Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

A couple pages previous, Romans612... Swift: Sure Wish I Finished Training

 

hey dm I see you lurking!! Can we get a sit rep?

 

truckers sit in their trucks all day and don't really talk to anyone so it's really easy to get a response out of them because they all want to add their $0.02.

today I was a little bored so I was coming up to a POE. PrePass gave me the bypass signal and I got on the radio and said "what's the northbound coops doin? Should I get out my fake logbook?" most of the resposes were "driver, you shouldn't do that!" but one response..."you have plenty of time! There is a long line and I got mine out and fixed it while I was in line!"

 

I put in for my hometime for labor day. I'm at the petro in glendale, ky taking a 34 before I deliver my 4 dropper beer load. At least they have a LONG list of movies they are playing. On a side note how come all the other drivers sound like Boomhauer on the radio at truck stops.

 

SWIFT ; Student With Idiot For Trainer or SWIFT backwards is Two #### In a White Semi

 

I do like that one Swift Volvo thats always in West Valley, it says 'WIF' on the top...explains it all =)

 

hahaha dispatch strikes again! Got to 03 just like they planned because they said I have a window until 1600. Got here at 1540 and 03 says...receiving hrs are over at 1500. Where the hell did they get 1600? So if their night shift doesn't unload me tonight I need to wait for dayshift and they will take their 4 pallets off at 0600 when I need to be an hour away at 04 for a 0600 appt. What part of cannot deliver 1 stop an hr away from where I was, drive 450 miles and deliver another stop 7 hrs later do they not understand? Lol

 

SOMEBODY WHIZZED IN the F*$#ing TRUCK

 

Well, there I was. Finally dispatched on my load that was taking me home. Headed towards the shipper and hadn't even gone 3 miles when the effing QC beeped with "void dispatch". Instead, I got to pick up at a fish place in Jessup, MD. Its a 3 drop load going down the east coast. WTF!!!! That doesn't get me home. DM tells me don't worry, a swap is in the works. OK. Get the load, send in my loaded call and ask about the swap. "You got the hrs to make it to the 1st drop.?" NO!!! Only took them 2 hrs after that to get the swap arranged. GRRRRRRR!

Side note- dang but I feel sorry for all these people that work in DC and have to commute. Traffic sucked bad.

 

Dude! you have the same dispatch I do? "Hey, we need to go home and get our licenses, it's only been 9 kinds of hell to get them, and we need proof we moved out of the state for jury duty NEXT week."

"Okay, how about running out east and getting home sometime next week?"

. . . We're supposed to be home tomorrow, and we're about 1900 miles away, and will still be 4 days late.

Ever since Central did away with the guaranteed home time or we pay you, they've never bothered getting us home even close to on time... I'm pretty sure you're not with Central anymore, but maybe all dispatch everywhere shares a communal brain, and ours just got the same part today.