Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

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  1. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    I was doing 3200mi a week since beginning of april..i come out of the house last week and the bottom fell out…i literally have multiple people calling me on the same loads..they interns who are not being communicated to by the regular staff i guess and it’s causing a disaster…i have no regular dispatcher because mine just abruptly disappeared and I’m floating around with temporary ones..they have their issues but what’s happening at the moment is absurd and i have for sure let them know what i think…
     
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  3. BM 58

    BM 58 Road Train Member

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    Let us know how that works out for you.
     
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  4. drvrtech77

    drvrtech77 Road Train Member

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    Who??
     
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  5. RussianBearTruckeR

    RussianBearTruckeR Heavy Load Member

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    Those #### bananas in thr hood with heroin needles and unknown drug bags all over that lot but thats one place you can seriously damages equipment... I've lost a brake chamber on the #### heavily loaded unopened free bananas to the public trailer those potholes are deadly... stay safe made it to wilmer somehow to tcall not sure how those time sensitive bananas made it out of the shop alive or just ripe!
     
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  6. RussianBearTruckeR

    RussianBearTruckeR Heavy Load Member

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    I strongly believe Lincoln owes you a free Shaffer puffin truck hood decal on the house!
     
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  7. RussianBearTruckeR

    RussianBearTruckeR Heavy Load Member

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    It's a log cabin and a hotel in our cases
     
  8. RussianBearTruckeR

    RussianBearTruckeR Heavy Load Member

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    Just dropped at that wmt many MTs have issues there do a proper test b4 attaching and going... I grabbed a 840 mt with some air leaks and tandems that took some back n forth rocking to get er moving. Colombus back lot full of 838 trailers I'm assuming that have even sold to cowboy indepents bit with many unknowns happening a strange target on food processing and related business's who's jumping into OO status? Someone's rolling the dice... very friendly people at that wmt tho nice farm run carnival is blocking a major street there so some tight button hook taking over the entire intersection while children watch in shock there but still a good dc to dnh at terminal 44 miles away also
     
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  9. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    It's a package deal, you have to take the short #### in order to get the long run. I've been offered stuff like that where the short one is impossible to do. They know you can't do it so they have an out with their supervisor when you complain to management that you're not moving...they have the excuse that they offered you a load and you refused. It's part of the mind games they play here. This kinda crap didn't use to happen when Mr. Acklie was around because they would have him on their ###, it only started with the Ostergard regime...that and the propaganda b.s. about us being their most valuable asset. If we truly were that valuable of an asset to these greedy ########, would they consistently do this kind of shell game? Anyone who believes that we are really that valuable to them is truly naive.
     
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  10. nredfor88

    nredfor88 Road Train Member

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    Just playing devils advocate.

    Why would dispatchers play games like that. Many companies offer incentives to dispatchers to keep trucks productive, and have their fleets running the biggest miles possible. I'm sure Shaffer is the same. Could it just be that the dispatcher or planner didn't do their job as well as they could have and messed up? What do they gain by purposefully giving you a load you will reject? Maybe they just need better experienced staff.
     
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  11. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    They only care about 1 thing, they have loads to move off their load board, and they will do what they have to do to clear their board before they go home. They don't care about driver's productivity or who they have to screw over to achieve their goal... they're like an in-house freight broker, they would lie and con their own mother to move their loads. They couldn't care any less about what happens to the drivers, because they truly believe we are an expendable resource that can be replaced with the next class in orientation that fell for their con artist recruiting department. When Acklie was running the show, he took care of the drivers and their was a waiting list to work here. Now, with this clown we have running the circus, they have to keep raising the amount they pay drivers to keep recruiting (conning) new recruits to work here. They are NOT the reputable company they show the public, and until their ability to generate revenue is threatened, they will continue to con and manipulate who they have to in order to keep their bankroll.
     
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