Hi all right now just a little frustrated at Darryl's company! They need to get their act together and learn some people skills. I was chatting with a friend on yahoo, and it got me all worked up again. Not sure what to think about things happening lately. They are losing drivers, I wonder why????? Hmmmm maybe it's the way they treat their employees. For example : Tuesday, Darryl went to pick up paychecks, since the Omega's battery finally died. He got back, we ate breakfast, and then I went to the bank, and ran to the grocery store. When he got back from getting paychecks, he got a call from a dispatcher at work telling him he was going to Chicago, IL. Now he gets down to the yard to pick up his load, and another dispatcher tells him, "Oh no you aren't going to Chicago, you are going to Joliet, IL." Darryl's like ok, well which is it. I got him telling me one thing, and you telling me another. So he gets his packet for Joliet, IL. and goes to Hobby Lobby to get loaded. Well they have been without power practically all night due to the strong storms we had here, so he gets to sit and wait. So he finally gets loaded at 7:30 pm about 5 hours later then what he was supposed to be, and then has to drive a 13 hour drive, not counting fueling, eating, weigh stations, and traffic along the way. Well he stops to take a 1 hour nap, and ends up sleeping 3 & 1/2. His original appointment time was set for 7am, well he doesn't get there til noon time. The manager is mad, the dispatchers are mad, but the thing is instead of telling the manager of the place that he didn't get loaded til after 7pm, they were all expecting him up there at 8am!!! How can he make a 13 hour drive in 12 &1/2???? Can someone please explain how he is supposed to be up there at 8am? Is he supposed to pass the weigh stations, not fuel up, or anything, just drive all the way through?? Come on people, he is human, and things happen. It's not like he can help traffic, or having to stop and fuel, or being pulled in by a weigh station, that is the laws of truck driving. These people need to wake up & smell the coffee because obviously they have no clue what goes into being a truck driver, if they did they would be more understanding when something happens. They wanted him to sleep all day, so he could make it on time to the appointment, but he had just slept all night long, you can't make yourself go to sleep. He rested while they loaded him and everything, what more can you expect?? He is working his butt off on the road, and this is how this company treats him. They get mad if the weather is bad and the highway gets shut down, but see most people would like OK, take it slow, don't worry if you are late, we will call the company and let them know. Not these people, they want him there and on time, despite traffic, weather, anything. How is that possible if the highway is shut down for 1 or 2 days! Like the time that he was going to Colorado, and they had that huge blizzard, they got mad at HIM for the highways being shut down. And all of the highways were shut down for a good part of a day at least. What the heck can he do about it. They told him that he should've found another way there. Ummmm Hello the highways are shut down, what kind of condition do you think the back roads are going to be in????????? It makes no sense to me that a company can say to you, " Please be safe out there, if you get tired pull over, but you have to get there in this amount of time!" Does that make any sense to anyone? If it does, could you explain it to me!!! Also they tell him well since you didn't get there on time, due to weather, traffic whatever, we are going to pull you from your dedicated route, or we are gonna cut your miles. It's almost like they are playing mind games with you. They tell you one thing, and then when you do it, they get mad, then they cut your miles, or take you off a dedicated route! I mean come on, WTF do you expect from them Miracles every time they get in their trucks and start driving, that there will be no traffic, weather, weigh stations, trucks full of diesel no matter how many miles they have driven! COME ON!!!!! Just totally ridiculous if you ask me. Ok that is all the venting for now on this, I hope you have a great Friday, and weekend, take care, Hugs ~ Jilly
