Towing bill

I agree 100% how are drivers suppose to learn if companies keep bailing them out.Now if its on customers property you ask the customer if they're going to pay for towing or have someone to get you unstuck.Happened at a customer with me,ole farmer jones got me out with his tractor,lol.

 

Hi guys, I'm back with a little more info. Apparently the owner got a call from the driver, " Do these trucks have the suspension that goes up and down?" Owner: "Air ride? No, all the trucks are spring ride." Driver: "Okay, thanks.." >click<
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Owner gets another call: " I've got a tow bill for you."
Owner: " WHAT??? What happened???"
Driver: " I got stuck"
Owner: "why didn't you call me, I could have come up to get you?"
Apparently the driver called police first, no other call to owner, police called the wrecker. His is not the first time driver has done something like this.

 

PRD....payroll deduction. That's my .02 worth

 

No need for a payroll deduction, as the driver already paid the tow bill up front. This makes it exceptionally simple for the company...just don't reimburse. The company is under no legal obligation to reimburse. Had the company paid for the tow, payroll deductions get sticky as wages are protected by law. Unless a payroll deduction is signed, they can't legally deduct from the employee's wages...and even if the employee DOES sign away his future paychecks, there are limits to the amount that can be deducted out of any check.

The driver did the company a favor by paying the bill up front. Deny the reimbursement and be done with it. If the driver doesn't like it, he can quit...which also works to your favor because if you fire him, he might file for unemployment. By voluntarily quitting, he forfeits that option.

 

Company should pay bill and then determine if driver was negligent, off route etc.
Maybe it was raining and very muddy.

 

I will add,under no circumstances should driver ever pay for anything if driving someone else truck.

 

" Do these trucks have the suspension that goes up and down?" Owner: "Air ride? No, all the trucks are spring ride." Driver: "Okay, thanks.." >click< Right there would determine if I was paying or reimbursing a tow bill

 

That doesn't even make any sense! So the driver called in with a stupid question, but didn't bother to tell the boss he was stuck? This sort of changes my opinion.

Sounds like this driver is dumber than a brick, (which as we all know, is MUCH dumber than a board.) Sounds like a good one to make mad enough to quit.

OBTW, I don't believe that very many states will allow a successful unemployment claim, if an employee is fired for "cause." Cause being, among other things poor performance, failure to care for equipment and any number of other things.

 

I was going to leave it out, but since I mentioned it wasn't the first time, it seems more relevant to the discussion now:
Prior incident, driver called to say his truck was stuck on the street, it was in gear, but wasn't going anywhere. Owner asked him if there was any freeplay in the clutch. Driver said no. Owner headed for him, driving another box truck, through heavy traffic. He arrived, pulled into a gas station to park, just as a class C tow truck was arriving (again, called by PD) owner ran up, crawled under truck, did a quick adjustment, and the driver was able to move his truck, saving that tow bill. Owner told him that if he had let him know, he would have been able to send him to the repair shop they use which is TWO MINUTES FROM THEIR WORK...

 

I would fire his ### for being stupid and not reimburse any money for being stupid .......... I would say you payed the bill and didn't contact me to see if there was another way around it so that sir is not my bill have a nice day...