Good Night From II

we normally get the phone numbers but sometimes can still be a pain to get them to do something, calling dispatch and having dispatch call the store normally puts a fire under their arse.

 

I love that the lines of communication are so open and forthcoming.

It's like a secret organization where we are all on a need to know basis, and they don't think that we need to know anything that would make our jobs easier.
Until it is too late.

 

yeah i agree. i keep telling my dl it would make my job alot easier if i knew the actual window for delivery/pickup times. i probably wouldnt refuse so many lol

 

Me too.
That's Plus-1 for you.

They are SO afraid that we will use the entire window(s) to avoid more miles.
After all, we all want less miles each week.

 

Or getting CSR and dispatch all over my arse to make SURE I get to my appointment on time. Arrive 30 minutes early to check in at the secretary's desk (small business).

"I'm here for my 8:00 appointment to pick up a load. I'm with Swift."

The secretary looks at me as if she'd just bit into a rotten apple. Says nothing. Stands up and walks back to an office door.

"Swift's here. Without an appointment .... AGAIN!!!!"

 

I had to do that at an El Paso store. Person in receiving refused to tell the manager I was there because she was in a meeting. She showed up at the dock less than 5 minutes after I called the DC apologising for making me wait.

 

yep they dont want to piss off the dc who can get them in plenty of trouble
Overall I have had little issues in the past few months though with the stores.

 

Reminds me of the time that the forklift person at a Walmart didn't want to accept a blitz load that I was to drop and then go home for Thanksgiving. After some discussion and getting her name, the store General Manager and 2 assistant managers stopped me as I was turning out of the lot. LOL...they kept apologizing for her refusal to take the load. They signed for it, cranked my landing gear down, and gave me a $50 gift card for my trouble!

 

now thats pretty awesome

 

at a rest area at exit 12 on i-5 in washington. taking my required 30 minute break. was thinking about heading to loves in tacoma since the finals at the same exit. burt i know how busy, small, and tight that place is. so i'm gonna keep my original plan and drive the xtra 11 miles to the sumner terminal. weather was nice when i left weed,ca, but turned crappy northeern oregon to here. off and on rain with visiblity about .5 mile in some places. and alot of traffic for a sunday. guess thats due to fathers day