Dispatcher WON'T Stop Calling Truck Driver... ⚠️
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Can't a guy get any sleep around here? Does this ever happen to you?
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As a warehouse manager, I can affirm that dispatchers ruin more days than mother-in-laws
😂
Always had the feelin
that's only because you hear from dispatchers more than you hear from your mother-in-law. so if you hear from your mother-in-law everyday then she will ruin your day more than dispatchers.
so if you want dispatchers to ruin your morning just make sure they're your mother-in-law.
That’s only because the warehouse manager is behind on all the outgoing loads.
And why is that the norm?
That would be a horrible company to work for if they don't understand a 10 hr restart
My previous job my dispatcher was like that and constantly asked me to do illegal stuff with my logs I left they company because of that
@@jonathanmancuso678 yeah, we need that 10 after the days we put in. Those dispatchers have no idea what it's really like. Good for you for leaving
This is when you track down the contact info for the dispatcher's boss.
Let them know that every time that a call is made during the break, a new 10 hour rest will be restarted, the harassment will be logged, and the boss will be contacted.
At a minimum, they'll get sick of the 3AM voice-mail notifications.
If they were smart, they'd get concerned that the company is getting exposed for corrective actions and fines for the reg violations.
Eventually, the person in charge will get a clue how often the dispatcher abused and harassed one driver. Then multiply it by the number of drivers that interact with that dispatcher.
They deal with a human factor problem with retraining or replacement. If they don't, they'll lose drivers in a driver shortage.
Yea, I had a few dispatchers like that, after a few times, I started resetting my 10 hr breaks, so if they called at all during my break, it started over, they learned really quickly to check my HOS & Duty Status before they called me..
They understand, they just like to play STUPID !!
If it's routine, call never
If it's urgent, call once.
If it's life and death, call twice.
Once you've exhausted your calls, text everything that they need to know
That's how I live. I always follow the missed call with a quick text
Sleeping while off duty on a 10 hr reset is a safety sensitive operation. How can you be rested if constantly being woken up…
Gonna make this my voicemail lmao
I would never talk to my Dispatch like that....I'd be more rude and use more swear words
Need the list
I'm a frendly person but I have some rules don't weak me up whitout a good motive don't curse me of my family or deaths
Don't make me fotos or videos or lives or I might curses you in all the ways beat you or breack your phone and I'm not buying another one you made that to yourself
You have been brainwashed into thinking your dispatcher is your employer . Let me try to help you...
If everyone in safety resign tomorrow, the company could still continue.
If every mechanic in the shop resign tomorrow, the company could still continue.
If everyone in sales resign tomorrow, the company could still continue.
If every dispatcher in the joint got up and walked out immediately, the company would still continue.
What do you think would happen is even 75% of the drivers walk out on the same day?
@@fadinreigne I don't give a damn about my Dispatch, they don't sign my paychecks and weren't who hired me
@@fadinreigne he literally said he be crussing more than this video. you misread what he said, that being said the OP keeps his videos pg, instead of life like. I'd have a lot more fucks in there if it was me aswell
Damn right, id do the same. Phones on do not disturb till shift starts/clock says go.
Calls dispatchers cell at 3am until he answers
Somebody struck a nerve.
Facts! Fukn pos dispatchers calling during the MANDATORY 10hr break.
I give their personal number to the customers if they do this to me.
That nonsense stops quickly.
Last time a dispatcher woke my up on by 10hr, I asked If his call was work related. I proceeded to log on duty for 10 minutes while he spouted his mouth. I then proceeded to inform him, he interrupted my 10hr break with work related calls requiring me go back on duty and I can't drive for 10hrs in order to complete my rest break. Last time that ever happened...
Interestingly enough a few weeks later, company policy was changed to prohibited dispatch from calling while driving or off duty rest breaks. Only elog messages are allowed, unless approved by safety.
They're not allowed to call during 10 hour. It was never implemented, it was always that way.
😂😂
Why in the holy hell are you calling me 2 hours before I gotta do anything
Threatening me would only make me work for someone else.
Exactly
quickly
My last company would call like that, and they would tell brokers to call early in the mornings. If I'm on my 10hr break, I'm not answering.
I tell brokers to call dispatch. I don't want to speak to them. And if they continue to harass me, I make sure the dispatch regrets giving them my number because I am not hasty to take a load from a nagging broker.
You try to interrupt my sleep agian and you’ll be finding a new driver
Dispatchers need to respect the ten and thirty four hours. Don't bug em until thirty minutes prior to them getting off. Safety first!
isnt it against some laws that if your sleep is disturbed by dispatch it starts your sleep scheduled time window again from 0?
