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TRUCKERS' LIFE * USA - Trucking's Bad Four Letter Words
"Wait", as in hurry up and wait, is one of the worse four letter words in the trucking industry
Ormond Beach,FL,USA -American Chronicle, by Thomas Scopel -September 12, 2008: -- This is a regular occurrence for most drivers.. First of all, let me say that there are many good and quick shippers and receivers. Those are the ones that realize that drivers work on a extremely odd time frame and understand that to a driver, time is money. However, there are just as many bad, if not more, than there are good. These are the ones who force the driver to wait. To them, time doesn't matter because they themselves work on an hourly rate and mostly, don't even consider the drivers' point of view. Therefore, a driver will wait for loading and unloading, they wait for the paperwork and they wait for their turn to put their truck into the dock. But, it's not only the shippers' and receivers' that make the driver wait. Drivers must wait for dispatch to get and give out the loads. Sometimes they have to wait while a trailer at there terminal is changed out. And, a driver is guaranteed a wait in the line, especially if it is cheaper than the next place, at the fuel pumps..., which brings us to another bad four letter word... "fuel"....
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