Fmcsa in 2015

Respect is something you earn. Not something that is deserved across the board. And drivers, new or experienced, have to set certain standards on how they will be treated. More than one time, I have left a load at the dock and went elsewhere when the shipper wanted to play stupid little kids games with me. You treat me like dirt, you will then need to find someone else to haul your freight. I will do the best I can to help meet the customer needs, as this is a service industry providing goods relocations services, but I will not be treated like dirt. We can all act like adults or go our separate ways. I have developed a list of core shippers and receivers that my truck will never see agains, and developed closer ties with those that want to act like adults. I greet all my customers with a hello and a smile, and when I leave, I thank them for their business and wish them well. Those that refuse to acts like civilized human beings can put their stuff on another truck. I am not losing sleep over avoiding them. Besides, the best shippers/receivers will always treat a driver right and they know good service when they see it and will not always seek out the bottom feeder carriers. You want respect? Then act like you deserve it and demand it.

Company drivers have similar leverage. No one is forcing you to drive for a carrier, or cater to a shipper/receiver, that treats one like dirt. Clean out the truck and go elsewhere. Or buy your own truck and bust your chops to develop a business and do it the right way.

 

You're proving my point...

 

Without a doubt.

 

That same philosophy can be used right back at you and anyone else who treats anyone in the manner in which some of you talk to others.

Its an on going issue on here ######## about everything, specialty elogs, and eorb, is old played out, and fealty everyone someone brings it up and a newer driver says how much he likes them, we're vilified and discredited as idiots. I'm tired of that treatment

 

So after that energetic hijack, to get back on point, I'm confused about something! I have never done elogs, so are you telling me that after you bump the dock, you need to go to line 4 until they finish loading/unloading you? That doesn't even make sense!

 

Because most systems unless you change it from driving to on duty, it will keep you in driving, unless you shut the truck down. Once shut down it automatically moves you to on duty. I log ljoading unloading for 30 minutes, the. I move to sleeper and stay there till im ready to leave

 

Why can't I change it from driving to off duty, or sleeper?

 

In the ltl world we just type in a pti and mash on it. We do our 450-650 mile schedule and go home. I'm sure it's different in the truckload world.

 

I'm not quite understanding this... how would a slow lumper burn up your clock?

 

You can, it just automatically takes you to on duty when you shutdown, kinda like a default mode