The day to day ramblings of the LTL business.

Nothing better then,


Hey driver! I need it in there.

Bol does not say inside delivery, let me call the boss, i cant do it untill they ajust the cost....


Hey driver! You can leave it there.... just this once....


Yeah.... thanks...

 

Dang right it does, they can't seem to understand that they need to make sure its on the BOL, before I get there. I have no qualms about leaving 50 Gal. barrels of dry cleaning chemicals on the curb, along with their boxes of clothing bags and hangers.

 

7:00 am today classic dispatcher
Me: Those two atv's (arctic cat sxs) need to go on a flat bed.
Dispatcher: hahahaha, you can get it done. You're good at it.
Me: This receiver does not have a dock, only a Bobcat to unload.
Dispatcher: Then we will put them in the nose, so if they refuse them You will still get the rest of your stops delivered.
Me: shakes my head as I walk away
Turns out the owner of that particular power sports shop, also is part owner of the regional Lumber Wholesaler. About a mile away, with several docks to unload at. I was there for a separate delivery an hour earlier. Even joked with the dock crew about getting these things out.
Why didn't they just take them then? When I called the power sports company to inform them of the need to have specific equipment ready when I got there to deliver their Atv's.
I could have saved an hour of my time and theirs.

 

Nope, metal frames, with side holes for a fork lift.
These were pushed in lengthwise, nearly the width of the trailer to begin with.

 

I had to do a lot of those. Use a chain on 'em & let the consignee use his Bobcat to pull them out so he can pull them off. Works really well.

 

I wish, con. said they are not in the habit nor is it policy to chain and drag out items. So, at least the owner had a solution, go to his other company and fork them out on that dock. Then he asked me what I would have done, had there not been a dock available. I told him that they would stay where they are and I would go home. He didn't seem to like that idea.

 

Ugh... So here is how stupid my company is. We had a guy that tore a set of airlines so we fired him. He got called in in the morning like usual, he was told that he was done... They did a quick pause, then told him we were short on drivers and that before he was fired, he had to run a full route.

 

Unbelievable. Did he politely decline?