Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

mitrucker · Oct 7, 2021

supersnackbar said: ↑

Appearantly we have a vastly different definition of micromanagement. I consider the barage of reminder messages we get with every load to do everything but wipe our butt after dropping a dillybar and breathing to be micromanaging. Things that every 1st year driving school graduate learned to do the 1st week of class we get reminded about. Remember to: put your lock on, scale the load, take your lock off, don't speed in construction zones, get a Walmart sticker or stamp on DC loads, FL's bridge law it 41'(on every FL load), CA's bridge law is 40' (on every Cali load), your going thru a state with tire chain laws-make sure you have the required chains(on every west coast load), here is when we say your PTA is, here are your hours(every day), remember to certify you logs, this is a high priority load (2 or 3x on certain loads)...etc, etc, etc. The micromanaging is real, just isn't always verbal or a direct message from someone in the office... A lot if it is precanned into every load or as a daily reminder message.
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SSB, you must remember that the company needs to hold the hands of the new age drivers. Not sure how else to say it.

supersnackbar · Oct 7, 2021

drvrtech77 said: ↑

If those bother you consistently, then I don’t know what to say because I simply ignore them
Like they don’t exist…
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A truckers version of

Or

supersnackbar · Oct 7, 2021

mitrucker said: ↑

SSB, you must remember that the company needs to hold the hands of the new age drivers. Not sure how else to say it.
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The root of the problem is what gets to me...on one face, it is "we love our drivers, they're the reason we are in business"...then on the other face it's "drivers are so stupid we have to tell them how to do everything"...what a bargain...2 faces for the price of one.

supersnackbar · Oct 7, 2021

mitrucker · Oct 7, 2021

supersnackbar said: ↑

The root of the problem is what gets to me...on one face, it is "we love our drivers, they're the reason we are in business"...then on the other face it's "drivers are so stupid we have to tell them how to do everything"...what a bargain...2 faces for the price of one.
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Yes, but sadly all employers have to dumb it down for the younger ones.

JohnBoy · Oct 7, 2021

supersnackbar said: ↑

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Finally. It’s arrived.

tallguy66 · Oct 7, 2021

Going up to Utah on a few days. This is one benefit of recaps. If it’s nasty out I can catch up the next day or two.

newbietrucker91 · Oct 7, 2021

Must be why they sent that reminder today about chains.

xlsdraw · Oct 7, 2021

I'm in Fargo. The low tonight is supposed to be 60.

O.Henry · Oct 8, 2021

Their trucks,their rules!

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