So if I refuse a load due to a failed pretrip ......

I’ve headed out to delivery without the plate once I verified it had a valid registration and safety . On route I’d put in comments plate fell off and send a message to safety as proof.. if questioned I would’ve told them I put plate number in my elog so it was there when I left.

 

THIS!

 

So you are nothing but a troll. Got it.

 

It looks more like trying to play off being butthurt by acting as if it was planned.

 

So you find a problem with the truck ask to get it fixed then the Company retaliates? Wow that is so sad. Is it usually this quiet? Like its not like their making this up all of sudden. Or do you think it could be just a coincidence? Maybe time to move on How long have you been with them for? Like if its a good few years and you've had no issues I doubt if they are trying to get back at you, after all you just got something fixed right they should be rewarding you not punishing you.

 

You know you could have just said you wanted to ask a hypothetical question instead of turning yourself into a liar!

I knew I was dealing with a “stupid” person when you couldn’t answer the specifics of why.

 

This is why I hate some of these threads, it wastes a lot of time.

 

Sure it's a hypothetical. Right. That's why after the first few responses you pressed the point about how are you going to feed your wife and kids. Actually though, I believe part of it was hypothetical: the part where you got inspected with no trailer plate. That didn't happen.

So what did happen? Best I can tell and based on your statements, you picked up a trailer that was missing a license plate. You told dispatch you didn't want to run that load until there was a plate on the trailer. They said to run it and put it OOS when you got empty. You dug in your heels and said you wouldn't do it. They had to get another driver to run the load, which likely was a pita for them.

Then they decided to show you who's boss and made you sit a few days or maybe a week or maybe longer. You're panicking because now your income has taken a sharp drop. You came on here hoping to get some sympathy and maybe a real solution to fix your mistake.

After the first bunch of replies when you let it slip that the issue was a missing license plate, you were told (in so many words) that you were both wrong and stupid for refusing to run that load and picking a fight over that issue. Now you're salty because you can't admit you were wrong. Hypothetically.

First, then, let me try to distill the advice above. If you pick up a trailer that's missing a plate, tell dispatch and do what they say to do. It's really that simple.

If you get inspected and DOT notices there's no plate, show them the registration (I'm sure that's the first question dispatch is going to ask). If you get a fix it ticket, make sure the company knows. If they put you OOS, talk to dispatch some more. The odds of that happening is well below 5% most places.

It's possible the real issue was that you just didn't want to run that load. If that's the case, don't use equipment as an excuse. Fake being sick. If you've done that too many times already, find another employer who doesn't go to the area that you hate. Of course, that's just hypothetical. I'm sure there was a real problem that inspired your "hypothetical." Maybe it was the plate, maybe it was something else. It's hard to be sure since you have already lied to us.

Second, what can you do now that you have bitten the hand that feeds you? There are really only two approaches that I can see.

One, go to them and admit you were wrong. Tell them you really like working there and it will never happen again. Then take every load they send you without complaining until they feel like maybe you're reliable. That may never happen, frankly, but it's worth a shot. Most people are forgiving but some are not.

Two, find another job, and when you leave this one, don't do anything to make them madder at you. Then when you get to your new job, don't do stupid #### like refusing to run a load because of a fix it ticket.

Third, I am just a company driver trying to make a living out here. I really can't be bothered to try to help a dumb guy who makes bad decisions and can't learn from his mistakes, someone who wastes the time of people who volunteer their time and energy trying to help other drivers and then lies when they don't like the answers they got and pretends it was hypothetical. And if you do actually have a wife and kids, at this point they're the only ones I have any sympathy for. But I bet that was hypothetical too.