How do you protect yourself from dispatchers

Garlic and holy water is a good start.

 

I'm big and scary and they know if they mess with my that i'll find them eventually. That and the very first day I get assigned to them, I ask, "Have you ever driven a truck for a living?" When they say, "No", I remind them to never forget that and to.never pretend to know what's going on out here. They are "Driver Support" because I can find my own d*mn loads, whereas they can't drive the truck.

But I work with them if they know what they're doing. And I switch if they don't. New dispatchers should be assigned to new drivers who don't knownthe ways of the industry yet.

 

Furthermore, the only thing stopping a dispatcher from getting an ***-whooping is the time I spend whooping the *** of the terminal manager who isnt doing his job.

I don't give a d*mn if it affects my career. I've nearly come to blows with shop managers and even owners of a company because they were flat out WRONG and wanted to skirt the blame or responsibility. Some people NEED to be taken off their pedestal and you cannot be afraid to be the one to do it if the time comes.

Luckily I work for people where it isnt an issue, and if I am waiting too long for something, I just get out and do it myself.

 

i simply reply that i was looking for a driving job when i found this one.

 

Power hungry DISPATCHERS and B S ing supertruckers are a large % of todays trucking

 

Just bite your tongue and play nice. Next time you see them, pull them aside in a friendly manner and threaten to eat their family if they dont get their crap together.

This of course only works if the dispatcher is the real problem and not you. A lot of people blame everyone else for their problems, and honestly, I don't know either of you.

My attitude hinges on my being a pretty self-righteous driver/person that doesn't take crap or poor work ethic from anyone and only cares about finding a solution to a problem rather than whining about the problem itself.

 

Let my dispatcher know just the other day that 2 other companies have asked me to come drive for them and Bring MY contract with me. She didn't like it, but has become more friendly after the promise that I would take them up on it. Don't think they want to lose the revenue that my contract has been bringing in for the company for the last 8 months when their own contracts have been slow.