Ran into a young lady i used to work with other day. I first met her 2018 she was new in freight fresh out of this union outfit driver training class . She hugged me other day and said do you remember that first time we met.
Story behind this conversation was we both left this satellite freight barn coming off rest out of hotel.And to send us home to our terminal 500 miles away we both had to go to a customer with 53 foot wagons to get freight in day cabs.
She followed me as i been to customer before probably 60 miles dead head I told her i got to stop at Tim Hortons fill up my thermos were on our way.
We got to this customer and the docks were built pre 53 foot wagons and it is tight I went in customer they gave me door. She went in after me got a door me not thinking I went bumped dock down got a sight side back me backing us making sure I don’t tear hood off tractor cement wall in front me tandems on 53 slid all the way up. Me pulling up backing up inching it in just one of those moments.
And here she got door way down at the end of this yard BLINDSIDE back.
She never blindsided she comes up to me can you help me I said I’ll do you one better kiddo we walked back into warehouse walked down their dock found numerous wagons that were already loaded ready to roll.
We walked into shipping and told them have your yard jockey yank out a wagon in sight side dock screw that blindside shit. Their answer he’s on lunch our yard jockey and we have forklift operator at that door ready to load the skids onto her wagon my answer will wait we’re on clock getting paid we as in us are not messing around with a blindside.
I told that shipping clerk not our problem because you fail to think pre plan and knowing you have two drivers on the way and maybe we should have two sight side doors ready.
She got a sight side door after jockey came off lunch. And as I said it was tight place yet in my rain parka I stood outside her tractor watching helping her get in the door in not hitting that wall with front tractor.
She said that took forever sorry i said shit kiddo there are moments where I could have a football field to maneuver and I am beat tired and i take numerous pull ups.
Yet she said she’d never thought of telling shipper then to give her a different door as she was green in freight.
And then yet she has now maybe 30 drivers between her and layoffs.
Fucking imbecile Orange Mac traitor fucking up good decent folks lives.