Terminal NightMare

I was surprised to read recently that some of the major LTL carriers still use bunk rooms at their terminals. I thought they all used motels or commercial hotels by now. I assume the present-day bunk houses are single occupancy rooms, although we had bunk-bed rooms at R-W Service System in the 1980s. Other than the U.S. Army, the only open bay bunk rooms I slept in were at Tri-State Motor Transit terminals. Their bunk houses at Nash, Texas and Louviers, Colorado were spotlessly clean and modern.

 

Welcome to the world?
They probably would have put you up at their terminal for that week at no cost to them. Why do you expect free meals and drinks? In the business world, when people are training, they get paid for the hours they work and nothing else. They aren't fed or housed...Did you see it in writing that you would be housed and fed?
I know nothing about CRE, but you should have had that straightened out before you went.

 

I was told staight up by my recruiter (and it's also on their website) that England would put me up, but I had to pay for meals.

 

YUP, thats true.

 

it truly amazes me on what people expect. i went to my local collage for my cdl training and guess what ??? i didn't get put up in a hotel or receive meal vouchers either. ur not hired at any company until after u get your cdl.

 

I went to driver training years back and they put me up and gave us 2 meals a day. All i had to cover was din din.