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Originally Posted by mike3fan
Yep,if I was told no loads today out of Nitro,I would be calling Grove City,Friendly and anywhere else I could.I wouldn't just leave it to CD.
My buddy is in LaPorte this weekend,he said they were busy,he said like 5 loads left for IL and IN.
Well, I don't know what to think about all this. I really am in LaPorte, right now, and have no chance of a load till Monday. So if others are getting loads out, that just proves my point about favoritism for some drivers.
I have been repeatedly told never to call the terminals. But you guys tell me that is just a lie and I am really supposed to call the terminals? I call my dispatcher in Atlanta (Morrow) every day as instructed and she is SUPPOSED to coordinate with Central Dispatch to line up loads. But I am forbidden to EVER call Central Dispatch. Is that a lie also? Am I really supposed to be calling Central Dispatch?
Friday afternoon I broke the rules and called LaPorte to tell them I was dropping in Brownsville Friday night and would be back in Houston about noon Saturday and ready for a load. I also needed to ask them if they had a preference for an empty for me to bring from Brownsville, so I had an excuse for calling.
The LaPorte guy tells me he "wished he knew" I was coming in because he had plenty of loads Friday morning and he could have gotten me lined up with something if he knew I was going to be in Houston Saturday. :!: But as of that moment he had nothing and I would have to wait for Monday.
What kind of messed up system is this when if you do what they tell you to do you get screwed! :?:
And as for getting home!!!! :evil: Since March 10 I have had exactly THREE loads that too me to Atlanta. Otherwise, if I want to go home I have to deadhead hundreds of miles or like last weekend, beg for a load through Atlanta and try to get at least one day with my family. Please don't tell me you get loads into Atlanta alll the time, it only matters to me if I GET WHAT THEY PROMISED WHICH I AM NOT!