How often do you leave?

I used to feel that way. Especially on easy "strap and go" stuff like pipe and bundled lumber but not anymore. Too many loads of oddball stuff that takes an hour of more to secure. Even multiple pieces of machinery takes a good chuck of time to chain down.

 

Do you have your own authority?

 

Load was booked the previous day. Informed the broker my ETA loading day would be between noon-one.

0800 loading day, the first "checking on ETA" call from the broker happened.

Around 10:30 they once again call me inquiring about my ETA.

Not to mention two emails as well. Enough to get my blood boiling that's for sure.

I arrived at 12:10 and wasn't checked in until 12:49 as I had to wait until a few drivers ahead of me checked in/out.

Then I finally drive around back to the single door that was being used for inbound and outbound loads for the day and see a long line of trucks ahead of me.

I'm not interested in detention pay because its a complete joke as someone stated above. A prime example is me getting shafted on the first 39 minutes I was on site waiting and she writes on my paperwork arrival was 12:49, which is inaccurate and BS.

The service failure definitely wasn't on me.

 

As much as I've wanted to and believe me i have plenty of times but never left. I agreed to do the load so I'm gonna do it. Lots of places i will never go back to. I don't like going back on my word

 

I get that sometimes you get loads that require much more thoughtfulness or work but this thread has been about leaving shippers because of long wait times. I dont see how we can hold the difficulty of a strap/tarp job against the shipper if they got the product on our trailer in a timely manner.

 

I'm not holding anything against the Shipper nor the Broker but 2 hours begins at time of arrival and ends at literal departure in my world. Tarping and securing takes time and my time is not free. IMO, giving away your services for free is not a good business model.

Just like OP mentioned above that he was there for over 45 minutes yet they stamped his when he was actually checked in. Sorry, but that doesn't cut it for me. My dash cam documents time of arrival and I take a picture that has a date and address stamped on it.