"Please call an hour before...."

That's why YOU don't sign your bills from the shipper without knowing the condition of the freight. Of course, in the LTL world, that is just a dream...

 

Yep. There was a wrecking yard somewhere in northern Utah that used to ship out damaged body parts. But the boxes were always 100% good. It happened way to often to have been a fluke. These ######## were deliberately committing fraud.

 

Not sure what it is about residentials. They either go really smooth ....and more often than not, really really crappy. People will lie their arses off in order to get their freight. "Oh yeah, sure your truck will fit.. I got trucks coming up and down all the time".

This later turns into "oh sorry, didn't know you were driving THAT type of truck. But now that you are tangled up in some power lines, try to pull forward more so I can get my hot tub closer to my back gate to the yard".

 

Oh... While I am on the subject of residentials... The other day I had a garage door crate. It was 22 feet long and weighed 2500 lbs. It was for a residential... Guessing it was for his airplane hanger or whatever.... First words out of the customers mouth: "well... Big one... Where is your forklift?"

Oh. Sorry sir, I forgot my forklift in the passenger side of the cab. BRB

 

This is why I always walk in first. When they ask who I am, and want to know why i didn't just drive in like they told me to. I calmly tell them I don't drive into residents without looking first, so I don't damage something. Then, I decide how far or even IF, I'm going to try it. I also give them my dispatchers card, if they have questions.

 

I believe it was Elvis who did a song about this. Called "RETURN TO SENDER!"

 

I used to feel bad for the ltl drivers delivering to my old job. I was a driver so taking deliveries isn't my job (and they barely paid me enough to drive). So I'm not about to jump up and start unloading them. So they'd have to wait for the boss to come out and unload them. I used to just get a forklift and unload them until a lot of them started getting pissed when I wouldn't sign for it. Not my job. Just trying to help them out any they wouldn't walk 20' to the office for a signature... Sigh. The more you try to help some people. Also they never had a pallet jack. How the heck do you ltl and not have a pallet jack?

 

My ups and USPS driver's are like that at my house. They know I'm not going to try some B's and call and say the package isn't there if I don't sign. I love those guys. My post women even found my dog when he ran away. Awesome people.