Question:
Last week, I told my wife to expect a check for $330.00. when she only got a check of $162.oo I was furious. when I got home I checked my records against the driver report, and found out that on one trip I was supposed to be reimbursed for fuel in the amount of $71.00
On another run, I was told at dispatch, that I was getting 59 cents per mile for the trip, but they only paid me 53 cents per mile.
When I confronted the DM who dispatched me, he said he nerver told me I was getting the fuel, or the extra pay for the one long run. He flat out lied to me, I know he told me 59 cents per mile.
I have been looking real hard for another job, but to no avail. Please pray for me that I fet this job I want at our local newspaper doing single copy and shortage driver. It pays well, plus full time pluse benefits. I talked to my previous managers there to give a good word for me. I used to be a contract carrier there.
Due to the hoopla over multi-names and such I have decided to reveal my real name here, to prove I am real."
John Wayne Drysdale

Answer:
Live & Learn...
CYA- cover your A$$
Get everything on the Qualcomm....
Invest in a little pocket recorder...
They come in handy not only for recording directions.. But also for keeping track of conversations that one can say never occured..
The digital voice recorders are the best..expensive though...
You can save conversations in digital files for referance at a later time...
Of course, by law in some states you are suppose to let the other person know they are being recorded.. But.. I do not think most drivers that use them do that..
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First of all, your post is confusing.
Are you an Owner/Operator or Company Driver?
If you are a company driver; what are you doing paying for fuel?
If you are an Owner/Operator; what are you doing working for .59 cpm?
Sounds like a screwy company---Run Forest, Run!!!
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Cover Your Cans People!!!It's apparent this place is never going to change....then again; why should it? It gets the clientel it deserves.
Bette Midler

Answer:
Invest in a little pocket recorder...
They come in handy not only for recording directions.. But also for keeping track of conversations that one can say never occured..
The digital voice recorders are the best..expensive though...
You can save conversations in digital files for referance at a later time...
Of course, by law in some states you are suppose to let the other person know they are being recorded.. But.. I do not think most drivers that use them do that..
Best solution I've found so far! Saved my butt a couple times. Keep a 4-pack of batteries on hand at all times! Ya never know when they're gonna die in the middle of a conversation.
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"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane!" (from Waylon Jennings)
"The feel of the wheel delivers me, from a life where I don't wanna be." (from Joe Stampley)


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When a dispatcher could count on a physical confrontation for such. I know, we're all civilized now.
Seriously, I'd demand everything in writing as a way of constantly reminding the dispatch he's a scurvy sob. In your snottiest voice say "its because I sometimes get confused by English." Say nothing could more clear than written documentation and I'm sure nobody opposes clarity. You're likely screwed out of $150, but you can be $150 worth of snotty. Likely, sooner or later, especially if you make your jeers in public, ol man dispatch will fire up, and you can get your $150 in flesh and blood.