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This is my last post on this thread for today, I dont want to be seen as a spammer.. <br /> <br />Regarding english. There are already drivers standing at the payphone shouting at the computerized phone menus many companies deployed to prevent being bothered by callers while they work. <br /> <br />Revised this post to indicate many payphones are being removed due to the dominance of cell phones and internet. <br /> <br />Used to be voice mail. Now you get shuttled from menu to menu until you give up. Turn around and tell the dispatcher you cannot get thru and he or she is talking to a live human within minutes at the VERY SAME company you wasted an hour trying to contact. <br /> <br />At least with a cell phone you can put away 40 miles during that hour of menu hopping at 70 mph. <br /> <br />Drivers used to be considered "Agents of the Carrier" whose word is the same as one of the company officers to a shipper or reciever. Now they are viewed as people who are incapable of conducting themselves in a manner appropriate to the work place. <br /> <br />Tell me, whose workplace is that dock? The man in the pressed shirt and tie with a college education speaking corperate language that means nothing to a driver interested in only this: <br /> <br />What is the gross weight? <br />How many pallets is cargo on? <br />When can you get me loaded and rolling? <br />What day and time does this cargo need to be at customer? <br /> <br />Today's smarter drivers buy laptops, GPS and map programs that shows EVERY SINGLE alleyway and street in the USA. They then overlay Low Clearance information along with notes regarding places to stop, eat etc... <br /> <br />They buy cell phones, rely on satellite communication and stays away from the comchek. <br /> <br />It is the best way to keep up with the dispatcher. <br /> <br />Introduce drivers who only understand spanish or non-english languages then you will have a mess on your hands. <br /> <br />The ATA can also infer from the foreign workers who are driving our trucks as being viewed as "Second Class" citizens who are not worthy of our gratitude for everything we see in the grocery store or walmart. <br /> <br />No wonder there is a turnover. <br /> <br />See you all on the flip side.
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