Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

I run food service in the midwest I cant believe coke pays that much down south we just hired a coke guy with 3 years seniority and he was starving to death at 16.50 a hour.

 

food pays WAY better than beverage (soda/beer/whatever) and is the same work.

 

It all depends on the bottler and how much experience you have. We train at $22/hr. The whole no money in the south thing is a myth. It comes from people who don't and/or can't afford to live here lol.

 

Wow, now all our customers can track their freight online right down to the millimeter! What a wonderful thing!

NO. The customers now have just enough information to screw everything into a ####ed hat.

The actual businesses aren't the problem--it's the residentials who think that because their freight is at their local SC, that it's going to be automatically delivered that day. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Residentials require an appointment. If we can't get ahold of you to verify that someone's going to be there, your stuff ain't gonna be on the truck. So we have people screaming and squalling I took the day off 'cause the computer said it was here! without ever getting in contact with us. I'll just say that one customer is dang lucky that a) he called when he did and b) I had room on my trailer.

A little knowledge can be a very bad thing.

 

We had a guy transfer to fort Meyers and took a 3 dollar pay cut.

 

The three poorest places I have ever seen. And in this order are Ohio, west Virginia, and Vermont. Vermont surprised the #### out of me but it's a dump lol. Look at property prices in fort Myers....ain't cheap at all. So your guy took a $3 pay cut and I make almost double what the coke bottler up your way pays.... I did hear that back when everything was still come up until like 5 years ago the pay was $16. When ccbf bought the rights they raised it to $21.

 

Had a little bit of rain the other day...seemed like a good time to take lunch before getting out to break down my set.

 

That’s nothing compared to this:

 

Wow. An unpowered Swift trailer managed to hit a ups truck?