how far should i allow this behavior to go

they dont have a office. their house is on the property along with a large barn/shed for trucks and a shop. gee dump the load right in front of the shop, leave the box up, and the keys on top of the pile. that would be funny. sadly the effect would be short lived as the man has enough toys. he has is own frontloader and it would only take him 20 minutes to clean up the mess.

the story is i asked some of the other drivers how he is, didnt disclose anything just asked them what they thought. i was told he was much worse 10 years ago. the people at the quarry asked me how i liked "mr safety". they dont care for him either. although i never really said much to them about it.

he complains if i use the headlights on a cloudy day, he complained i was wasting my time fastening my seatbelt when i was leaving the scale, next place im going is the road. sorry i still put my seatbelt on and i really dont give a hoot if he likes it or not.

i like the idea of dropping that last load in the middle of the yard lol, but i dont know if two wrongs make a right. the last day i work im doing squat when i get back to the yard. let someone else fuel the #### thing and do anything else i normally do. one thing i would never do is short the customer a load by dropping it in his yard. if he personally needed the load it would be a riot.

my original intention was to leave if he lays me off in the fall and never returned. he told me i would be hauling salt in the winter with a tractor trailer, but somehow i think he only told me what i wanted to hear and nothing more.

 

one of the most intelligent responses yet. thank you.

my career before a truck driver was working in dairy manufacturing. this is not like manufacturing work where you are expected to be passive and a YES SIR, because that's exactly how those places are. talk back like that in manufacturing, your going to HR and likely getting suspended or terminated. i have seen it happen with a security escort out of the building because an employee talked back.

maybe my entire approach is wrong. i do think monday im going to make a phone call or two, i have a hands free device but i really dont like talking while i am driving, i try to avoid it.

i still think leaving his poor personality traits behind might be a good move. in the meantime i think i might try your approach. my problem is i am a somewhat passive person. if someone with authority over me is barking at me, i tend to ignore the insults and continue my work. that approach is not working with this jerk.

factory work and trucking are two very different types of environments. driving the truck is one thing, dealing with a big mouth well that's something else.

 

i have one thing in my favor. my bosses reputation within this industry is rather poor. i was at mcdonalds yesterday and saw a dump truck. i went over and spoke with the driver briefly told him where i worked and already knew why i would want something else. i asked him how the company he works for is, he said they were decent. i might be calling them monday. allot of people understand why i did not want to drive OTR, i really dont have to explain it very much. explaining why i left an outfit that was heavily effected by rain and was working me less then part time is not hard to explain. the reputation of my current employer speaks for itself, its not all that great. as i said the quarry calls him mr. safety, probably because he has drivers speeding around their yard.

 

and no it has not been 5-6 jobs more like 3 jobs...... still not really great.