Walmart truck driving

I think my last unload in a Walmart DC was the one north of Tulsa. In the late part of Nov 2012. Before that I have been in maybe 90% of the Walmart DCs over the previous 10 years. I seen huge amount of Contract carriers like Warner hauling loads out of there. In Fact I may be wrong about the location but the one in Southern Florida uses Warner and has several Warner marked yard dogs there. Unless there has been a major move to company trucks since late 2012 there are contract carriers are all over the DCs.

 

Can't the phone snooping be thwarted by getting a burner phone and giving management that number? Then when they want your phone records, give them the records to the burner--which of course will show nothing because you don't use it.

Meanwhile you can yak away on your actual cell phone.

 

Surely a Walmart driver could afford 2 iphones on their mega salary.

 

Why not get one for every day of the week?

 

Auditing of the 3 previous days of phone records ONLY happens if you have an accident, or are pulled for a random alcohol test.................... PERIOD. I don't know how many times I have to say this.

A text will not show in your phone records (which you have to supply if the above happens) if you do not hit send. It will just sit in your phone. They ask for the actual records from you cell service. In our case, that is Verizon. They are not reading peoples actual texts................ the records just show what something is, and when it was sent / done.

 

This distinction matters little if one objects to such snooping.

 

Texting while driving is a Federal Offense. Holding an actual cell phone to your ear is illegal also. Most trucking companies have phone policies, and many are much more strict than Walmarts.

Having 2 cell phones is dishonest. If you are found out, it is an immediate firing. If someone wants to take that chance, then that is their deal. However, is talking all day long while driving really necessary while being a professional driver?? If you want to text while driving, then you are part of the problem, and as bad as the driving public.