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stephenforbes@reddit

If your lucky one of the Amazon employees will throw you a treat.

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The other day at my amazon facility, a box truck driver had to wait over 3 hours until we, the night associate, started to work just because the day shift didn't want to load 2 containers on his truck.

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Beetleracerzero37@reddit

As an amazon employee you're on the better side of the cage trust me

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potatocross@reddit

I like the Amazon facilities with the outdoor break area cages. It’s like driving by a zoo or prison. No one looks happy.

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JamesRawles@reddit

You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt

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WTNewman1@reddit

Saint Peter don't you call me home, cause i can't go. I owe my soul to the company store.

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No_Edge_7964@reddit

Such a banger of a song

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

Only 16 tons? Probably fired... work harder!

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SycoJack@reddit

Given that Amazon won't let them leave without going through security, it really is a prison.

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potatocross@reddit

I mean I gotta go in and out through security as do all our inside employees. We have outdoor break areas that are not cages in.

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banryu95@reddit

As a trucker, I only ask one thing.... Just one damn thing.

Please acknowledge us. It doesn't take ANY of your time or stop you from being productive. Just say "Hey, I'll make sure they know you're here!"

I don't care if you have nothing to do with shipping/receiving.

At a few of the Amazon cages I experience I only give them 10 minutes to acknowledge me. I work in LTL and have 15 more stops to get to before places start to close. I have no problem walking out, mark the shipment "attempted" and letting my company charge Amazon for redelivery. But I would be much happier to just make the pickup / delivery.

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lahcim_@reddit

I've learned over the years not give a fuck. 10, maybe 15 minutes max and its marked no receiving like you. I'll attempt multiple times if they make me - I'm paid by the hour.

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Beetleracerzero37@reddit

Im an outbound lead I always say hi and find who ya need.

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ud_frosty@reddit

4.5 years in the warehouse, left to be a trucker can say ive never seen more true words

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warwgn@reddit

As an Amazon employee, can you shed some light on something for me?

I deliver to 2 amazon facilities in my home town. I’m always bringing in and taking out “non-inventory” loads. Why do they always ask for numbers I can’t give, because I don’t have them?

When I pull up to the check in camera/screen at the gate, does the person checking me in, work in an office inside the building on site, or is it some kind of remote call center way out in Timbuktu?

Why are the speakers at the check in gate so shitty, and why is it always someone with a thick foreign accent, so either way you can’t understand the instructions they give?

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mydearpizza@reddit

They ask because it’s their job to do so. That series of numbers is one of the most important things you’ll need when pulling up to the yard, unless you’re non-inventory of course. Like you mentioned, just let them know you’re non-inventory.

As for the person checking you in, it’s both. Might be the person inside or it might be a call center. Just follow the directions on the screen/sign you pulled up to. Also, don’t assume that because you hear an accent, they’re from a call center. Plenty of TOM Team associates (coworkers I SEE every work day) have a strong accent. Hell, plenty of Amazon Associates have strong accents. Adapt.

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LuRkEr_ReKuL@reddit

You sound like the depression has morphed into a false righteous anger. Why are you so bitter?

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70hamsters@reddit

No.

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Ok_Swim3109@reddit

Hard to adapt when you can understand a damn thing they say through those speaker boxes

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NuttNDButt@reddit

damn that’s deep

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LuRkEr_ReKuL@reddit

What, the depression?

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LuRkEr_ReKuL@reddit

The cage is there to protect you.

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Tromboneofsteel@reddit

As an ex Amazon employee, can confirm

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True-Firefighter-796@reddit

The cage is for your protection

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J3wb0cc4@reddit

I’m 14 and this is deep.

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Imaginary-Badger-119@reddit

Sorry not sorry as long as there is a toilet dont care. Same complaint value as Walmart and other stores locking up products something happened that caused them to Need to do this. And then insurance.

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Jamo3306@reddit

Yeah, it's especially demeaning when you're waiting on them to come fetch you, and it's been more than 10 minutes.

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LordBuggington@reddit

I dont think its about that. truckers got banned from my building because, you can take a wild guess who, was washing their actual asses and balls in our sinks while getting unloaded.

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Fair-Advantage9539@reddit

Interesting just drove by a warehouse today with loads of trailers and was having some random thoughts about Amazon as I passed by.

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Few_Interaction1327@reddit

You're not human, you're a driver.

