Should a driver pay for leaving their keys inside the truck?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by rpad139, Dec 2, 2019.

Should drivers pay the bill if they get locked out of their truck?

Poll closed Dec 9, 2019.
  1. Yes, drivers are responsible for not carrying a spare key and should pay the fee

    92 vote(s)
    81.4%
  2. No, the company should pay for the lockout fee.

    21 vote(s)
    18.6%
  1. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    40 years of hiring people in different industries and only have run into a few like this. Just send them down the road to become someone else's problem.

    Sometimes i complain about my drivers but all i have to do is read some of the post's here and i realize how good they really are.
     
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  3. Midnightrider909

    Midnightrider909 Road Train Member

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    I have a perfect driving and delivery record and have made boatloads of cash for the greedy capitalists I have slaved for. They can pick up the dime for little goofs like this or I move on to the next bloodsucker and improve their bottom line.
     
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  4. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    then to keep clean and maintain ( like not making holes in the walls or kicking in doors, you know, damaging) the inside of an apartment you are renting or leasing, is not your responsibility either..??
    typical MIL-N-E-ELS.....
     
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  5. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Got a couple of young one's that do a great job and don't think the world owes them.
     
  6. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    Have never run into someone who doesn't think they are the best. In reality, just average.
     
  7. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    i got a niece, great kid, she is one of'em MIL-N-E-ELS, but she is not like the others as well, really great ADULT, never asks for anything, works, goes to college, has her own place, pays her bills, but the others....

    we ought to go back in time, and slap thier mama's and poppas upside thier heads.
     
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  8. mustang190

    mustang190 Road Train Member

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    So your telling us you don’t do a pretrip or post trip inspections?
    And if you do find something wrong you don’t say anything?
     
  9. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    well, evidently, like he said, it's not his truck, it's the company's truck.....
     
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  10. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

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    A lot of millennials are actually pretty good people. We have a couple working in our shop.
    The bad ones make the most noise and they're the ones that get noticed.
     
  11. KANSAS TRANSIT

    KANSAS TRANSIT Road Train Member

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    It's stuff like this that kills me, now I'm not old enough to claim to have rebuilt a motor or pulled a tranny on the side of the road, but I have changed tires, adjusted a clutch brake, adjust slack adj, changed air bags, tied off air lines, coiled down a spring can, levered back cammed over brakes, pulled a drive shaft, changed a wheel bearing and all other manner of truck and trailer repairs, because back in that day, THAT IS HOW YOU GOT HOME!!! Now I have to pay somebody to change a light bulb for a driver, kinda crazy, but what do I know?
     
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