Looks like I'm through here.

Discussion in 'Melton' started by Triad, Apr 18, 2014.

  1. Triad

    Triad Light Load Member

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    Barring a miracle in Birmingham, I'm taking this thing back to the terminal on Monday and turning in the keys. The past two weeks here have been the most utterly confounding load of BS I've yet suffered in my young life, and I just don't think I'm willing to keep putting up with it. Melton isn't a terrible company, it just doesn't look like it's the company for me. I really hate walking out on a place without at least giving them a year, but I just can't tolerate it any longer.

    Among my grievances:

    • Safety is run by a bunch of clowns. Safety people are bad everywhere, sure, but it's pretty bad when I'd have to drive unsafely and/or lie to them in order for them to think I'm a safe, honest driver. Maybe I'll tell that story in another post.
    • Wanda is a ####. I wish I could think of another word that wouldn't be filtered to describe her, but even that word doesn't do her proper justice.
    • If you upset someone, expect to live in the Northeast. I said last time I went there that I'd quit before I ever drove through NYC again, and I guess I pissed someone off, because here's a load going to Long Island. Isn't it bad enough that I have to sit empty in a truck stop for 4 days before I can get it? I don't care who died today, that's unacceptable.
    • No positive reinforcement. I've always found that positive reinforcement works best. Kind of like preventative maintenance on a vehicle. Let someone know they're doing well. Or hell, even thank someone who goes the extra mile. But I bust my hump to get stuff done and get not a word of thanks. But one screw-up, see the above point. I drive two straight years 100% safe following some rookie mistakes in my first 6 months of driving, but one "hard braking incident" that wasn't even a hard braking incident, and I'm getting yelled at and lectured about following people too closely because obviously, I wasn't telling the truth about what happened and must have been riding someone's ###.

    All of the positive things I've said about these guys still holds true. The work is good. Miles are good. Pay is good. The people, for the most part, are excellent folks. My complaints are minimal, and small complaints. Today just happens to be the day that the camel's back broke. I wish it hadn't, because I like Melton a lot. But I guess if it isn't for me, it was only a matter of time before all the little negatives outweighed the positives.

    Good luck, guys! Avoid Wanda at all costs!
     
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  3. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    You might want to give Laceayse Transport a call there in Grinnell Iowa, Good equipment, own home kind of people, Call and ask for Josh, tell um Paul from Bakersfield had you call them. I work ther but Im off on a injury, slipped o ice, bit they have gone out of there way to make sure I have what I need.

    Small Company, like 20 drivers. The owner and his son are the dispatchers.
     
  4. Triad

    Triad Light Load Member

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    I appreciate the referral, but it looks like I'm outside their hiring area and I'd prefer to stick to flatbed at any rate.
     
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  5. Army91W

    Army91W Heavy Load Member

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    Have you tried getting a new DM? I don't know if that would help but the expense of getting a new job, it might be worth a shot. Good luck with whatever you decide.
     
  6. Flatbedn

    Flatbedn Road Train Member

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    I agree with you on the hard brake incidents. I had one in small town in Kansas right in front of police dpt. I was rolling 40 in a 45 mph zone. Light was red so was slowing down, light turned green 1/8th mile from it so I accelerated and it went yellow so I got on the brakes. I'm not running a red light in front of cop station. Safety said I had a 1 second following distance. No one at all in front of me at 4am on a 2 lane road in before Kansas at 4 am.
     
  7. Triad

    Triad Light Load Member

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    I can't work with people like that. There aren't two sides to the story with them. There's their idea of what happened, and the lie you're going to tell them. To make matters worse, Melton docked me $250 on my final check for the drive to Birmingham to drop off the truck. Thanks, guys!
     
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  8. Flatbedn

    Flatbedn Road Train Member

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    #### man that's ###### up.
     
  9. Triad

    Triad Light Load Member

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    You know, the company has some great people in it. The drivers are all pretty awesome, except Wal Mart guy. Some of the DMs are pretty great. But it's this bureaucratic BS that's going to drag it down. I'm really tempted to call somebody about that pay deduction, but I don't even know if it's worth my time. The deduction was post-tax, too.
     
  10. stayinback

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    Sounds Like Wanda Needs a Good ,Hard Spanking.... 50 years old or not!

    She wants to treat you guys like a child.....She Needs to be treated like a Child
     
  11. Triad

    Triad Light Load Member

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    They said literally the exact same thing to me, that my following distance was 1 or 2 seconds. He told me to estimate my average distance in feet, and I totally underestimated... I said 150 feet when in reality, once I started paying attention, it's more like 450 feet when I can help it. But I stopped at a light that turned yellow on me when someone was in the intersection on the other side, getting ready to turn left. Had an empty trailer and tractor brakes that I just found out that second were out of adjustment. I started telling Kevin (that guy has always treated me like dog #### as it is, I don't know why... he's just so rude and hostile all the time) what happened and he literally rolled his eyes. I told him I didn't even know why it was a "hard braking incident" since it was a gradual stop, not slamming on the brakes and I didn't set off the camera and he got a smart-### attitude with me and stomped off like a child. Total lack of respect from that guy. I should have said #### it and blown through the yellow, maybe hit someone in the process... but at least the computer wouldn't tell Kevin I did something bad, right?
     
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