Diary of a current Swifty

I was in Neosho on a Sunday back in August. Got 8 different style books. Different than what I had been using. Don't have to use white out on the date. Blue lettering on the covers.


I am set for a while.

 

First, good to see you back.

Second, having dealt with the not enough room situation, here's my solution. Next time you deliver to a box store or get to wally world look for an ultrafine point ball point pen. They take some getting used to, but they will allow you to write much smaller and keep it legible. Also, I used to keep things [looking] neat by using a ruler. In that regard, if you get the pens (papermate I think) that have the long metal stem before the writing point it makes this issue a snap to deal with. {Ultrafine = .05 or smaller}

Just thought I throw that out there ... not from trucking experience, but at one time I was an aircraft mechanic and the airline I worked for --{COUGH American Eagle COUGH}-- tried to save some money with smaller maintenance logs. Those pens seem to do the trick, and they make a nice carbon copy as well.

 

i start my orientation also on wednesday in jonestown (harrisburg). im coming in 7 mos exp...hoping i dont screw my road test up lol seeing as though im use to driving a certain way now and god only knows how picky they are lol. i have a friend of the family who works there been there for 32 years and loves every minute of it. so im thinking im going to enjoy it...plus i plan on buying a pete in a yr or 2 anyways so it dont matter. anybody got any heads ups on the whole road test thing?

 

double clutch

 

My husband has been driving for Swift for 4 months now and to be honest it has not been the best expericence for him. They send him to stops that take hours to unload him and then he gets his butt yelled at for being late to the next stop. Do you have any advice for him?

 

1. Notify his DM and let them know the situation. Then they should call the customer service rep to notify the other stops he is late. Also maybe light a fire under the consignees butt with detention pay.

2. Send macro 22 to cover his butt.

3. Read the preplans carefully and turn down any live unloads.

4. Communicate and document. CYA! Do it on the Qualcom and phone. People in the office cool down ususally when you talk to them on the phone.