Will he be fired?

Sorry, once again I guess I messed up and used abbreviations instead of spelling out the state, it was indeed Louisiana.

I talked to him tonight. So far, so good, no one has relieved him of his load and fired him yet. He feels so horrible. I reassured him that everyone on this forum says that he should be okay (a little white lie doesn't hurt). He has been up straight since 4:00 AM Tuesday morning, so he is getting some much needed rest now and when he starts out fresh things should be better. What a horrible first day.

I apologize to all you experienced folks who think that I am making a big deal out of this incident. I know that he isn't hurt, no one else is hurt, and the truck isn't damaged. I am just very worried that his new career could be over before it really got started. And Lori, thanks for the PM. I wrote you a nice response, but then found out that I couldn't send it to you because I haven't posted enough. Thanks to everyone for their support. Anyone out there work for KLLM that might give me insight?

 

He did take pictures, and talked to the business who owned the mailbox. Apparently, this mailbox has been killed multiple times in the past, and they were very surprised that he waited around and came in and told them about it. Most of the time, the driver is long gone and they are stuck with the repair bill (although if this has happened so often maybe they should relocate it). He said that the company policy stated that he was to call his Night Dispatcher, which he did. I reassured him that everyone has a dumb mistake when they start, so he just got his out of the way on the first day.