Stranded for almost 3 weeks

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  1. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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  3. Speedy356

    Speedy356 Medium Load Member

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    Do yourself a big favor and get your ### back to Texas and always remember when your looking for that perfect job, if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.
     
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  4. Numb

    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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  5. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Revenge…

    You know that load that they’ve been waiting on? The one that they didn’t want to pay detention pay for? They were banking on that one load. What would happen if they were under the impression that you were still being a good little employee and was on your way to pick it up and suddenly you become the most incompetent person they ever had to deal with on the phone? On the load they are banking on?
     
  6. Ex-Trucker Alex

    Ex-Trucker Alex Road Train Member

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    After 3 week with no work, that's considered "constructive dismissal". Not sure what the waiting period for collecting unemployment is in Alaska, but I'm betting you are already owed it. I'd call the local State Police and enter a charge of abandonment, so that they can pay for your trip back home. Leave your truck there and walk...
     
  7. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    I’d use their fuel card fill it up. Head home/terminal

    Hopefully you kept your tanks full.
     
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  8. Oldman83

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    I’m curious. Do you care to share the name of the company that did you this way?
     
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  9. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    Been disclosed. Read the thread.
     
  10. Oldman83

    Oldman83 Heavy Load Member

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    Ah, thank you.
    I didn’t follow the SAFER link like I should have before asking.
     
  11. Wargames

    Wargames Captain Crusty

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    I give this driver a lot of credit for not abandoning his truck. He’s gone this far three weeks. Don’t throw in a towel yet and have a bad record. Follow you. 99 out of 100 people would’ve thrown the town left already, but you stuck with it. Give you a lot of credit for that and see what happens. I wish you the best of luck
     
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