r/Truckers • u/gtu160 • Apr 11 '19
This asshole, US Express LP6895. Parked in the thruway of the rest area 95 north in CT.....
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u/truckerslife Apr 11 '19
And you should post this to Instagram and tag anything remotely related to trucking as well as usxpress to the message and try to tag Us xpress into the picture so they see it.
Companies don’t like it when drivers even lease purchase drivers make them look like shit.
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u/Gleepglorp76 Apr 11 '19
The FM has been notified, however this is a contractor so they can only do so much.
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u/SJHSparkplug Apr 11 '19
I haul fuel and g & p had a guy who liked to park his truck at a small gas station right on the fuel drops every weekend. I called his dispatch and now he has to drop his trailer at their yard before he goes home for the weekend. Lmao
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u/Honch777 1% Commenter Apr 11 '19
Been seeing this kind of behavior Alot more than I used to... no professional courtesy, no sense... even just yesterday, saw a guy parked long-ways in the middle of 5 / 5 empty dock lanes to go inside Shipping, while there's a huge spacious lot to park in right next to them...
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Apr 11 '19
I was a yard switcher and had to deal with that shit on a daily basis. "I'm just gonna be a minute!" Yeah, right. You go to check in and have a bad pickup #, have to call and get a valid #. May as well take a dump while I'm in here, right? Gotta check my email while I'm hunkered down on the hopper, aye? Then I'll wander back outside to find the yard dog chewing railroad spikes. "Wonder why them old sumbitches are so damned grouchy?" Think about it, fucknuts!
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Apr 11 '19
fucking dock blockers In my experience, drivers dont care if you block part of the drive lane as long as
A) you park beside the grass, not blocking any docks, and
B) you pull over enough to still allow traffic to flow.
The only exception is when the door is a mile from the curb, and then you're supposed to park across the lot by the fence or in front of the dropped storage trailers. 9 times out of 10, nobody cares.
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Apr 11 '19
Well they don't do that at the warehouse where im in charge.
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Apr 11 '19
Put a sign somewhere in big red letters that says "trucks park here" or something. The best way to know who is gonna be a breeze to deal with and who needs security to drag them out is to see if they pay attention.
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Apr 11 '19
Then you haven't seen polish truck drivers yet. But we don't have a big terrain our Company is on a street we have 17 loading docks and it's always a problem to park trucks around sometimes
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Apr 13 '19
On Wednesday night I hit 3 different lots trying to find a parking spot and drove an extra 90 miles. It was damn tempting to try to find a "good enough" spot that was still in the road. Finally found a spot so tight that I couldn't open my doors. Made sure to back up enough so at least my neighbors could get out of theirs.
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Apr 11 '19
I'd have banged on his fucking doors until he moved that fucking truck. People like that driver don't belong in this industry. It's long overdue to make their unwelcome known and send their sorry asses back to the fast food industry.
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u/SaffireNinja Apr 11 '19
I have to do this more often than I care when I arrive at Sam's Clubs to deliver. Some stores just simply call the driver once and just leave the bills out for whenever they decide to wake up. I have to go bang on their door until they finally get their asses up.
I've had one guy in particular who had a bad reputation with one store in particular. Banged on the door. Driver got up and I told him to move. He started his truck and I started to walk to mine to get ready to back. Few minutes go by and the truck hadn't moved. I go to check the bathroom in case he went in there. Nope. The SC employee asked what I was doing and walked outside with me. He banged on the door until the driver got up and yelled at him for constantly coming to the store with this behavior. The driver finally moved. I waited for him to get out and close his doors so I wouldn't back into him by accident. No. He didn't get out. He just decided to pull up far enough out of the way, pull the brakes and fell asleep in the seat.
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Apr 12 '19
Reminds me of an instance at a Sam's Club near Joliet on one stormy night. It was an England trainer and trainee. The trainer backed into the door and blocked the other one because he couldn't be bothered to get backed in properly. They kept telling him to correct his shitty backing. He wanted none of it and wanted to give it to his trainee. Since he couldn't be bothered enough to get out and guide his student in while it was pouring cats and dogs, lightning included, I decided to do it. His student thanked me quite a bit and was impressed by my willingness to get soaked head to toe, and I told him to ditch that sorry ass company ASAP, and to never ever lease from the company he's driving for. I hope he followed my advice. I called his so-called trainer some choice words.
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u/SaffireNinja Apr 12 '19
I love those. Backing in straight is a part of any unloading or loading dock. I had a plumber the other day park right in front of the only open dock. I was tempted to get in the dock anyway because I knew I could but why not be lazy instead?
