FexEx Atlanta, but just the security people

Our company hauls of a lot of FedEx stuff.

Well I showed up at like 3am with an empty from another load that I delivered to another location. I'd never been there, was told where to drop my trailer and I told the guard I am timed out, but was told there is a place to sleep there. He said there sure is, go around the back of this building (pointing to the building for me) and you'll see a parking lot on a hill and other trucks, just park up in there anywhere. I said ok, I go around the corner and sure enough, there is the lot.

I crash out and at about 4pm a security guard comes and tells me I cannot stay there because its the weekend. I told him I can't move the truck because I timed out and if I move the truck now it will start my 14 hour clock (I'd already used my 45min off duty driving to get there with an empty at 3am) and I wouldn't be able to deliver my load where it needed to go at 11am the next morning. He said well you might meet another security guard later on and she'll tell you to move. I said ok.

5pm came and went, 6pm, nothing, 7pm nothing, 8pm nothing. At 830pm, I'm all alone back there, nobody there, not hurting a thing, this security guard shows up in her car, honks her horn and wakes me up. Now I'm about to run all night running a Fedex load that leaves at 2am. So I needed sleep. She said you'll have to move, I said I can't move. She said then I'll boot your truck. I said then you won't get your money for this load and you'll have to deal with my company. I told her the two guards at the front gate told me to park here. She said no they didn't, it's not two men there now. I said IT WAS TWO MEN THERE AT 3AM WHEN I GOT HERE. I told her I was out of drive time, she said I've heard that before, I said BECAUSE ITS TRUE. She said you 5 minutes to move the truck or you'll get locked in.

Well, I moved the truck and started my 14 hour clock. When I drove to the other side of the airport to get into the waiting area for my trailer, the lady had just got my paperwork. I literally drove straight in and hooked to my trailer about 5-6 hours early. That is unheard of for FedEx. If you leave less than an hour late, you did great. 6 hours early is like OMG.

It worked out for the best, but not because of that #### security guard. One security guard tells me I can sleep there and then after I can't move the truck or else I can't make my delivery, tells me I have to move. Had my trailer been ready at the normal time for a 2am departure, 3-4am, I would have never made it. I'd have timed out. And it would look bad on my company and especially on me.

We are a HUGE shipper for FedEx. I seriously thought about filing a grievance against them.