Friday Night Fiasco

Yes overtime about 8 hours of it will be had by me.

 

I know your pipe outfit probably doesn't have the turn over and new hires like we have, so you probably don't have to worry about problems like this as much, but how do you manage these situations?

 

I called another driver and I said "How much you want to be come Monday there's going to be a voice mail about this, and what not to do." I wanted to go out there tonight, but it's to late and I'm to tired and try to shovel the truck out, and actually the reason being was because it sounded like a good way to get some fresh air and excersize.

 

The assistant boss called me up and said "Is Tony (The driver we rescued) suicidal yet."

 

I think because it was the weekend and because we don't run on the weekend and because the hooks probably wouldn't have been able to get to him anyhow because of the weather and all that, the tow trucks were so busy they wouldn't have gotten to him till today, I think they figured try on our own it's cheaper to pay me then a tow truck and if that doesn't work let the truck sit, let the stop have there parking lot plowed and salted and then my boss and an assistant boss will go out there on Monday and free the truck, I know our maintenance budget at our yard after "tire gate" took a huge beating.

We had two drivers one was defiantly confirmed call road service and order new tires for there tractors, on an unauthorized road service call, the one driver ordered new tires all around road service came out after hours put the tires on and billed our company like $10,000 for that. So I think there was some hesitation on there end to call a tow truck after that situation.

 

We've had break downs a lot this week as well.