Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

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  1. newbietrucker91

    newbietrucker91 Road Train Member

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    This was in Minnesota. Guy who got hit company wanted a police report for insurance reasons. A way of saying we weren't at fault so their rate don't go up. What surprised me was the city sent 3 police cars with 2 people in each....must of been a slow day.

    Found it funny how everyone not involved became a reporter and all crowded around the cops to give statements lol
     
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  3. radioshark

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    I lived in small town in Northern Michigan and someone stole a snowmobile. There was 2 state trooper cars 2 city cops and 3 sheriff deputies chasing him. That was the most excitement they had seen in a year
     
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    Sweet karma - was in a construction zone going 55 and a undercover cop pulled up next to me and just sat there. Big pickup gets right on his bumper and after awhile even flashes his highbeams. Cops speeds slightly up and the moment the truck could pass he zipped around doing 80. Cop proceeded to pull dude over.

    Then later ran into Swift being Swift. Further down past Denvor there was another construction zone where the left was closed. Well Swift ended up breaking down right at the point in the merge blocking the right lane. Everyone had to go over the corned off area a bit to get around him.
     
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  5. supersnackbar

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    My wife's cousin use to work in the receiving department of a Walmart store. He said sometimes it appeared that the DC would pile everything up in front of the shipping door, and just push the stuff into the trailer with a front end loader. Nothing organized. Occasionally pallets of canned goods or pet food would be stacked on top of partial pallets of electronics.
     
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  6. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    I am in the wrong business. Stopped at a Wally in IL-annoy...navel oranges are $0.75 PER ORANGE.--All I can say is Let's Go Brandon!!!!!
     
  7. motocross25

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    @supersnackbar I have a question for you if ya don’t mind. Crete website has a position up for a KC- Salt Lake Loop, a KC - Chicago loop and a Nebraska to Atlanta loop. They say it’s a 4 day work week, 3 days off over the weekend and you can pick from Friday, Saturday Sunday or Saturday Sunday Monday. My question is, how much baiting and switching can I expect from Crete? I mean that sounds good but I don’t wanna go thru everything just to hear “wellll we don’t have that now all we have is OTR”. Or if these accounts they have happen to go belly up then what does a guy do? Absorb into another dedicated account? Or do you get the boot with the customer? Just curious. The schedule is intriguing so I thought I’d catch your opinion on it. Thanks in advance. Hope Mrs. Snackbar is doing good!
     
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  8. newbietrucker91

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    Call the recruiting department. From my experience crete is not the type to say "yah we have that position open" then in orientation tell you they just have regular otr. Also yah, if Crete loses the account you can either ask to be put on another dedicated or they will just move you to OTR.
     
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  9. motocross25

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    This is what I wanted to hear. Thanks dude.
     
  10. supersnackbar

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    I have to agree with @newbietrucker91, if the position is open when you apply and are approved for it, then it should be good to go when they're scheduling you for orientation. And, as long as the customer needs us to move their freight on that account, then it's all good. If something happens to the account, then other dedicated opportunities are always an option. I've never known the company to bait-n-switch, especially now when they need every qualified driver they can get.

    And Mrs. Snackbar is getting up to speed at a lightening pace. 3 weeks after going under the knife, and she put in a full day at her market AND is back doing her sewing projects (she is a vendor as well as the manager at her market...she makes all sorts of sewing products from aprons to backpacks to purses)
     
  11. motocross25

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    Excellent I’m gonna go ahead and pursue the position. Thank you for your response and glad to hear Mrs. Snackbar is making a great recovery!
     
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