Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Probably the boss's brother in law......

 

Alright you guys have a good day at work tomorrow I'm out and going to bed. I'm sure a lot of people need there freight and I've got a whole list of hungry customers will do it again tomorrow. Good night.

 

if you fired all the stupid drivers at my terminal, there would no one left! safety meetings are a back slapping festival.there's a reason why drivers get taken advantage of every day, not much education.....

 

I believe that we sometimes get mixed up on the difference between education and intelligence. I know a gal with a PhD that has absolutely no common sense. I know several people with master's degrees, that outside of their fields of study, are dumb as boards.

 

That's true school doesn't make you sharp not really. Some people can go to school do what they tell them go to a book and learn steps A-B and C, but when it comes to thinking on the fly without any formula or what ever they can't do it or they don't want to do the work.

Like when I swing drive there's a way I do things vs the way other drivers may do things. When I'm running a route on my own and I go to a stop I don't know and can't clearly see the answer I'll do a lot of walking with my feet which is what Lonecowboy has taught us. It's we don't go into lots that we don't know until we scouted them out first.

 

The real 'tards are in their HR dept. Perfect record, ready to work, followed up, offered to relo nearly anywhere to cover where they need people most, no replies. If they filter out people like me and hire poptards it's not the poptard's fault they are in over their head.

Meanwhile another LTL company keeps sending me emails about openings but doesn't reply either. And I don't even want a job with no vacation for 2 years, but I'd talk to them.

While I think I'd be a shoo-in for LTL work attitude and ability wise, it's time to look into something less corporate like a local flat or tank outfit that I can talk to someone firsthand.

 

I have to agree about HR folks. How can someone who knows nothing about labor laws, nothing about what is required to do the job, nothing about the job itself, and little or nothing about the company's policies, possibly function in HR? And yet you see it, time and time again.