putting out my first thread here and i just want to say if you are a feeder driver, take your lunch while you wait for an outbound trailer to get wrapped up. my unloaders are hungery for trailers to get there on time and i know you guys love to just hang out at the hub and chew the fat but you gotta get these preload/hub loads there as soon as possible. and dispatchers, use your head... enough said on that one. either that or get new dispatchers.
Harpa,
First off, welcome to the Brown Cafe.
Second off, knock off the supervisor talk.
Third off, the contract states that lunch is to be taken at comfortable place with amenities provided.
Are you familiar with feeder pull times? I am. Have been feeder driver for 27 of my 30 yrs here. I've done everything, been everywhere and just about seen everything here. Sound arrogant?(sp?). Maybe.
The company regulates these unreasonable pull times, then expects YOU, the load supe, to wrap it up BEFORE the pull time! Do you? You THINK the pull time means when you actually close the door. Feeders thinks the pull time is when you leave the gate. You close the door to the back trailer first and think your job is done. The drivers front trailer may be on the other side of the building and still open. Now what? Wait for that door to be closed (after his/her official lunch period is over), then hook that up and pull over to hook up his/her doubles/triples then perform a proper and complete pre-trip. Now, they are already late.
What if someone like you demands the driver DOES take his/her lunch while waiting? OK, I'm late getting there because of weather, breakdown or other problems, you keep pushing me during ideal conditions, then I can legally demand to keep up the same amount of routine you insisted on at other times. Which means what? I take my whole meal there even if it means your load is late getting out.
What if you happen to be early finishing the sort (not likely to happen except on Good Friday when there ain't no volume)? You: "You can leave now! You're done!!!" Me: "No I can't, you say I hafta take my lunch while waiting, can't leave".
You want me to go on? I got a million scenarios. I've been through all of em.
My suggestion...back off and make sure YOUR job gets done. The feeder driver will see that and make an effort to accomodate you.