She did the right thing

@Bzinger,you've been around. Do you remember a truckers bar and steakhouse restaurant,down the street from the Stockmans truckstop in south St. Paul? Was on Concord St. I think. Was back in the 70's,80's,maybe into the 90's. Country and western place,had truck parking,couple of horseshoe bars,music,pool tables,local woman,and served a fantastic steak,you could get it at the bar. Didn't get to that part of the world that often,but whenever I did,I stayed there,better than the truckstop,just a great place.
Went back in later years,and it was closed up,became some Mexican joint,graffitti looked like hell.

 

They say money won't buy you happiness. But in this case, a credit card with zero balance would have bought you a ride home.

 

This sums up why things shut down so abruptly. The company was leveraged, and their lender took a look at the books and realized what a horrible risk they were taking and demanded full payment on the entire loan amount. When the company didn't have funds available to do that, the bank basically owns the company and freezes everything. Fuel card vendors are very aware when this kind of stuff happens and froze all of the fuel cards immediately. Sounds like the company was spread too thin and was caught off guard by the bank.

Had I been that driver, I would have called the receiver for the load and explained it to them. They more than likely would have advanced fuel money and probably enough to get the driver home. If not, I would have done exactly what she did.

I saw one of their drivers at a PFJ in Oregon yesterday. Wish I would have known this then and asked if he needed anything.

 

Yeah it was called the buckboard lol ...all the cow haulers hung out there before the stockyards closed .

 

yes, but even a high balance, near the max on the card, can get a person a train or graydog..many airlines run specials, on one way tickets as well

i have been bused, trained and planed home, all via credit cards..

what's an average cost of a graydog..???

greydog

Today
08/30/2019
Boston to Los Angeles
$ 313.00

train tickets nearly the same,

i checked for the LONGEST routes for the prices, shorter routes should be less money.

 

The company did not have an exit strategy or plan for stranded drivers, 300 drivers.
Those drivers will not be paid.
You are no longer an employee.

My responsibility would end right there.

Secure the unit at nearest town/ truckstop w public transportation, notify police, the shipper and lein holder of vehicle's location and get yourself and your gear home.

I wouldn't worry about dac or abandoning the units. The company is no longer operating and I doubt office employees will be showing up for work without a paycheck.
Have we learned anything from history?
Take care of yourself first.

 

That's it! Was a hell of a good place to spend the night,might have seen you in there,thanks!

 

Anytime Doug!

 

“I’d call the shipper and they would send me money, yes they would, really”

Go call a warehouse and talk to the minimum wage people in the shipping office and spend hours getting transferred to someone else. Really?