Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

At least you caught it in time before you left ...or even worse, for them to unbox the freight. Number of years ago I delivered a pallet meant for CED to a company called CES. Both deal with electrical supply and their freight is identical. Also didn't help that one was on Oak Street and the other Oak Business Circle and were within two blocks of each other. Of course I left and my dispatcher alerted me four stops later. The wrong customer of course dug into the pallet. So on top of having to backtrack and picking it up, I also nailed us a freight claim cause the shrinkwrap was no longer intact and several boxes were open. Victim of my own complacency. I wasn't even busy that day.

 

I can't even imagine mixing something up with freight as heavy as beer. The consequences and repercussions are so severe just due to the labor intensity of the job. Especially having to reload the freight. Sorry that happened to you, but I guess it's one of those things that you learn once and then you are on your toes moving forward.

 

Seems like an honest mistake to make. It's one more reason why I couldn't do certain jobs within the industry. My first week at Reddaway I had to liftgate deliver 14 pallets of soda. It was an overnight delivery going to 3 different unmanned warehouses. Made the egregious mistake of not tying in the back one. First stop 8 pallets collapsed completely. To make things worse, the back two skids were resting against the door making it extremely challenging to even get it open. Also a 14 hour day for something that should have lasted 9 at most.

 

That response made my hair hurt. Is management exempt from drug testing?