Distasteful Dispatchers

Oh hold your horses there. I believe I am the most important piece of the puzzle. Without me we wouldn't have anybody to point and laugh at going down the road. Or when I'm getting loaded. Or while fueling, or while on the forum. And let me tell you something I take a lot of pride when somebody comes over the radio and I have to stop fighting with myself to reply to that driver "nope driver I am not insane. I got mad at me for something that me said about It's mother which is why the fisticuffs has insued going down the road" and you should see that meter swing as people start laughing".

Or when 2 old boys get in a fight. I don't need no preacher to stop the fight. When the F word becomes every other word I simply key up and away whoa whoa whoa hang on one GD minute here. All this ####### is starting to turn me on and I ain't getting any. That #### ain't right. Fight stops and once again everybody starts laughing. And then there's always some jerk who plays why can't we be friends. Lmfao. So yes it is proven I am the most important piece of the puzzle. Yep tooting my own horn a little bit there.

Oh I provide steaks as well. When I quit getting a paycheck because of this government shutdown thing that's going on I'll let y'all know. Show up at Texas roadhouse. They got a sign in there that says checks aren't accepted but cattle are. Dinner will be on me I'm sure 55 head of 800lb yearling steers will feed the whole restaurant lol.

Let's stop arguing about this we all play a valuable role. Yes there are bad dispatchers and lazy drivers. You have that in any career not just trucking there's always somebody somewhere along the lines that doesn't do their job and somebody always pays the price for it. Remember that.

 

Coordinators/ Dispatchers have a tough gig. Each move they make with the companies #1 assets (drivers) either makes the company money or loses it money (even with load match software if they choose the suggested plan). The coordinator is the emotional sponge for the drivers, soaking up their good and bad attitudes. Coordinators have customer service, sales, and bean counters also wondering why theyy can't get loads covered, increase revenue driving utilization of the asset up. All of this while the drivers in a lot of instance don't want to do the work needed.

Drivers also hurt themselves trying to do what they want in hopes of making more money only to hurt the company and their own pockets thinking they can out smart the system and pick and choose freight. The worst dispatcher most of these hard headed drivers could have is themselves when they try to manipulate the system without knowledge of the big picture.

On the flip side,, Coodinators can be there own worst enemy by not building working relationships with their driver force. Dispatchers should be able to tell us if we're getting the bone today, and drivers should be able to accept the bone without being babies about it. more aceeptenance of this would lead to both parties being bettter teammates.

7 out of 10 times we get what we want. How we act during that 3 out of 10 times dictate if we're men/women or children. If we the driver are the most important part of the business lets take a leadership role and it starts with our actions not when its going great but when its at its worst.

Remeber no one company is made or broken by 1 employee. Drivers are important but if you say without me theyre nothing. This is a moot point as drivers wont disappear and if you leave someone will be in your ride in a week. There is far more good than bad in this industry to think it will ever shutdown.

 

Very good way of putting it fueltankhank

 

I have had a few nightmare dispatchers but overall i have to side with the dispatchers on most of this. I can't even begin to count how many loads and drivers I've had to track down after going M.I.A. on a hot load. I've rescued hot LTL loads and ran 11 straight (and I mean 11 straight) because of some driver going M.I.A. and doing what i had to do. Only to see this same person 2 weeks later complaining in the office that his miles suck. Hearing drivers say all the time " i don't run that area or "that page isn't in my map". Yeah this job is rough, you know what is required of you and you accepted the terms so you really can't try and pull those cards on dispatchers.

 

Sooooo..What did your dispatch say or do?Maybe you should look into dedicated.
I really enjoy it,and never even have to mess with dispatch.
I know where im going every day.Same as the week before.No headaches on that end,but like everything
I can still gripe about it

 

Yeah. I agree. Dispatchers are washouts, liars & thiefs. And then they justify ther BS by... ohh... that lazy driver. The averege dispatcher is what you get when you give a lazy CDL washout a little bit of power over someone that can actually hack the job and run between 550-600mi/day on a governed truck.

 

There are only 3 million drivers in 350 million US citizens. We are a 1% elite nuts enough to jump on that seat and haul a55 day in & day out. We are not a dime a dozen. We are just too stupid to listen to FAUX NEWS and not pull together and unionize more.

 

That seems to be a very fringe and unproductive mindset. The 1% mindset is one that will always have a negative impact on your $ either by yourself or those you deal with. Unless your a gangster, criminal, and make your own money. Drivers are not 1% of the industry they belong too. They make up a huge % of the work force for each company. They rely on everyone else at the company to be successful just as the others rely on us drivers to be successful.

Being alienated or alienating ourselves by labels is just as damaging either way you shake it. Set the tone for your future by how you act today. If you're unhappy with what you do or where you work get out there and find something or some place that makes you happy. If you allow your current situation to turn you into a spiteful, hard to deal with, and never compromising individual you will just make it harder over time to help your situation. Whether its in transportation or somge other line of work.

 

[…] That seems to be a very fringe and unproductive mindset. The 1% mindset is one that will always have a negative impact on your $ either by yourself or those you deal with. Unless your a gangster, criminal, and make your own money. […]

The 1% mindset works just fine for CR England and we both know they are not criminals, right?. They not only rape their lease opps with heavier loads & overpriced trucks, they get 100 million in student grants. (Corporate Wellfare). I can make the 1% mindset work for me Bud, you need not worry. Its not a crime if it is not illegal yet.

[…] Drivers are not 1% of the industry they belong too. They make up a huge % of the work force for each company. They rely on everyone else at the company to be successful just as the others rely on us drivers to be successful. […]

I dont need a dispatcher to be successful. I just need miles on my QC. For all I care, they should outsource all #### dispatchers to India. The only reason dispatchers havent been shipped out is because drivers wont put up with the accent. You dont need certifications to be a load jockey. You need a CDL to do what I do. There is a scarcity factor that dispatchers dont have. I may be dime a dozen in the eyes of Crete's CEO, but dispatchers are dime a ton compared to me.

[…] Being alienated or alienating ourselves by labels is just as damaging either way you shake it. Set the tone for your future by how you act today. If you're unhappy with what you do or where you work get out there and find something or some place that makes you happy. If you allow your current situation to turn you into a spiteful, hard to deal with, and never compromising individual you will just make it harder over time to help your situation. Whether its in transportation or somge other line of work. […]

I dont feel alienated. I feel exclusive. I have a quarter of a million job openings. I can go wherever I want to. As long as I dont let dispatchers push me into HOS violations, overweight loads or running logged out. And the money is plenty as long as I watch my paychecks like a hawk and I call my dispatcher on discrepancies.

My job doesnt make me happy. I make me happy. I appreciate your concern and your attempt at apeacement, but what truckers really need is not apeacement, but exactly the opposite.

They need to get ANGRY and FIGHT.

 

An angry trucker is a trucker that struggles to find employment.