You're disgusting!!!
#33
11-16-2011, 06:02 PM
 Originally Posted by MD You're disgusting!!! ........yer disgusting!....  .....just thought I should give you a fresh one! .  How are things? Haven't smelled you lately. edit; day late...heh heh I just noticed post #30 was new. (shrug) Best of luck MD :thumbsup:
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#34
11-16-2011, 08:36 PM
So now I have a visual of two dogs greeting each other.  Things have been leisurely. Maybe too leisurely - glad to see that changing.Ford - underworked is good but underpaid is no good. I'll probably have to supplement income somehow. Monday I'm being sent to dispatcher school. I understand the first class is called "HOS rules and other lame driver excuses". The second is "Sitting and waiting builds driver character". I dunno man, I dunno.
#35
11-17-2011, 11:17 AM
So, one day into my new gig and I learned something huge today. As a dispatcher, I was once a half decent driver.
#36
11-17-2011, 12:08 PM
So what yer sayin is that drivers should try their hand at dispatching once to see what goes on there and understand why dispatchers can be such PITA's to them?
#37
11-18-2011, 10:02 AM
It is harder than I thought it would be though. That good paying load that ya just had to grab has a nasty way of leaving a truck in the middle of nowhere with a long deadhead and everybody that says they'll call you back in a little while is lying through their teeth. I can't complain though, it's nice to get off the road for awhile.
#38
11-18-2011, 11:17 AM
That's what I'm saying Michigan, drivers don't always understand or want to understand why a dispatcher did what they did. Sounds like a thankless job but having been on the road you know how that goes already.
#39
11-19-2011, 09:37 AM
I enjoyed my short time of
Being a dispatcher
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#40
11-19-2011, 10:03 AM
So who's the genius trucker that first agreed to give his time away? It's only the most important thing any of us has and some dumb f*ck of a driver said "Sure, my time is worth nothing anyway, I'll be glad to hang out while my truck is being loaded and unloaded. If it takes more than 2 hours (which it never does somehow), then you can pay me a token wage, otherwise it's on the house because I'm every bit as stupid as I look". And you guys denigrate union workers. hahahahahahaha
I turned in my notice yesterday. I've had enough. Besides the fact that 3 stinking trucks in a row has got to be some kind of an omen, I've had my fill of not getting paid for work I do. Yesterday I did 288 miles at 38 cpm and worked a 12 hour day doing short hops. I could make more at a McDonalds. At least my first job paid $10/hr for unloading with a one hour minimum and the average stop took a half hour.
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