Basically. Anything work related has to be logged as on-duty. So that call just turned a 10h reset into an 8 h break, 2 minutes on-duty- 10h reset.
It’s bad drivers, that think they are good drivers, that run without pre-trip, fuel up in their 30m break and go off duty while hand loading so they can drive an extra 50 minutes a day that make dispatchers like this.
fun fact, if you're the "you know I can write you up for this" guy, a significantly lower amount of coworkers and peers are gonna like you.
I swear to God if this ever happens to me, that dispatcher is going to have a bad day.
Dispatcher did that with me she knew I would be late as a storm had rolled through I called her and told her I would be late and between my home and the yard she called me no less than 7 times asking when I would be there the trip normally took 1.5 hours but due to the storm took almost 3 I told her if she called again I was just going to turn around and go home needless to say she didn't call me again
Fun fact: when you are in the sleeper berth, you are entitled to 10 hours UNINTERRUPTED rest. If the dispatch calls you and breaks your sleep before 10 hours, you can restart your rest from then.
No the dispatcher can't write him up. The dispatcher is violating HOS rules
I just got my cdl a year ago. Started thru prime. I was always able to take a 10-14 hour rest break without ever getting a call. I got almost every load on time. They respected me, I respected them. It all was great. Just because mega carriers are known for being bad, doesn't mean they are!
I had one call me at 1am, I was pissed, he's a clock watcher, I told him to fuck off and never call me again, and hung up on him.
exactly
That’s usually when I tell dispatchers I’m driving the truck back and we’re meeting face to face and its getting western!
No you don't
@@michaelleighwilliams8372 I have before buddy boy! Surprise surprise he went to lunch.
My dispatcher don't do that, but if she did the conversation would look something like this... u know I'm on my 10 hour, her yes but, me.. okay since we're conducting company business I have to log in on-duty not driving and then restart 10 hour after we're done.... her... ummm never mind.
I had a dispatcher like that at k&b transportation I’d be halfway through my 10hr break and there he go calling that just brought back nightmares
How many times did you answer and then reset your 10 hours?
F***k kb
My dispatcher would never do something like this......they know better
This is the reason I recorded all my calls from dispatchers when I worked for Maga carriers.
Maga carriers? What's that?
@@garrnk I honestly hope that's a joke...
Incase you really don't know, it's company's like swift, Schneider, Werner, ect... companies with hundreds or thousands of trucks roaming the country.
I currently work for a company that has about 60 trucks, and get treated better than I have at any large company. Work only 5 days a week, paid weekly and pay is based per day not hourly or by the mile, i sometimes have very short 3 hour days with 20 miles and get the full pay day. I also never get called except when I have a short day and they need a load covered. Get paid well and rarely ever lied to....
There are really good trucking companies out there you just have to look....
One of the great things about electronic logs, they call me during my break or waiting for an appropriate time to leave so i don't waste even more hours on my 14. The first time the dispatcher called during my 10, I switch to on duty not driving, and answered the phone to informed them that since they just interupted my 10 that I will have to start over and sent a message over qualcom saying being delayed due to multiple phone calls from dispatch and I will be delivering late.
That dispatcher would be getting fed some knuckle sandwiches in the bathroom if he called an Australian truck driver that many times during his sleeping hours.
You do NOT wake a driver when he is sleeping . Ever.
If you need to let them know something, you send a text or email they will read when they wake up .
I wanted to get my CDL….until I found this channel.
It's worth it. Just gotta deal with dispatch not telling you it decided to screw you over.
It’s worth it, play the road game and then go haul gas local. Minimum 75-80 a year
It’s not bad you just have to find a cool company. The good thing is there are a million options and you will always make good money if you want to work.
These are the worst-case scenario type things. After 20 years at this, I've never had it as bad as these videos make it. You get that random asshat but nowadays, companies know not to push it since it's still a drivers market.
Save yourself
If I'm on my 10 hours.. that's my time, not company, not dispatch, mine. That's 10 hours we are guaranteed to be able to just walk away and rest.
things like this is why its a high turn over rate in the trucking industry
I quit trucking a few months ago and this is something I really hated!
If my dispatcher knows I'm running some weird hours he will not call me until he sees my truck go on duty
When I'm sleeping the phone is ALWAYS on silent.
I'll get back to you when I wake up.
By the way, don't call unless it's absolutely urgent anyway.
Text me.
