Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

So I got called in to do a pickup from the same location that doesn't know how to ship hazmat.

The guy was like:. So you are gonna get these three crates here.... We are not gonna ship the hazmat anymore.

"Oh?"

Yeah, so the problem we have is nobody that works here actually knows how to properly prepare a hazmat BoL. The reason for that is nobody here is certified to ship hazmat. It's a massive legal headache, so everyone here doesn't want to do it. Initially we were gonna strip all the hazmat markings off the boxes, and try to sneak it to Seattle that way, but we were scared someone would run a forklift tine through it and cause some kind of spill.

I can not believe how honest this guy was to me. I was somewhat dumbfounded.

 

Funny how that works. Some places require you to use their forklifts regardless what your company policy is... Then you got other places that will throw a spit-fit if you even touch their dock plates or try to operate their overhead doors.

I got this old coworker that's been working for us for well over 25 years. He is known to commandeer people's forklift regardless what policy says what. His response "I don't care what your policy is, you are taking too flippin long and I got 30 more bills to run. Here is your copy of your DR and here is the number to my dispatcher if you have any more questions. I don't have the time to argue with you.".

This dude never has gotten in trouble over it.

 

I don't even care what the law says about it... It is more of a ethical issue to me. Imagine if someone got severe burns or lost his sight because someone didn't want to do the right thing. Kinda pisses me off looking back at what he said to me.