Fuel island blocker got seal removed

Well, my situation had nothing to do with fuel islands. It happened at my terminal. The person that cut the seal off was never found. The overriding point of my comment was that some places will reject a non-sealed load. With experience you kind of know when to get a seal. Some shippers won't seal a load. This is why carriers have their own. I always used one of mine and wrote the seal number on the bills.

 

I have a short fuse .. but I wouldn't think of messing with anybody's truck or trailer .. now the driver... thats a different story. But this is just another reason why I stay away from big truck stops.. my freight gets really impatient if they are waiting for me to fuel..If that was me I would of went in to the fuel desk had them page the driver if he wasn't stand right there trying to pay to his fuel I would of waited for him to show up at the desk and then it would be game on...

 

Your comment reminded me a bit of something I was going to mention in another thread. With the average OTR driver, you don't have total 100% control over your hours. However, whenever possible (and this was OVER 90%) I would fuel when things were generally quiet and even though there were some imbeciles parked in some lanes there were most times one or two open. This was how I managed. Generally worked for me, your mileage may vary!

 

True..... I understand some OTR drivers don't have the options that I have.. I guess thats why I said what I would of done if I was in that situation...
But I'am not a people person to begin with ..lol

 

You must be the entitled people I mentioned.
First I don't even stop at major truck stops for fuel. Too expensive. I preplan cheap fuel.
But causing unnecessary harm an damage an risking peoples livelihoods .
Entitled behavior

 

You really have no clue. If you think any trucker is entitled. They all work for a living.

Secondly he was joking. Might want a little thicker skin.

Lastly. I agree that any driver who messes with another person's equipment. Should not be in this line of work. It's unprofessional AND could lead to serious harm.

Imagine that 5th wheel being pulled not dropping the trailer until the highway. Killing the people behind it.

Yet someone here "waited to see the show."

 

I witnessed a “woman” at the Subway counter on the phone and at the same time unable to make up her mind, asking questions, telling the person serving her to wait, holding up a long line of frustrated people. On my way out there was a truck at the pump with three deep line. A frustrated driver standing at the door of it looking like he could kill. I was parked where I could see the fuel island. It was the “woman”. She was obviously taking her 30 because she wouldn’t move.

She is your entitled. You need to improve your vision so that you learn to recognize entitlement you see it.

 

Very rarely do I fuel up at the big chains, but this has been going on for quite some time and usually it can be chalked up to ones laziness or disregard for others by blocking a fuel island, but messing with ones truck seems just a bit too much. These days you can't really have an educating conversation with someone because it seems like most people are one magic word away from exploding, but I think I would try that before ever sabotaging ones equipment.

 

During my career I have seen tires sliced, CB antennas broke off, crap put in fuel tanks, reefers switched off, people using spray paint writing graffiti on trucks. I could go on but you get the point. Generally speaking though cutting a seal off is not hurting the driver as much as it is the carrier. Some finals are anal about these seals. I can't say I have actually seen it, but I have been told more than once a final would not accept a load, and the only way to fix it was to get the shipper to fix it. Then when you consider a huge portion of freight goes through a logistics company of some kind you can see what kind of a headache this can be for a carrier. The driver is never going to admit their ignorance got it spitefully removed.

 

What we really need are seals that can’t be broken!