Unbelievable Hott Ghetto Mess

So I get a call from my problematic 2nd co-driver (thank God I am not going back on the road with him). I was hoping the call was going to be him saying, oh I am coming through your area so you can get the rest of your things off the truck. Sadly no that was not it, he called me thinking I was "Qualcomm Tech Support" and needed help logging into the system in a loaner truck because him and his new co-driver got put out of service in Tennessee for having not updated there licenses. Long story short he has been on the road since October and still having issues logging into Qualcomm.

Next he proceeds to tell me about the other issues he was having like how the company won't pay him for 700 some odd miles because he pulled an empty trailer from Laredo to N. Little Rock before I guess dispatch realized, "hey he's pulling an empty", or before he realized I might need to call dispatch before pulling off that I am empty. He tells me that nobody was in the office with paperwork and that there were no bills in the nosebox, he said I ask the guard (rent a cop) or (whoever he said it was) if it was ok to leave with an empty. This call took place late yesterday and now it's starting to dawn on me that he didn't have his mess together. So he gets a call from the Driver Manager (DM) and he tells him, "oh there's been a mistake and it's not your fault", and then his new co-driver (I'll get to him in a minute) gets a call and he do[SIZE=2]esn't tell m[SIZE=2]y old co-driver that [SIZE=2]it is the[SIZE=2] department man[SIZE=2]ager and he thinks he is whining to [SIZE=2]the DM but it's in t[SIZE=2]urn the[SIZE=2] department manager telling him, "that you are supposed to listen to your day side DM and not to the night guys and that[SIZE=2] you[/SIZE] will not be getting paid for the 700 odd miles [SIZE=2]you[/SIZE] r[SIZE=2]an empty." My old co-driver a[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]rgument[/SIZE] is well somebody needs to pay me for those miles.

[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]N[SIZE=2]ow with my 2nd co-driver this is not the first time he has [SIZE=2]screwed up big time, I know we all have our newbie moments and we still make [SIZE=2]mistakes but there comes a time where we learn and get in the habit[SIZE=2] of how to work our schedules. [SIZE=2]I called him someti[SIZE=2]me last mo[SIZE=2]nth to catch up with him to see how he was doing and he was saying he wasn'[SIZE=2]t really getting the miles[SIZE=2] like he should be getting.....(I wonder why?) Then he tells me abo[SIZE=2]ut some desk jockey telling him to run when his DOT clock was out of time because he was stuck at a shipper, (this was a phone c[SIZE=2]onvo and not [SIZE=2]recorded[/SIZE] on the computer) [SIZE=2]the desk jockey says, "well[SIZE=2] the [SIZE=2]Irving[/SIZE] yard is about 12 miles just drive there and park for the night".....1)bad mistake you are already out of hours 2) it's 3 am and a bad accident so traffic is tied up and you have no hours 3)when the desk jockey tells you to do something illegal and you have not time on your clock stay put and tell him to send you that on the comp[SIZE=2]uter[/SIZE]....he got chewed out about that at[SIZE=2] the glasshouse[/SIZE]....ok where was I.....

Oh ok so the conversation continued last night with his other issue and that was him being put out of service at the weig[SIZE=2]h house in Bull Gap[SIZE=2], TN. His new co-driver is fresh off of the road from training and he got nervous and blew pas[SIZE=2]t the sc[SIZE=2]ale or something [SIZE=2]to that nature and the DOT officer give[SIZE=2]s the driver 2 trys to go back over the scale but it wasn't working so they got [SIZE=2]called in for an inspection. Come to find out there were in v[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]iolation[/SIZE] of the leng[SIZE=2]th law and both licenses were ou[SIZE=2]t of state and not updated. Out of service. [SIZE=2]What [SIZE=2]teed me [SIZE=2]off a[SIZE=2]bout my 2nd co-driver and his license issue is that he has had ample time to get h[SIZE=2]is L's updated.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]

I get another phone call today because remember everybody I am the "Qual[SIZE=2]comm Tech Support Desk" a[SIZE=2]nd he still was having some issues this AM and I pray that he is finally moving. I think th[SIZE=2]is may be the last straw with[SIZE=2] the company for him. I was on the phone talking to another o[SIZE=2]ne of my company [SIZE=2]drivers and I was telling him [SIZE=2]about the fiasco going on and he says[SIZE=2], call the D[SIZE=2]M and let hi[SIZE=2]m know you still got stuff on the truck", call my DM and[SIZE=2] I ask what's going on with trk#27[SIZE=2]6[SIZE=2]-- and he says, "it's a lot going on with it right now[SIZE=2] and it's sitting abandon at a weigh station in Bulls Gap, TN[SIZE=2]"[SIZE=2]. [SIZE=2]I t[SIZE=2]ell him well I still got stuff on the truck that I was hoping to get out an[SIZE=2]d this is what really teed me off when the [SIZE=2]DM told me this, "well he has been through Benton [SIZE=2]Harbor 7 times", I was like ok....and I[SIZE=2] am like he didn't give me a call to say I am here in your town you need something off the truck while I am here. My mo[SIZE=2]m told me th[SIZE=2]at he was probably mad because I left him out there to be by him[SIZE=2]self or that he [SIZE=2]thought I was [SIZE=2]coming back on the t[SIZE=2]ruck. I said, "yeah [SIZE=2]it's both reason[SIZE=2]s". I didn't choose to [SIZE=2]be on this long of a medical leave but I am happy to be getting back on the open road, but I disl[SIZE=2]ike hott ghetto mess like that in the trucking world. If you can't re[SIZE=2]tain information after being repeatedly told write it down. [SIZE=2]Now he keeps saying, "I wish you were here"....and I am thinking, "Bu[SIZE=2]lls**t". That's one of the reasons why I had to go on medical leave dealing with your crap and hott ghetto mess.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]

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Only God knows if my stuff is still on that truck, I guess they got all they're business together and now he is getting back on the road, haven't called him yet, but he's been at the yard since last night lol.

 

I sure hope so, but I may get routed down there once I get on my new co-driver truck.