I Got Some High Praise From My Dispatcher This Week

My dispatcher paid me a high compliment this week as he was making an analogy between me and "Rocky Balboa."

I had made a minor mistake on a "loaded call" macro when I was at a shipper's location and I sent him a text message apologizing and asking him to see if he could go in and fix it. He came back with much more of a response than I expected. Here is his part of the conversation...

This is how you want to have your dispatcher thinking about you. The way you go about this is consistently getting it done out here. Talk is cheap, but they will remember your performance. Unfortunately they will remember your mistakes too. We have a saying around here that goes something like this: "You are only as good as your last load." That means if you messed up on the last load, that is what your dispatcher is thinking about when he's trying to assign loads to the drivers on his board. If you are consistently one of those drivers who never crosses his mind because he knows you are going to be able to take care of what ever you are doing, that is when they start handing out the really good stuff to you.

Hahhahhah that is awesome. ;)

I just had an incident where because I got to a customer way early, my hours came back before I got enough sleep after unloading. Had I left when my hours came back I could have fit in a full 10hr break before delivery.

Instead, I had to run 637 miles on one drive clock, park next to the customer at a flying j so I could fill the reefer before I rolled in after 8hrs. I had 8 min left on my clock. I knew I was close enough it wouldn't trip my clock.

As soon as I parked I got messaged "plz tell me you are at the customer". I think he needed oxygen watching the screen. I explained my plan and he was happy. Yesterday I needed to call him about a load and he said "instructions are to get there early. But you're great at that. Just do your thing".

Love it when that happens lol

Dayum! Wow. That's pretty darn cool.

I like how you have your phone in military time haha. The other day I went in to see my dispatcher and caught myself asking if he'd be back at 1400. The lady I was talking to laughed at me haha. I forget most people dont use it.

Big thumbs up OS! I try to give it 110% every day. I look forward to the day I can get such messages from my DM. Thanks for sharing that with the TT Family.

Exceptional performance deserves exceptional recognition. "Way to go" Old School..."way to go!"

Wow! Do you have a thread on here that explains how you manage your time and sleeper birth?

When you coming out with that book? Thanks for sharing OS. You continue to be a stalwart example of a successful driver. The driver's driver, if you will. BTW I saw a SAPA Volvo on 76 yesterday, westbound, but it didn't look like you.

Soupa Trucka WTG OS! Bet that just made your day. I strive daily in hopes of one day seeing a message like that.

BTW I saw a SAPA Volvo on 76 yesterday, westbound, but it didn't look like you.

Hey Six String, there were two of us in the area on that day. I didn't get on 76, so it must have been the other driver that you saw. I went right by your terminal twice. I literally debated giving you a call when I was done with my load in Connecticut, so we could get together for breakfast after I finished up my ten hour break. I really needed to wait until I knew what my back haul situation was going to be before I made any plans like that, and sure enough about half way into my ten hour break they came up with a plan that left me with no time to spare. One of these days the planets will line up just right and I'll work out that long awaited visit with you and your family. I did look inside the cabs of each OD line haul truck that passed me on the interstates up there just in case I might see you.