Your privicy and company dispatch

Allow Me is right. What the heck are they supposed to do? If you have to be home to deal with your wife, you may need to find a local job doing something. I have been kicking around putting a driver in my truck and everytime I read a post like the OP, it makes me that much less willing to do it. They have a business to run and the first thing you think of is sue them? Thats the last thing I wanna deal with, may just keep runnin my truck myself.

 

grimesjm, i was thinking the same thing, but...the OP didnt give much information....

 

a family emergency should suffice. I would stand behind your decision. What do they want, a doctors note?

 

Plenty of non driving companies would want a doctors note! But...they'd atleast be ok with not having it before you leave work!

But like, appointment times? Sounds fine to me, just so they get you home on time.

 

I understand fully just why they needed more information. We have a driver that seems to have a death in his family every month or two. At least once it was because he wanted to go to a bar b que! I had 2 deaths in December and had to take off most of the month. Each time they ask me what funeral home we were using and what paper the obit. was in. I was happy to give them all of the information they ask for. After all they let me off a total of 24 days in December to take care of what had to be taken care of.

 

Mixed nuts here as far as response, If my wife had a illness that could out her in the hospitial without notice I would not be running OTR to start with, that being said.

The fact that you have an emergency at home that you consider important enough to get them involved in should be enough, IMHO. I would put you on the next plane home and rattle out the details with you later, again just my opinion.

I believe they are entitled to only a certain amount of infromation, If I made the call it would go like this.

Dispatch: Hello
Driver: I have a personal emergency involving my wife being admited to the Hospitial via the ER, I need to go home now. The truck is at T/A in Ontario, CA. The load is locked the key is under the matress. I'm on flight 1234 and as soon as I know more I'll let you know. Got to go, Bye...

I know that it may get put on my DAC as abandone, but the truck and load vs my wife. No contest. If a empolyer did agree I don't want to work for them anyway.