Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Merry Christmas Everyone, from the sounds of it you all were very busy helping Santa.

 

Merry Christmas y'all. Hope everyone got some time in with the family! Getting done at 11 last night was perfect, got to do the Santa thing as soon as I got home because everyone was in bed. I'm starting a petition. While the milk and Oreos were great we need to start telling kids that Santa would rather have chicken wings and beer.

 

A while back I was sweating what the senior yard guy was saying and positions he was was putting me in. I want to thank everyone that said i was doing good because tonight I realized I was. I have come to realize the senior yard guy never has been on the road and is just milking this for all it is worth. I had to blindside a 53 in a hole between two other trailers tonight (actually 5 in the same hole so they could get the bulk out) and my boss just happened to be in the yard and he said "like a glove...that's why I gave you this job". Keep in mind I'm here because most of my management team is also retired UPS... it's comfortable....I know how to deal with them and they know how to deal with me. All the "stupid" training I went thru over the years.... All the pressure to be efficient in less than ideal situations...it all makes sense now. There are a ton of bad ### drivers at every company I'm sure and I know for a fact there are a ton of garbage drivers at all of them too but tonight I felt all of those stupid training videos and classes kicking in...I #####ed and cried the whole time I had to do them but looking back at them now....they are good stuff. We had a trailer pulled by Mr senior on a red light with a girl on a jack on the plate. Thankfully nobody got hurt but that could have ended badly...she dove of the jack onto the floor and the plate dropped so it was real ....now Mr efficient safety ups guy who don't know how things work here......yeah....get on my level.....I never almost killed someone.


Sorry for the long rant and sorry/not sorry for tooting my own horn but ...... Beep beep mother ####er lol. All that stupid training actually works.

 

@FlaSwampRat for all the “stupid” training that these companies make us do, if it saves one person from being killed or seriously injured even just once, it was worth it. #### good post to start a Friday with.

 

You are 100% correct with that. I guess a better way to word it would be it's surprising how second nature safe work habits are when they are drilled into your hear from day one. You just do it, you don't have to be told to do it or think about it.

 

It's ########....if you are petty for thinking that then I'm there with you.

 

This has to be the coolest thread ever. i lurk every now and then just to hear yalls crazy stories. From a otr flatbedder u ltl guys are the hardest working truckers in the game and just wanted to say my hats off to all u guys and thank u for keeping our stores and local businesses stocked up. u guys is the real santa claus out here. Yall be safe n keep them pallets stacked tight cmon

 

Thank you sir. That actually means a lot and I'm sure the rest of the crew would agree. It's neat having a otr guy come in and say something positive instead of how we are all non driving, ### hole, non real truckers. Lot of hard working folks in here from @MACK E-6 taking a long run dudes are scared of to @Mike2633 pulling more weight off that trailer every day than we all do in a year, @LtlAnonymous .....the real ####ing Santa of the bunch! (I'm biased there lol) @jmz getting presents there and making sure everyones lazy ### doesn't have to go to the store anymore lol, @McUzi basically driving a bomb of some sorts or something that is gonna turn into a bad Terminator 2 remake lol...I'm not sure. @D.Tibbitt don't discredit yourself tho. I have never done it but I know throwing those chains, binders, and tarps ain't easy work and you work your ### off away from home for long periods of time.... something a lot of us won't/haven't....and I'm gonna say it out of personal experience....can't do. Keep it between the lines buddy...wish you many safe miles.