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I’m going to assume you’re At least 50? I’m only 30, never had a check book until I bought my own house at 28. Never needed one, I did how ever know how to fill one out. now since this is a trucking fourm maybe he’s referring to a T-check. Ive never used one, never worked at a company that used them, therefor I would have no clue how to fill one out.

 

..lol yeah I'am 50+... I thought about that after I posted it ...lol...
I figured they still taught how to write a check in school .. but I guess they quite doing doing when the did away with making kids stay after school and clean the black boards ..lol.. it sucks to get old

 

Ok, I need to ask.
Is this what’s happening when the driver is waiting for a load for several hours?

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I know I receive favoritism at my company and get the best paying loads....why ?
Because I've been here going on 5 years ...im easy to work with ...I dont wine ....I deliver on time within reason and dispatch doesent find me Mia on Monday morning with some bs excuse for why my load is in the yard that should have departed early Sat morning or Friday night .
I dont drop dirty trailers that should be washed out or with flat tires and lites out .
I seem to profit from that.

 

Haha I haven’t seen a check since I was a little kid in the late 90s/ early 2000’s. I’m in my late 20s so I never used one growing up. The other guy was right, it was a tcheck. I could’ve figured out how to fill out a normal one lmao

 

Years ago I had a dispatcher tell a customer a a lie as big as the Grand Canyon is wide. He called and told me this big ### lie and to go along when I got to customer, if asked.
Customer asked me and I flat threw that lying MF’er under a fleet of busses. He was a lying 2 faced prick anyway

 

While I run for a day cab private fleet we have a dedicated planner out of New York that thinks similar. He will give a 14 hr run to the guys he knows that will turn it and not hotel it 50 miles from the plant.
While maybe akin to payola have you ever been "gifted" anything from your drivers?
I had a decent year in 2019..a bit over 120K.
So early last year I called the finest steakhouse in his town and bought a $125 gift certificate, they threw another $50 buck on top...$175
When I talked to him early 2020 I told him to stop at the address in his spare time and give his name to the hostess.
This was more of a thank you gesture than a bribe but I admit I thought it would put me in good stead.
I've also bought gifts for all our drivers, like mini flashlights, back supports etc.
It seems to have served me well .

So has any of your folks gifted you anything?

 

Is your company primarily broker freight or customer/contract freight?
Do you have a sales staff if so.