I will stay in the truck and will maintain a livable environment.

You mean there still ARE a few shippers that allow smoking in their trucker's lounges?? Sign ME up! That way I won't have to go sit in my truck with NO T.V. in order to "maintain a livable environment!"

[--grande--]

Carrying that roll of "grease" for the Security guard's palms is paying off for you then?

No "grease"

I'm nice and dont complain Don't get me wrong, I have had to sit before.

I.E. Fresh Express in Yuma, I used to sit for hours and hours there. So I started to help out, by having my paper work ready, and helping out the guys on the dock.

Do any of they drivers help out the dock guys who do the trailer wash out. Hell no, they stand up there and complain about how long they have to wait. I get out of my truck goto the back of the trailer, grab a hose and do my own washout, they come and inspect it, straight over to the dock 9 times out of 10. While the other drivers who dont like to help, and piss and moan, goto the waiting yard I get in and out fast in that place, even if im early for my appointment, they get me in early

Being nice to people goes a long way

[Kevin0915]

No "grease"

I'm nice and dont complain Don't get me wrong, I have had to sit before.

I.E. Fresh Express in Yuma, I used to sit for hours and hours there. So I started to help out, by having my paper work ready, and helping out the guys on the dock.

Do any of they drivers help out the dock guys who do the trailer wash out. Hell no, they stand up there and complain about how long they have to wait. I get out of my truck goto the back of the trailer, grab a hose and do my own washout, they come and inspect it, straight over to the dock 9 times out of 10. While the other drivers who dont like to help, and piss and moan, goto the waiting yard I get in and out fast in that place, even if im early for my appointment, they get me in early

Being nice to people goes a long way

i am nice to the point where i KNOW i'm feeling the screw around, or when i'm looked down upon and spoken too with such disrespect. I'm not a driver who will come in and moan and groan to the S&H desk of a shipper or cosignee. If i could have helped to get that trailer loaded quicker, i would have done it. anything to get me rolling faster...no problem. HOWEVER....most of the time i'd just feel in the way....and dont have the first damn clue how they operate, so i just stay in the truck.

Next time though, if a pre-loaded trailer isnt ready by appointment time, it either turns into a live load, and i remain on property, or ill just have the load voided off me.

Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids did this to me. Turned out the trailer wasnt ready, and the lady in the office asked if i wanted to leave or stay on site and turn it into a live load. i chose the latter because if i stay around the trailer, i know when it is ready, and can roll faster.

what ended up happening, the load was on the other side of the warehouse, and the guy asked if i could reposition the trailer to the other side of the place to help getting it loaded faster....so i did. and was loaded within 30-40 min.

[GMAN]

Most people respond in kind. When you treat others with respect it is usually reciprocated. If you come in with an attitude then you are also likely to be treated with the same.

[Jackrabbit379]

Most people respond in kind. When you treat others with respect it is usually reciprocated. If you come in with an attitude then you are also likely to be treated with the same.

Do to others what you would have them do to you.

[--grande--]

i am nice to the point where i KNOW i'm feeling the screw around, or when i'm looked down upon and spoken too with such disrespect.

Your doing the wrong job. I used to be the *****hole behind the shipping window Back then I felt all truck drivers were dirty nasty scum, just a waste of time and space. " i was young and dumb, back then" But I remember some guy coming in to pick up three pallets. He was rude to one of my labors, I had him sit for 2 hours before he hit the dock, then 4 hours to get him loaded. Then I had the guy at the gate screw with him as well. Then I called the people getting the three pallets and told them the load would be late and for them to screw with the guy as well. See how easy it is to screw someones week up


Now when I turned 24 I got into a hay truck with a freind, and was hooked, then after being out on the road for a while I realized that the guy be hind the shipping window was me years before Just remember everyone has bad days, trying to make them brighter is all ways nice. Plus your probally the 20th trucker and the 19 before you were all *****es

[avc]

Yeah, well those in S&R that respond like that are not professionals and should be fired, most of the time you can report morons like that to their managers and they will be taken care of appropriately for wasting a truckers time.

[Kevin0915]

Your doing the wrong job. I used to be the *****hole behind the shipping window Back then I felt all truck drivers were dirty nasty scum, just a waste of time and space. " i was young and dumb, back then" But I remember some guy coming in to pick up three pallets. He was rude to one of my labors, I had him sit for 2 hours before he hit the dock, then 4 hours to get him loaded. Then I had the guy at the gate screw with him as well. Then I called the people getting the three pallets and told them the load would be late and for them to screw with the guy as well. See how easy it is to screw someones week up


Now when I turned 24 I got into a hay truck with a freind, and was hooked, then after being out on the road for a while I realized that the guy be hind the shipping window was me years before Just remember everyone has bad days, trying to make them brighter is all ways nice. Plus your probally the 20th trucker and the 19 before you were all *****es

oh trust me, i know how easy it is to screw with someone. You might not know, but i worked for an airline for 8 years. It was in an 'international' airport, but small enough station that sometimes required us to work both ticket counter and ramp. Our flights just went from, we'll say Omaha to Phoenix, and we had 5 a day. This one guy i checked in, wasnt in that great of a mood, and then ..... OH MY GOODNESS..... the seat he was assigned by his travel agent was changed. (honestly was like that when i tried to check him in)...he got annoyed by that, but i still got him a window seat. Something snapped, and when i asked how many bags he was checking in, he got in a huff and made a scene about how his bags went missing on the way up. Guess what....his bags somehow went missing on the way back. (this time i know what happened.....they somehow git mistagged to San Francisco hahahahaha)

the best story i got, a buddy of mine was checking this parent of an employee in. Now remember, parents get to fly for free as a 'non-rev' passenger. It isnt a 'right', it is a 'perk'....and it is free. you only get on if there are seats left after paying passengers get on. This flight there was plenty of room. But he raised a stink about his golf clubs getting lost on the way up. So much of a stink that my friend pulled him aside, and said, "look, this is a privilege, not a right. you have to act as if YOU were the employee, and right now you arent. this 'privilege' can be revoked at any time, sir."

The guy ended up relaxing a little, and then when we told him he'd get his seat up at the gate, he raised a fit because the flight was so 'open', he wanted a seat right then and there. he was directed upstairs to the gate. My friend....taking the bag tag for phoenix off....and put a hand written tag on. Now the golf clubs were going on our airline to Phoenix, then transferring to Continental bound for San Diego and then switching airlines again, to Aloha Air for Hawaii. HAHAHAHAHAHHHA........dumb @#$% !!!!!

now my gripe isnt with just getting screwed with. I mean if i went in with a bad 'tude and gave them a hard time....i could understand that. But that isnt 'professional', and doesnt represent the company well. I remember when i interact with a shipper/cosignee, i AM the company, to them. I act as if it were my own company. I dont kiss *****, but then again, i wont just stand there and let them talk down to me either.

[dobry4u]

Do to others what you would have them do to you.

Or... do unto others.... then split

[Jackrabbit379]

That would work too.