Yesterday i wrote my congressman about addressing excessive wait times or at least better layover pay for waiting. I had a load assigned Saturday night. A drop and hook. I went there and it wasn't ready. Their office wasn't open for my company to connect with. Sunday I was removed from the load and given a new drop and hook at a different company. Same thing. I showed up. Load wasn't ready. It's being loaded this morning. I had to retreat to a truck stop to wait again. So these two mega corporation stole my fuel efficiency bonus of a couple hundred dollars plus stealing my valuable work time. This happens to be near my home, in my voting district. Normally I'm OTR and maybe SOL. But im happy to send a message as a donating voting Republican about why Michigan companies are stealing money away from Michigan by lowering my pay as a Michigan resident. Darn cannibals. seriously. IM HOME YOU CRAZY FOOLS. TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN. In my hometown we struggle with very low unemployment rates. Fun if you're looking for a job. Not fun if you have jobs no one likes. We even lost a few fast food restaurants because no employees. 2 burger kings. Steak n Shake. Dennys. Golden Corral. No one will do certain jobs. Probably meat packing is one. Probably they will keep struggling to make those appts in west Michigan. But they can learn to schedule MY time better.
Excessive wait times at shippers/receivers
Discussion in 'Shippers & Receivers - Good or Bad' started by timidlady, Feb 17, 2020.
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Last thing we need is the government getting any more involved then they already are. I think you just enjoy finding things to complain about.
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where as the general public has a problem with the trucking industry. so the elected representatives will listen to the BIGGEST group, rather than the ONE individual.
but there is no harm, to contact your elected officials, just do not expect anything to be done on your one voice.
you live with it, and move on. they did not steal your bonuses. maybe the customer could not get all the materials they needed from another source they do business with and as a result, there was a delay in the final process. YOU DO NOT KNOW all the details.
then i'd say that nearly everyone that WANTS A JOB, HAS A JOB..???
if there are jobs that no one wants, then those people have no right to complain, as jobs ARE AVAILABLE. it's WORK, it's a PAYCHECK...PERIOD
in the end, you seem to be as i said, very self centered and gripe more than the average driver out there., i think you chose to get into a profession that frankly, you have no business to be in.
but i also highly suspect, you will carry on, your gripes from a much longer time yet.
you know, sooner or later, no one will respond to you, and i'm sure, you'll gripe about that too.Last edited: Feb 17, 2020
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You should still be paid for attempting to get both loads even though neither was ready.Crude Truckin', Dino soar, truckdriver31 and 4 others Thank this. -
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I think you ought to go pull a reefer for a while. Especially for a company that doesn’t do a lot of drop and hooks. Then maybe you will have a legit gripe when it comes to detention times. My record so far is 33 hours.
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News flash, your government doesn't care and will not help you.
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Another brain dead truck driver that thinks the government is the answer. Do us a favor and get out of the industry.
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Now hold on, this gal( if it's really a gal) has chutzbah. We could use about 10,000 more drivers like this, maybe these roundheads in Washington would take notice. Most the old time rabble rousers are pushing daisies. You wouldn't get this crap past Sonny Pruitt!. Sadly, it's "David v Goliath" in these situations, her note went right in the trash. You have legitimate gripes, but you are picking on things that are the standard of the industry. Waiting time should be addressed after a certain amount of time, it was 2 hours for most, but it's the nature of this business, and you alone don't have a prayer. I understand your frustration, for many it's the only game in town, however, if that's really the case, and want to stay in trucking, you simply must relocate to a place where there are good jobs. Colorado is one of those places. I've turned down several , BY THE HOUR jobs, all paying $25+/hr. for local work. You aren't the 1st to complain about the in's and out's of trucking, but there are plenty of trucking jobs and most accept it's just the way it is. If you're unhappy, by all means, find another. Maybe a trucking job where there is no waiting, tanker, line-haul, dump all load( or unload) and go.
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