Extended forced layover-any recourse?

I would not have put up with that. Load refused. Bring it home.
Scott National refused 4 skids from me as they were finished their shift in half hour,,, I brought it home. They were not happy the next day to find they would have to wait a few days for the 4 skids of cigarettes

 

I'm going to play devil's advocate here for a minute. Your hubby missed his appointment. Believe me Target has no concern as to the reason. They have their policy, and it will overule common sense any time. If those pallets had been on a truck that was in a wreck, with the driver killed, they don't care. He missed his appointment.
Welcome to trucking...

Just adds credibility to the folks saying he needs to work for a better outfit. His dispatcher is going to go home at end of shift, and really doesn't give a right rip about a driver sitting for four days.

 

You would think they owner (or upper management of a big company) would care about a truck sitting for 4 days with no revenue. Either they got paid good money to hold up for 4 days and are basically stiffing the driver, or they are very poorly ran outfit. Either way its not a company i would work for.

 

This is definitely a company failure. When we have a driver going past the first two free hours we're on the phone making sure someone who can make a difference is notified. 4 days?! Not at my company!!

 

I ain't unloaded anything, I just lock it down in the employee parking lot entrance and close the curtains.

 

That happened to me in the early 90s when I was pulling reefer. Had 2 pallets of cooking oil to be offloaded at the Food Lion Warehouse in Lakeland Fla. Sat there for a couple days and they tell me on Friday that I would have to wait til M0nday. Well, this was back in the days of pay phones and fax machines. That time I was waiting, I lined up my next gig. I drove the truck 500 miles back to the yard and cleaned my truck out. Started the new job Monday morning.

That's the thing about keeping a clean record and good work ethic...even as a company driver, you dont have to take $h#T from no one. If you are starting out with a mega carrier and doing the whole mega circus clown routine, all you have to do is wait until you get issued your own truck. If you can handle your truck without wrecking, you can get another job.

 

You will be happy to know that food lion dc was closed down. Its now a winn dixie.