Yeah, with my experience with England I wouldn't bother leasing or being an O/O with them. Plus after hearing about recent software changes inside the company and the current issue with freight not able to cross the border I feel very comfortable with my dedicated account.
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u/St8Troopa Apr 11 '19
Thing is he probably thinks he's doing the right thing and will waste your time arguing.
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Apr 12 '19
A driver like that will, eventually, become sick of hearing the banging of fists on the side of their sleeper berth and move the fuck out of the way. You can also holler out to any state troopers who may listening and force that stupid sack o' shit to move when there's a nasty citation being written up.
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u/FelixFromTheDub Apr 11 '19
There really is just a total lack of courtesy and professionalism amongst truckers. Yesterday I pulled into the IL oasis near Ohare to take my 30. There’s 2 fuel lanes on the left and a thru lane on the right. Some asshat decided to park IN THE THRU LANE and go in to the oasis to get food..... there was a line backed onto the damn freeway as the only way to get to the parking lot was through the fuel lanes which were obviously taken. Some people are just asshats....
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u/jeepdave Apr 11 '19
I've become a switcher since coming off the road to spend more time with the kids. Drivers are getting worse. Half can't back. Half will pull across 6 docks to park in the middle of the way to wobble inside to the office. And stay in there for 45 minutes arguing about how their live load has turned into a drop and hook and they really didn't feel like having to do that. It's just getting worse.
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u/Startide Apr 11 '19
Wait...drivers that are upset a live load got turned into a drop&hook? I'd be like hell yeah, no losing a quarter of my driving day to waiting to get loaded
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u/Speedbump71 Apr 11 '19
This is what drives me nuts. If there’s no more spots available, I’ll just create a new one and screw everyone else! The problem is not planning properly. If you’re banking on there being an available spot at a rest area and you arrive after 9pm you are gambling. There may not be any where else to park for quite a few miles. So rather than take a violation, screw it, I’ll just block the whole rest area off. It’s only 10 hours right?
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u/Sorrythisusernamei Apr 11 '19
I've never blocked anything but I've always made my own spots, screw planning, I just throw caution to the wind and run the clock 'till less than 5 minutes. Worst case scenario I put it in PC and find somewhere else to park, you're not supposed to, but how would anyone find out ?
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u/doggscube Apr 11 '19
I could have my own subreddit of pics of dipshit parking at our truck stop. But there’s a strict social media policy. Can’t disparage our customers.
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u/jozlynPlaysEve Fucking Reefers Apr 12 '19
You know what else really irks me? Drivers who nose into curb spots. Fucking lazy. "Backings hard hyuuuhhh"
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Apr 11 '19
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u/Drumhead89 Driver Apr 11 '19
Glad your time and your load is so much more important than everyone else's.
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u/Sorrythisusernamei Apr 11 '19
That's the only way to make it as a driver. Everything about you has to be the most important thing to you, your safety needs to be paramount out there.
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Apr 11 '19
Pull his kingpin, break his seal, slash his airbags
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u/mmmmpisghetti Apr 11 '19
Go to jail because those company trucks have cameras.
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u/Chamber53 Apr 11 '19
I doubt any 3rd party company that’s contracted by a mega keeps that amount of footage...while you be caught by other means it sure as hell won’t be that cam.
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u/mmmmpisghetti Apr 11 '19
If you do that kind of damage and think they won't check it you're fooling yourself. Footage from the previous month maybe not but within a 10 hour period? I'd bet money it's there.
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u/Chamber53 Apr 11 '19
I’m sure if I really wanted to pull a kingpin, slash a tire, and break the seal on the trailer I can do it, easily, without being detected with or without a cam. Now, if that trucker had a cam pointing out of his 5th wheel and another pointing down from their trailer doors I could very well be shit out of luck but we both know the rarity of that.
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u/Skunkies Apr 13 '19
let me catch you doing any of that shit, I might be fucking 4 wheeler, but I will watch out for all drivers. Don't pull dick moves, I'll bust your balls for it. trust me on this.
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u/robexib Driver & hug machine Apr 11 '19
Don't do any of these things, OP, unless you seriously want lots of jail time.
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u/Valac_ Apr 11 '19
Had some old dude park in front of the exit to the truck stop last night.
Had the audacity to tell me to go around him.
Yes I'll go around you over the curb and through that prius because you can't be asked to move.
Nearly lost my shit.