Life in Sector 7 G.

lame assed metric jokes that are piteous at best.)
Dumb question.

Do the vehicles in Canada have km/h over mph as opposed to mph over km/h the way it is here in the states?
 
I am shunter guy and they expect that I get it right every time and I do! Most times.
Sometimes, not often but some times they will complain that the trailer is crooked. This is not possible.
I go and I look at the trailer and the dock plate. I tell them, No. Trailer is straight, you need to contact building maintenance.
Building is crooked!
 
Some do that and some don't use mph at all

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I remember when Canada went metric, they had clear stickers to place on the speedometer because cars only had MPH on the display.
So you would put these stickers at the appropriate points on the dial like 100 km is 62 MPH.
I think Trudeau 1.0 BETA Test was in power. It was the 70s and what they did the sneaky bastards was drop the highway speed by 10 kms when they changed the signage.
 
Slow as molasses in February!
The plant is incredibly slow due to a lack of components because of problems in the supply chain and due to an inability to attract workers to work on the line.
Umm, I don't know maybe pay more money :dunno: Ya that idea gets shot down every time. :thumbsup:

I don't mind it being slow. I get paid the same no matter if we are busy or slow
 
Slow as molasses in February!
The plant is incredibly slow due to a lack of components because of problems in the supply chain and due to an inability to attract workers to work on the line.
Umm, I don't know maybe pay more money :dunno: Ya that idea gets shot down every time. :thumbsup:

I don't mind it being slow. I get paid the same no matter if we are busy or slow
Until it's dead and your ass is out.
 
I just saw the movie "the wolf of wall street". I didn't know what I was going into. I figured some kind of drama. I was thinking like "casino" or "Goodfellas".

****ing hilarious! I am not going to give it all away, I will just say the "Quaaludes scene" was the best. I was dying of laughter.

Jonah Hill is a great actor and funny as hell! Yeah, Leonardo DiCaprio is the star but, Jonah Hill is the best!
 
Big important safety meeting in the morning. (sarcasm font)
I am not one of those guys that complains about meetings for no reason like some drivers.

Generally, I am in support of meetings if there is some knowledge to be gained.

There is no knowledge to be gained at these meetings. It has been the same drivel it has been every year since I started there and I am told it has been the same drivel for drivers that have been there 20 years as it was when they started 20 years ago.
That's ok too I get that they have to have these meetings for insurance reason and it is good for bonding etc.

The issue i have is the meetings are like 5-6 hours long. ****ing seriously? Get it done in 2 hours and wrap it up!

Ass kissing drivers and their stupid questions about a once in a million year experience they had one time that no one else will ever have only drag out the meeting.
 
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Big important safety meeting in the morning. (sarcasm font)
I am not one of those guys that complains about meetings for no reason like some drivers.

Generally, I am in support of meetings if there is some knowledge to be gained.

There is no knowledge to be gained at these meetings. It has been the same drivel it has been every year since I started there and I am told it has been the same drivel for drivers that have been there 20 years as it was when they started 20 years ago.
That's ok too I get that they have to have these meetings for insurance reason and it is good for bonding etc.

The issue i have is the meetings are like 5-6 hours long. ****ing seriously? Get it done in 2 hours and wrap it up!

Ass kissing drivers and their stupid questions about a once in a million year experience they had one time that no one else will ever have only drag out the meeting.
One place I worked tried pulling that shit except they would wanna do it on a weekend and not pay. Oh damn I just remembered I have to drink coffee and watch my grass grow until it's late enough to drink whiskey and watch my grass grow Guess I'm not gonna make it.
 
XPO "made" us go to an in-person hazmat meeting during the pandemic when only 2 people even had endorsements to pull the stuff and they only get a load like once a month.

If you didn't go, you got dispatch blocked. That's why I say "made."

It was on a Saturday, unpaid, and nobody wanted to be there. This is why I say drivers have no spines. Literally every one of us could have said **** you go ahead and dispatch block ALL of us and move zero freight (or pay extra to have it all outsourced) but nobody did.

I argued it but to no avail.
 
Today buddy texts me that he has 6 totes to pick up.
Ok No problem, I text back.
I back into a dock and call buddy, it rings once and then voicemail. I call him again and it rings once and then voicemail. That tells me he is declining my call.
No problem maybe he is on another call so I send a text of what door I am in.
I wait 15 mins and no reply and no action on the trailer so I leave. (I am very busy)

3 hours later he calls me and says you sent a text that you're in in the door but you are not there! He is getting E-mails wondering why the totes have not been sent.

Yes. I sent that text THREE HOURS AGO!
Well, you should have at least called me.
I called you twice! I don't have all day to wait around on you! You have a company phone for a reason pay attention to it.
Are you really telling me that you have not looked at your phone for the last three hours?

It's nice to not be at the mercy of the guys on the dock.
 
Tote guy is the same guy that I asked to unload a skid and his response was he was on lunch.
Ok, no problem. I cut the shrink wrap, I hand bombed the the 14 boxes on the skid to the floor, I put the skid on top of said hand bombed boxes and then I left.
What is he going to do? Whine to the boss? No!

So the next day buddy is all like oh, R.J. I really need your help the line is going down and I really need these components.

I text back- Sorry I am on lunch!🥪
 
Tote guy is the same guy that I asked to unload a skid and his response was he was on lunch.
Ok, no problem. I cut the shrink wrap, I hand bombed the the 14 boxes on the skid to the floor, I put the skid on top of said hand bombed boxes and then I left.
What is he going to do? Whine to the boss? No!

So the next day buddy is all like oh, R.J. I really need your help the line is going down and I really need these components.

I text back- Sorry I am on lunch!🥪
Teamwork is awesome there! Lol.
 
Tote guy is the same guy that I asked to unload a skid and his response was he was on lunch.
Ok, no problem. I cut the shrink wrap, I hand bombed the the 14 boxes on the skid to the floor, I put the skid on top of said hand bombed boxes and then I left.
What is he going to do? Whine to the boss? No!

So the next day buddy is all like oh, R.J. I really need your help the line is going down and I really need these components.

I text back- Sorry I am on lunch!🥪
Karma’s a bitch sometimes :cool-61:
 
They send a lot of rework back to the plant from the warehouse. Today was no different.

They sent a pallet back because it wasn't stacked right.
Stacker is a job and they do that job all day long and should know the patterns and height.

It was a good catch on the part of the warehouse guy, Buddy that sent it back wrote wrong count
I said you spelled **** wrong.
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Today I ran into a buddy of mine at the beer store. We were like best friends he lived next door to me.
Man us two together, it could get pretty insane at times. Booze and broads and party all weekend.
He settled down with a gal that happens to be the sister inlaw of a guy I work with.

We got talking and it's like what you up to these days?
Not much just work and sleep these days.
And you? Pretty much the same.

I guess we just got old. It's pretty sad really.
I think we got one more party night in us before we finally confirm, Yup, we are too old for that shit!
 
Like I was saying me and my buddy were talking outside the beer store.
We here this screaming and I am looking trying to figure it out. I figured it out it was this homeless guy.
I said to my friend oh that is that homeless guy that pushes the shopping cart all hunched over.

My buddy says ya' that's (whatever his name was).
I am like you know him by name? How do you know his name?
My friend says, He used have a very beautiful wife and a really good job, wife left and he took a downward spiral, lost his job, home and now he opens doors for people and maybe they tip him.

I have given him a few bucks in the past and he has offered me a bite of his Hamburger.
(that's very generous but, no thanks)

Damn!
That could happen to anyone. Ain't no telling of what your breaking point is mentally!
 

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