Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

Ok, so I’m confused.... {shocker}

I thought there was different processes to claim detention vs lay over... I had a SNAFU that went well beyond a few hours of detention but my DM is telling me that they handle it the same... use the detention macro for both and then they decided on the back end which to pay.

I guess I missed that memo.

 

So, getting drug tested yet again. I mean it’s only been 4 months. And 2 months before that. And 6 months before that. And 3 months before that. And 6 months before that. Am I irritated about it? Yeah, kinda, but it’s like I told them after the last one, you can test me every flipping day and I will pass it. But dang!

 

You are a known clean test, “but it’s random”

 

Yes... It’s Totally “Random”
{wink wink nudge nudge}

and also explains why I’ve had only one... lol
{joking... maybe... no, totally joking... wink}

 

At one of those “who the heck designed this dock” kind of places... blind side back to each and every dock, large boulders to deal with ahead of you, and those yellow barrier posts to protect something... protect what I don’t know, but they are to each side of the dock doors and tight... LOL

 

Exactly spot on about the local work. I was going to drive for Food Services but knew I wouldn't be able to handle the pushing and lifting work. I'm currently a custodian and pretty much seems like a local trucking gig in that I work a swing shift.. get home at midnight.. fall asleep at 2 or 3. Have to be up by 11 and back to do it all over again at 2:30pm.

That has me a bit worried if Knight bought Abilene. Schneider bought Watkins-Shepard and look what happened to them. Seems it's becoming more and more a thing now. Sudden shutdown of Schneider final-mile unit leaves furniture shippers scrambling for options - FreightWaves

 

True. Especially when you start hearing that there are more of your “parent” companies trls at your major accounts than your own. Makes you think. Or you talk to drivers and the majority of them are saying there are more short haul runs than before. Of course, some people are immune to that scenario, but these drivers who are talking aren’t trouble makers or anything. Then there are some who were on the fence who have gotten more miles than ever before. So....who the heck knows.

Here’s another WTH thing.....have y’all noticed the testosterone fest in dispatch? There are ZERO women in there now. ZERO!!!! What gives? There really never has been any. And I believe we ALL know why that is. Especially if said woman actually has the balls to do the job. Is this the norm at other companies? I don’t think so. I was in dispatch at Smithfield Packing and there were about the same number of men and women. USX was the same when I drove there.

Hmmmm....maybe that’s why I’m the Queen of having to be drug tested. I question stuff. Oh well. I’ll sit and get paid to go pee all day, every day. Not a care in the world on that.

 

Knight used to pick me for randoms frequently. I guess they knew that I would pass.

 

I was at the window the other day and saw a lady back there... now I agree that I only saw one but maybe they let her go too... I talked to a team last week and they said their DM (with a female name) was let go.

Maybe they can’t find ladies, or ladies are less likely to apply, that want to work in a male dominated field like trucking and then by default dispatch.

... personally I would not mind hearing a lady’s voice on the other end of the phone now and then... would make getting the short end of the stick a bit more pleasant ... like how many Car Dealerships use ladies to break the bad news about fixing their cars... lol