By dot law if work disturbs u during ur 10 hour break by law u can restart it and they can't do shit
I got 10 missed calls from dispatch because my hours were due to reset in 1 hour, and they wanted to make sure i dropped in time. Thats it. A simple text works just as good but oh f that we need to call like a nuke is being dropped in my area
Like the scammers that call once you start an authority , the government should be sued for making your information public to them
They know when you are sleeping, they know when your awake....
I only allow family calls on break.
BUT, when all we had was a q-com, I used to hang it out the window. 😊
I just sang this as a Christmas song
had this conversation while working at crst and Martin. at crst I had just got in the yard around 12am the dispatcher starts blowing my phone up at 3am saying I had 2 hours left on my clock I needed to go pick up a load. I told her to never call my phone again so they wrote me up. I was in the dispatch managers office I crumbled up the write up threw it in the trash and plainly told them fire me it will brake my contract and I don't have to pay you a dime back. they never called me at 3am again.
I little advice for new drivers. If you want to sleep and don't want annoying phone calls . Do not put the phone on do not disturb. They can tell your not answering on purpose. Instead try just cutting the volume down to silent. This is an subtle approach. They won't know
I've quit jobs for less than that
I did the same exact thing this morning. Dispatch 📞 me @ 5 in the morning while on a 34. I forwarded that 📞 straight to voicemail twice and went right back to 😴.🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Whenever a broker/dispatcher called and woke me up I told them that their call put me back on duty status and THEY delayed the load by 10 hours.
My dispatcher would add that he was about to call the highway patrol to come "check if I was okay" if I didn't answer next time
Its as if they think we go to sleep the second we go on sleeper, then wake up after 8 hours to do everything else
Right! I need 1.5-2 hours to chill before I can sleep. Yeah, I'm up about 6.5 hours after so I have time to wake up, but that's only about 30-40 minutes.
You have to set boundaries with your job I have my work phone on do not disturb all day I'm not a manager I don't need 500 updates right that second if I'm not scheduled I'm not working. Before I set this boundary I could not relax at home it was just call after call we need someone to work someone called in sick where are the keys to the doors non stop for 3 months straight.
I don’t answer my phone for 14 hours. I shut down 14 hours. Screw them. I need my sleep and take care of basic human needs. Eat, shit and shower. Drink some coffee when I get up, eat, shit and shower and I be rolling.
Writing up someone for pissing you off is a great way to gear towards a lawsuit.
I see a dispatcher that needs a wakeup call of his own, right in the mouth.
If a dispatcher talks like this to a driver, I truly hope the driver just goes off on the dispatcher. And if the dispatcher does ever get pissy at a driver for wanting to sleep, so he doesn’t crash his truck for being tired and the guy needs to find a different career because being a dispatcher does not work.
Seeing this makes me boil like I know the economy runs on truck drivers moving but people have to remember we are only humans and the world doesn’t move if those people who love the world sleep cause without sleep bad things can happen out of no where
The bedbugs: 🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳
I was told to always make contact via the Qualcomm.
Idk how this works but if I'm not on the clock I'm not available for phone calls from my job.
Ask for his cell number so you can call him at 11pm and 4am when you have questions or need a new load….
Also, he can’t write you up for not picking up in your 10 hour, if it’s a work call you have to reset your 10h and start all over again. They can get a federal “write up” for that.
It's gonna be on do not disturb until I wake up whether you like it or not
Also…. If your not paying for his phone he doesn’t have to call you. If you have a messaging service in the company computer that’s how you should communicate or pay the drivers phone bill. I made them say everything over the computer.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 5 min later.... The dispatcher is standing over him while inside his truck with a kitchen knife.... lol
Is the dispatcher named Michael?😂
Go on duty when you MUST answer the phone. After all, it is a work-related activity that is no different from a fuel stop. IT IS THE LAW!!!
Not a trucker here, but if it was my rest period I'd put the phone on DND. With a voice mail message explaining why it won't answer and when it will be on.
So glad I left trucking in the 90's!!
If someone did this to me, I’d finish the delivery, then immediately snap pics of the truck before and after I tell them I quit and name drop the dispatcher who did this as the exact reason why.
See the cool technical thing about this is as a driver if you are on a 10hr reset work calps you can reset your 10hr reset because you had to deal with work and if they threaten write up or firing then its a report to osha and dot 😉.
I would honestly never allow someone to talk to me like this.
My dispatchers know I just turn my ringer off when I am on my 10.
I'd end up not working that day because I didn't get enough sleep and it's not safe to drive sleepy. I'd rather not make money to make them lose money. play games
Isn’t it illegal for them to disturb you while your log is in sleeper berth?
