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#31
Mr. Ford95 , 11-16-2011 11:27 AM
Congrats Michigan, hope it works out for you. Do you want to be overworked?
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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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MichiganDriver , 11-16-2011 08:36 PM
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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:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
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:
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
MichiganDriver , 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
Mr. Ford95 , 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?
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MichiganDriver , 11-18-2011 10:02 AM
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I guess. But don't think I'm saying dispatchers are in any way human! Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
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?
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
Mr. Ford95 , 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
freebirdrfd , 11-19-2011 09:37 AM
I enjoyed my short time of
Being a dispatcher
Being a dispatcher
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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.
the #1 reason why i never drove OTR. I like getting paid for everything i do. Hourly pay is the only way to drive.Originally Posted by MichiganDriver
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. hahahahahahahaI 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.