Broke a dock door latch at a grocery store.

it was about to break and you were the one who instigated it, probably best let the dock workers do them button pushing to not be a easy target.

 

Next time, stay away from the buttons. I doubt you will hear anything.

 

Didn't your mother tell you not to touch things that don't belong to you?

 

I have a strict rule with my drivers, you are not allowed to lock, unlock or open/close the doors on a dock if it is electric.

I was at John Deere supplier in 2009 and I unloaded at the same time as another truck pulled in and he came in, stood there for ten minutes then was so impatient that he decided to take care of the lock and door himself. He sure the hell locked the truck into the dock, he screwed up the locking mechanism and it became frozen. So I got unloaded, I get reloaded and then the forklift girl unlocked my truck and closed the door, I made my delivery which was 40 miles away, pulled into a lot to get my 10 and returned again later after my 10 with that guy still stuck in the dock and pissed off. I got the dock next to him and they told me that when he locked the trailer in, he kept pushing the override button and didn't get that these locks don't beep when it is ready to unload. I was unloaded in 45 minutes, waited another 20 to see if there was anything going back and left. They were going to cut his bumper to get the truck out of the well and then repair the damage to the lock.

 

This like taking your kids to the store and you tell before you get out of the car: "Don't touch nothing!"

 

They cost 8.88 @ Home Depot. 10 minutes to change it. It’s not worth their trouble to make a fuss over it. Sleep easy now.

 

Everyplace is different. Some places that I frequented expected drivers to do the ramp and the trailer lock, while others didn't allow drivers to touch anything. The biggest problem I have at some places are the automatic roll up doors. They get tweaked and stuck sometimes, usually from fork drivers banging pallets into them..

 

I know how to operate most all of the doors where I frequent, but I leave that to the dock personal. I do not want any issues with any of them, if they break it, it is on them. Besides, most places I frequent will not let you anywhere near the dock or loading area, many times they have us behind a cage, like we are animals. I guess for their safety, as those places usually have a bad attitude towards truck drivers.