Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

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  1. JohnBoy

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    Thank you. It was good to see you yesterday.
     
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  3. RebelChick

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    You too. I was fixin’ to haul boogie home. Would’ve already been gone, but David stopped me to chat for a few. I do miss running local - for him - but not the one running it now. Eventually, I’ll get my groove back in OTR. Hopefully, on this trip.
     
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  4. MidWest_MacDaddy

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    They never step beyond the patio for that very reason... lol
     
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  5. MidWest_MacDaddy

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    Think of it as being a Trainer for both Drivers and Driver Mangers ... about the same churn.
     
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  6. JohnBoy

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    Don’t need any of it. I ended my training career today. The last thing I need in my life is training yet another new DM whose chances of making it a year are slim to none. My last DM I had for more then a year was 5 years ago. Since then every other one has lasted no more then 10 months, and as little as 2 months. Again, I will say this, the worst job to have in an OTR company is any position in operations. A driver? If you don’t hit anything, do your job, you can walk in, drop a deuce on the presidents desk, and get dispatched the same day.
     
  7. MidWest_MacDaddy

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    Time to introduce Self Dispatching... ;-)
     
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  8. JohnBoy

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    I’ve been asking for that the last 2 years. It’ll never happen. You know how we’re set up here. The DM’s sole purpose consist’s of 1 of 2 jobs here, either a babysitter or a personal secretary, I haven’t needed a baby sitter here for 8 years.
     
  9. radioshark

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    When I worked at Schneider my DBL ( the equivalent of your DM) told me the sole purpose of his job was to keep drivers from yelling at planners and to keep planners from yelling at drivers.
     
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  10. MidWest_MacDaddy

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    That was going to be my response... the Buffer Zone between the planners and doers... lol
     
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  11. ExtremeUnction

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    This is the same function waiters serve in a restaurant. Their primary job is to keep the customers and the cooks away from each other.
     
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