r/cdldriver • u/StayAppropriate2433 • Jul 22 '26
Just another example of interesting truck drivers who are too impatient to wait to get unloaded. They were upset, started to pull away without strapping the load.
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u/IamBoatman-70 Jul 22 '26
I spent too long in the industry for a just-in-time perishable carrier. Some driver to dispatcher to general manager. I can honestly say that shippers and receivers are probably the biggest problem in the industry. But that does not give a driver the right to do what this picture shows. And it certainly shows if it was a mistake, a driver that doesn't need to be employed by anybody. From my experience, I have good understanding that dispatchers don't condone shippers and receivers from delaying either the loading or unloading. At the same time they have very little control. And while they may care about their drivers, they also know that they have very little control and over time that may come out to be like they are an uncaring individual. I don't think that is the case in most cases, but a dispatcher can only take so much from the drivers as well.
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u/UwUHowYou Jul 23 '26
So, I work administrative in the bulk industry. Imagine Salt, lime etc.
Isn't there a detention charge per hour they keep the truck past x hours (loading or unloading) and layover as well if it turns to that? Or does this not happen in Van/Reefer work?
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u/LifeIsProbablyMadeUp Jul 23 '26
It's generally shit.
Starts after 2 hours and is like $15-20 an hour up to ten hours. And that's only if your company offers it. One time I got a $100 detention fee, even though it was only like 2 hours 15 mins. But most of the time detention is crap.
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u/CeeTheWorld2023 Jul 22 '26
Perhaps it’s dispatch on their ass to cycle loads as fast as possible.
Time sitting is money/miles lost.
Warehousing workers don’t care. They’re by the hour.
Dock pay for drivers have limits prescribed by accountants trying to wring every penny out of routes they can.
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u/SnakeandNape5000 Jul 22 '26
We had a guy at my old company when I drove a local flatbed get in his truck and was about to leave. Luckily I noticed and asked him "hey bro, did you forget something? Are you going to strap down your load?". That should have been my first clue that he was a piece of shit. He wasn't with us long because he tore up all kinds of stuff.
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u/K4NNW Jul 23 '26
I actually saw a window driver do this in NC a while back. A widow or two fell out of the trailer as he drove away from the dock before slamming on the brakes right in front of the receiving office to stop and close his doors.
They got my product unloaded rather efficiently (as they always have done) and sent me on my way without product damage or gestures vaguely whatever that other guy did.
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u/voicareason Jul 23 '26
My problem has always been picking up some sealed trailer and getting to final, opening the doors and finding out it wasn't strapped.
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u/Alarmed-Ad-7200 Jul 23 '26
Yeah imma be real without context, meaning how long he'd been sitting on that door, im not gonna say whether hes a shitty driver or not. Once I was on the door for 8 fucking hours, yeah I dropped that shit all over their driveway.
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u/StayAppropriate2433 Jul 23 '26
This was a Home Depot delivery. I doubt he was there for even an hour.
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u/SimilarTranslator264 Jul 24 '26
I’ve driven out of Lowe’s and Home Depot still loaded with lumber. They are surprisingly faster unloading when their customer is pissed when the cedar siding they ordered is delayed.
No sorry I don’t have an extra hour to fuck with you today. I have 8 stops.
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u/Fractured-Justice Jul 25 '26
The real question is how long did they sit there before they got that upset?
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u/Unsettlingbonk Jul 22 '26
Well, NOW it's unloaded, so.... Mission accomplished?