Why am I a owner operator..........it's simple

bayou, had that happen in Baltimore in the early 90's, guy said he was going to call my company and have me fired. he asked for the phone number. I gave it to him and told him to hurry and call, because my wife watched the Price Is Right at 11am, and she was going to be really pissed about disturbing her show and that she was going to have to fire her husband. the guy was speechless and turned and walked off, when he left everybody at the dock about died laughing, they said it was the first time the sob was ever speechless.

yep times like that make it worth it.

 

Lmao.. shippers are the funniest but that's why I started pulling tankers as a company driver because I don't run into none of that anymore . Both shippers and customers are always happy to see me.

 

yea, lets see how long you stay in business with that attitude. O/O or not, if your hauling freight for another company, you should treat their customers with respect regardless of how they treat you. If you dont want to deal with customer crap, then get your own authority. If you were a O/O working for me, id be pissed if you cant control your temper and lost me a customer. Now Im leased on now, so i have to respect my carriers customers. There is not point in coming down to a bad customers level. Just be polite an let it roll off you. Refusing a loade after deadheading their cost you money in an extra deadhead. You spent more money just to save your pride.

 

You dont have to be an O/O to not put up with that..I'd bust the shipper in the jaw and then if the company wanted to fire me I'd bust the boss in the jaw too..now yell at me like a 6 year old.Oh whats that ??,Having alittle trouble yelling with that broken jaw are ya ??

 

I'd say he's doing alright, been an owner operator on his own now for a number of years. Why take crap from some loud mouth? He showed more restraint than I would of...

 

there are times when its more than just a customer being rude, there does come a time where ya got to stand up for yourself and say enough is enough.

and in bayou's case , he has no one to answer to but himself.

but richter, that customer acts as he does because he has always gotten away with it. probably no one has done what bayou did. one handy thing to do is take yer cellphone and record the knucklehead who runs his mouth at you, then e-mail it to coporate hq, or simply walk around to the front and plkay it for someone then and there, that usually gets results.

but the majority just put up with it and the people just keep doing it to drivers day after day, if a company has customers with that attitude, they don't need that customer.

 

The yard boss has a boss too. Walk into his office and tell him you ain't delivering there anymore because unprofessional abusive behaviour of his employee. I usually get more satisfaction from that. Sooner or later you will run into a fella that doesn't have any back up in him. Then what? Assault charges. Court dates. Money spent. Money lost. Stupid stuff that's what.

BTW, if you have your own authority then you are a Carrier.