Navajo Express has just abandoned this trainee in a tiny town 1500 miles from home!

Hi, Loveto, yes there is more to the story; the trainer had logged me on yesterday morning after she stopped at a truckstop (not sure where, but it was in Oregon on the 84). I had been in the sleeper berth for at least 10 hours prior. Because I went into the stop for some coffee and to freshen up, she had, without my knowledge or permission, put me on my 30-minute break. After driving about 5 hours, I wanted to take a break and get a bite to eat and she said no, I'd already taken my 30 minute break that morning! Hmmm. So I called her on the obvious issue and she went off. I spoke with the evening dispatch, and while I wanted off her truck, I agreed to give it another shot. Now I'm driving out of Cle Elum and she's talking to her hubby about her h.o.s. and that she was at her 14-hour limit. Because I've only been with the company for a few weeks, she needed to be on-duty while I was on duty. There's a weigh station in this area (yes?) and she got up and went to the berth. She came back after we passed it (closed) and she admitted that she had falsely logged herself off-duty. And somehow, even though I had driven 9 hours, the qualcomm reported that I still had 3 and 1/2 hours drive time left. This was b.s. and I was going to drive to the next town--Cle was18 miles behind me) and get off her truck and in a motel. She didn't approve of that and said drive to the next truck stop, but it had no accomodations and I had all my bags plus my bedding to deal with. She was screaming at me so I pulled over, she told me to "get the f off my truck" and I called 911, asking for help and also DOT to report her falsifying the logs. I also told dispatch, after he refused to load my com data card with enough for a hotel room, that I would be contacting DOT.

I was not so offended by her messing around with the logs, I'm not a rat. However, when it meant pushing me past the limit, yeah, I have a problem with that. The Company now wants nothing to do with me and refuses to acknowledge their derelict employee. This is both a huge professional issue, but my gosh, on a moral and ethical level, it doesn't even rate. Go ahead and fire me, I'll be fine. But don't let me drive your trailer 1400 miles and strand me in the middle of nowhere. That's where I am! I have a load of things because I hadn't planned on being home for 5 weeks.

Anyway, thank you for asking for a clarification that I'm sure others were wondering too!

 

Thank you, no I'm no longer employed, and I even called Payroll so they could put my last paycheck on the card. This, too, is unbelievable: "Since you're no longer employed here, I put your paycheck in the mail this morning."

This company hates me for called the cops. On top of everything, they know I am far from home, so they put the check in the mail. That can't be true. Nothing works that fast, they're just spiteful and nasty. There's no reason to mess with my life like this! Unfortunately, there are no laws they've broken (??????), the police told me it's now a civil matter. I can sue them, but that's not gonna keep me warm tonight or get home tomorrow.

Thanks again!