T.M.C drivers learn some courtesy.

Explains the securement part, but not the tarping aspect (unless it's raining of course).

I was loading up at Arcelor-Mittal in Chicago awhile back and there were lots of drivers (of various companies) tarping their loads in the docks on a perfectly sunny day while a really long line of truckers waited to load. I dunno, I think sometimes drivers get so wrapped up in what they're doing they forget that there's a bunch of people waiting.

 

If it is windy enough outside I would throw my tarps inside and put a bungee on each corner and one in the middle but then after that I pull out so another driver can get in and load.

 

I know everytime I'm at precision strip over there in Ohio i always tarped outside unless it was rainy or freezing cold (at which everyone then will tarp and all inside and not really complain). Ive even asked for help tarping once from a driver waiting on me and he gladly helped so I could get out of there. I don't know what is so hard about that, or even lending another driver a hand. Far as ok concerned, if ya want him out of there faster, help him out otherwise stop whining and complaining. I really don't get why truckers always have to find something to whine about. If i find something I don't like ibfind a solution.

 

I go to work to make $$$, not to win a game of tit for tat. If helping a rude prick will help me make money faster, I will help the rude pick. I don't care about him, my only concern is my bottom line. If you give him a hand, next time he will be more likely to realize he is holding up others. If you bark at him on the CB, it will only cause him to take the attitude that he waited his turn and take however much time he feels he needs.

I'm just a noob so I don't really know what is appropriate most of the time but if I see what I deem a hard back in and I can't do my back in until he is done, I will offer a spot, if he doesn't need it, no harm. I get to learn by watching.

 

The original post was about drivers who secure and tarp their load then leave the truck sitting in the bay while they go to the bathroom and get their paperwork.

 

Ya, that's no different then than fueling up and leaving your truck parked in the fuel island while having your dinner inside at the restaurant.

 

If you are sitting in the fuel line and the guy in front of you is taking a #### and the lane next to you is open, are you going to go inside to yell and the driver taking the #### or are you going to take the open lane?

I know what I'm gonna do.