Most companies have a policy do not call drivers on 10hr breaks!
not really
People can easily block the number until their break is over. If they call from a different number after that then it's time to get harsh with the words them.
You violate his 10hr restart when you call him on his break.
I would tell him to write me up, tell him to email me a copy, and then email it to the boss along with a screenshot of my call logs, sleep logs and a written statement that if the situation is not dealt with, I will be seeking employment elsewhere in addition to filing unsafe work claims and harassment charges.
The dispatcher talked to me like that to me. I would turn the truck around and head straight to his desk, and we would have words.
If my dispatcher called me at 5:30 am there better be someone dead in my family
I had dispatch call me at night on hometime. I was piiiiisssed. On monday i called and had words with driver manager and he confirmed that is beyond acceptable and he was gonna find out who did it and get it fixed. Hasnt happened since
I had a dispatcher that was a walking moron I dumped him in 3 days when they found their junker truck sitting at a storage lot they were pissed but when the truck broke down in the first 30 miles and kept breaking down and then was over heating in Kansas City I wasn't willing to spend all my time sitting in a hotel while they fought with a mechanic that said all new engine or it wasn't going to run I got another job and left the truck in storage
I'd tell him if I get a write up he's getting reported to authorities for making me work while off the clock.
I shut my ringer off. . No need to talk until you can work
You should have heard what I've called my dispatcher for calling me for no reason.
They look like twin brothers
this is to damn funny 🤣 😂 😆
This why I wouldn’t be a truck driver cuz I’ll deadass go off on dude thinking he gon call me like he my wife
Looks like my morning so far. Guy asked me to give him a call this morning I told him I was going back to sleep for a couple hours because it's the only day of the week I get to sleep in, and I'd call him when I got up. He felt it was necessary to call me like four fucking times in like 2 hours while I was trying to sleep.
Next time tell him the law says, “an UNINTERRUPTED 10 hour break”. Then take another 10 hour break.
Ok write me up...no wait I will write myself up after my nap
I know this a skit but in America if you’re off duty and were not actually resting then get into an accident while driving you can kiss everything you’ve earned goodbye when their lawyers and the government comes knocking.
Yes, but you have to have the knowledge and will to do it. Also doing so will burn bridges with companies because your “that guy”.
@@hilkmeister1382 Very true but you also have to not have a problem being “that guy”. Remember it’s your cdl the dispatchers won’t get into trouble neither will your bosses. You must protect yourself. Change companies if you must or go owner op.
@@huntguy3831 It is also never being able to work that job again, for any company. They will absolutely discriminate based on you suing your employer.
@@hilkmeister1382 Who said anything about suing I said go owner op?
If you're off duty, you're off duty. Showers, time spent with family, shopping--can I be awake and not resting for those things? Ten and thirty-four hour resets are prescribed MINIMUMS.
"I'll write you up for this" I hang up and bring the truck back and not answer the phone again
You can write me up for not answering on my mandatory 10hr break well I guess I'm moving on now
"Do your job better"
He says while sitting in a chair for 8 hours a day telling people what to do.
I would love if they complained to me about my not answering on my 10s…😂.
Just cause we work for you doesn't mean we're your slave, or that we have to answer your calls when off duty.
My dispatch at Prime Inc. uses a in house messaging system. If my FM ever threatened to write me up, I'd laugh at him. In terms of responding to messages, most the over night messages I rarely respond to unless it's really important. The portrayal of this DP is a joke. If this represents your DP, you need to find a better company.
It’s an emergency text me leave a voicemail you talk to me like that come pick up your freaking truck I’m going home
I go in the restroom and take a dispatcher and wipe my safety manager.
A good reason to quit .and to really piss them off leave the truck and take the bus home and don't tell them where the truck is let them figure it out .
Ok I'll answer, but if I'm off duty or in the sleeper berth I'll have to change my duty status first.
My dispatch talks to me thru text 99% of the time. Only time he'll call me is if he absolutely has to talk to me on the spot but that's only during business hours.
Turn your phone volume off
That's what my dispatcher does when I call him. He's terrified of me.
Can’t raise the driver on his ten hr break
Time for a new dispatcher or a new company
Dispatcher's need to drive more.
my damn dispatcher would wake me up more than my wife and kids combined!
😂💯😂 he thinks I don't know anything about GPS talking about
Did you make it yet?
he'll tell me call me when you get loaded up
I barely start leaving the shippers doc's and right as I'm reaching for the phone he starts blowing me up!😂💯🤣
I have. A silent slider on my phone nothing rings when it is on its always on when I'm asleep
Most dispatchers see truck drivers as a dime a dozen.