Banned from shipper

Wow...If I am reading your post correctly, that is an extreme case of "all of your eggs in one basket". 130 trucks and one single customer? Yikes!

 

Yea. The company is obviously diversified, but this specific yard consists of shuttling parts from the warehouse 3.5 miles away to the GM plant. It's not as bad as it sounds really as GM loves us. Even with the bad drivers we almost never have an issue and unlike other companies we have not caused the line to shut down in the 20+ years we've had the contract.
If we ever do loose the contract there are options to move within the company, it's just this yard will shut down.

 

You’ve gotta link this story for us D. Lol

 

Its super long but a funny read lol

Got myself a lifetime ban

 

No I haven't. Its business, and nothing personal. If there is a place that I don't want to go to again, it will be by my choice, not because I was banned. I remain professional at all times, and its not always easy.

On a side note, when shippers and or receivers hold us up we all get irritated. So I always tell them, to take their time, as I get paid $75 an hour detention after 2 hours and love to get paid for sleeping. Sometimes, its like they get jealous or something, and they give me a door right away.

 

U know whats funny . Is ive adopted that same mindset... lots of times i go to places where the forklift driver is busting their ### rushing to get things done, now i show up and he dont wanna see me because now hes got a truck to load on top of everything else..... i always tell em ," take ur time, theres no rush no hurry" even when im behind schedule... ive found alot of the times it seems to take some stress away and they usually load me quicker... not to mention it makes a good impression and allows me to be treated like a human rather than just another truck driver thats in the way... sometimes a couple kind words go a long way.

 

More than once.

 

If you've never been banned from a site, you haven't worked in the oil patch very long.

 

I'd like to know too. I've only ever had my picture up at the post office.

 

I've been banned from every US Steel plant in North America for about 8 years now. So far not going back hasn't bothered me a bit.