My first time threatened with having the police called on me

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  1. supergreatguy

    supergreatguy Road Train Member

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    Should’ve told him “you better watch out….I will cry and you will have to comfort me” works everytime. They usually give you a $100 bill and offer their lunch.
     
  2. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    Should have unzipped your pants and started pissing all over the floor, then tell him, "Now you got something to call the cops about."
     
  3. Last Call

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    Look at him and say "go for I'll wait.".
    If he calls when he's on the phone ask him LOUDLY "do you have any coffee while I wait for the cop's"
     
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    After making direct site deliveries of office furniture, store fixtures, kitchen cabinets to any manor of construction site for 30 years, and then graduating to specialty trailers, entertainment stuff, stages, generators, catering trailers for 15 more, I cannot begin to tell you the number of ######## like this guy I have run into.

    1. All the drivers come in this way
    2. What do you mean you can't drive in the mud
    3. We need it backed up against that building (the one with the 8 foot deep trench in front of it
    etc.

    They need the stuff more than I.
    Time to get the telephone wires hot. Take the name of Mr. Congeniality, call operations, offer to send some photos of the situation.
    Eventually you will get this man's boss involved, get his rear in a real sling.

    Under NO circumstances will I
    1. damage my equipment , or the company trailer
    2. damage surrounding property and be charged for an accident.
     
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    It's obvious, his wife ran off with a trucker.
     
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  7. D.Tibbitt

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    Sounds like another day delivering to a jobsite..every open deck guy has been there... some more than others... u shoulda asked that dip #### in the office if he wanted his freight or not ? And if u don't change ur attitude I will make sure it gets unloaded and tossed in the mud...since ur the big man charge I'll leave the choice up to you... don't make me make the choice for you because this #### goes back to the shipper for double the rate...

    There's always one hard ### on the jobsite and it's usually the one in charge. the only successful way to overcome their hardassedness is to double it back to them. Because they ain't gonna do #### . And they needed their product yesterday.
     
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    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    ##### Barcode! Nothing like turning the volume to 160%!:laughing5:
     
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    The moral of the story is there’s nice people out there that we’re gonna run into and there’s the polar opposite. I have truly learned to bite my tongue and keep my comments to myself when dealing with rude and disrespectful shippers and receivers. It’s just not worth it to call them out.
     
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    I have a driver who dealt with what the op did, instead of taking a berating, he told the assistant dock manager that he will need the cops because he is going to beat his ****** for the disrespect and yelling at him. The guy shut up and told him what his dock is then added take any entrance he wants.
     
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