WalMart DC's.... ALL OF THEM

I have only dealt with 2 d.c.'s in my time,
1st was in New Mexico, had a 75 year old guard checking in 6 trucks by himself (so much for arriving 30 minutes early) which in turn I was deemed "late" by the jacka**es at the window, charged the $50 for lumper and then they sat me bumped at the dock for 6 hours, because they did not have enough help for the old guy checking in the trucks.
The other is the D.C. in Pageland, SC, never had a bad experience here and was in there every friday night for months, of course I was only doing drop and hooks there.

 

Isn't that some serious bullsheeat?

Most of them don't want you showing up more than a half hour early but if they have a lot of trucks to check in and it causes you to be late at the receiving window, they mark you as a late arrival and depending on your company's detention policy is and they keep you at the dock longer than that, you miss out on detention pay. Well, at least with my company. If you show up even 1 minute late, you basically forfeit your chances for detention pay.

 

You do an arrival call on the QC? Well, add a note after the time you got through the gate. Then when you walk inside and if their is a line then simply take a picture of the clock showing the time you got inside.

I had one where I got there and was waiting at the window. Had to wait for them to finish their exercises and then their meeting.. took about 45 min. I logged on the BOL the time I walked in and the time they actual came back to the window. I was there way early. Got in the gate at the before 30 min mark and towards the parking in 5 min.

mark

 

The worst Walmart is brundige AL through the gates real easy but checking in forget about it could take an hour or more I been to Paul's valley there nice people there. I been to a lot of wal marts but brundige is the worse

 

So, what was the outcome?

I had one receiving person even tell me that your arrival time isn't based on what time it is when you arrive at the gate. I even missed out on detention because of it.

But yes, I send my arrival call when I show up. Sometimes, I'll even set the macro up before hand so that as soon as I get within 5 miles of the customer so that it will go through when I send it. I never thought about writin' on the BOL my actual arrival time but since Walmart is so frickin' picky, I highly doubt it will do any good.

 

we had a drop @ bentonville dc. apointment was like 5 or something. was a load of clothes from florida. after a 2 hour nap they said it wouldnt get done till 1pm. they mustve been taking 1 shirt out at a time , trying it on and than hanging it at a store.

on a side note there is a good bbq spot about 5 min away. had great pulled pork. though I recommend passing on the ribs , the brisket was to dry

 

That is correct driver. Walmart DC's base your arrival time at when you check in at the window with a recieving clerk. If your appt time was 0800 and you checked in at the guard shack at 0745, you're gonna be late by the time you park at a dock and check in.

 

Most rational thing to do is, if you are going to sit here and b**th and moan about Wal-Mart.....then DONT GO THERE!!!!!

I just don't see the point in whinning about policy's and the way they treat you, but you still go back time and time again, kinda like the guy who marries his ex-wife 2 more times LOL

 

Just like California, I don't go there by choice.

Nobodys whining, well, at least not me. As long as I show up between 30 minutes to an hour before my appointment, it's not an issue.

 

I was just giving crap to you all....I know some of you have no choice but to go there as that is where their company sends ya. I was just feeling a little sarcastic this morning