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Mystery_Chaser@reddit

Yes, they do. That’s why they do it. They want your morale low. They want you to feel like you’re an animal and you have no place else to go. This is your food bowl. There’s no food in any place else for you. Enjoy your cage.

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BDS_707@reddit

I used to work for amazons transportation team and can confirm it serves a good purpose. We used to have drivers drive right past our security booth missing the huge signs saying “To check in Call this number” and then they’d go right inside where that cage was and yell at people to help them-Warehouse people that had no clue what was going on in the yard. A manager told me that before they started installing the cages, they’d have drivers walking around aimlessly inside the warehouse getting lost and harassing the women meanwhile they’d be blocking 5 dock doors with their truck and trailer outside.

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Exciting_Bobcat_5110@reddit

That happened because hundreds of truckers decided the wanted to walk around and gawk

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-no-condoms@reddit

Walk around and gawk, get in their way, shit in the sink, steal things....

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DarthBrownBeard@reddit

If i wasn't supposed to eat the sammich someone had left in the fridge, they shoulda put their name on it. Im not a mind reader. I didnt know Diane was saving it for lunch later. Nobody likes Diane anyways.

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KevinRobertsUSA@reddit

You're trying to make light of a very real issue.

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DarthBrownBeard@reddit

Glad youre here, Diane.

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KevinRobertsUSA@reddit

My name is pretty clearly Kevin.

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DarthBrownBeard@reddit

Youre not fooling me, Diane.

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rytram99@reddit

🤣🤣🤣

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KevinRobertsUSA@reddit

You're glib.

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dontdoxmebro2@reddit

Tf else is the sink for smdh

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

Fair enough, but I mean they could at least call it a lounge or waiting room like some others do

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KiwiKal@reddit

There is a trucker lounge. There's a sign for it too.

You're lucky you've never seen it. If you had seen it then you would realize you're not the one being dehumanized... the Amazon employees are.

I get to see the sun 2 days a week this time of the year. The rest of my week I am kept in a windowless prison camp run by dystopian overlords.

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Few_Jacket845@reddit

I swear that I'll do my best to have an awesome lounge if I ever own a business that ships/receives enough to justify it. I swear it.

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

Just keep that plastic on the couch. So you can wet wipe it 😂😂 might be needed

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Few_Jacket845@reddit

Sadly you're not wrong. Probably just do institutional hospital style sitting space that can be wiped down properly!

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Jonas_Venture_Sr@reddit

Newer sites have a lounge, problem is finding it.

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illdoitlaterokay@reddit

if you don't feel hurt then you weren't, its all about your perspective. Where do they keep all the money at the casino (the thing everyone is insatiable for)? in the cage. its just words. words definitely can hurt, but only if you allow them to.

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ExistentialDreadness@reddit

Hey some package handlers are cute.

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Barad0x@reddit

Sat at one of those for an hour ata home depot distro center. Everyone walked on by just looking at me. Sadly, no one fed me.... :D

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steveteeg1@reddit

Don’t feed the animals please

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tantric_tongue69@reddit

I saw a video of a person climbing into the trucker cage. They were mauled to death

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steveteeg1@reddit

lol. They could have used a different name. Drivers lounge. No drivers restroom.

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viertes@reddit

That's it! You cant stop ME from pissing in the corner!

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oneshadeoff@reddit

The corner! Why didn't I think of that?!

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viertes@reddit

I changed my mind

I'm going for that sweet sweet keyrack now!

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rytram99@reddit

Right into that sliding metal box some places use behind their bullet proof glass.

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weatherrknot@reddit

That is exactly why the cage is necessary.

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steveteeg1@reddit

Just look for cameras first

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Over-Hope-3905@reddit

Yup, was top lazy to walk 100 yards to the locker room so I whipped it out behind our trailers in the yard. Did not realize the neighbor business had a camera pointing at the exact spot I chose, well until I was mid stream. Finished, saluted the camera, then two shakes and zipped up.

Side note: the camera is no longer pointed there. Unsure if I played a role in that (most likely not, but I still find it amusing)...

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viertes@reddit

This man's out here doing good deeds.

I salute your valor and courage.

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steveteeg1@reddit

Our hero

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d1duck2020@reddit

Maintain eye contact.

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Mindes13@reddit

Assert dominance

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viertes@reddit

Draw a piss penis, or do loop de loops, spray and pray with somersault action!

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Medium-Big-4143@reddit

Show ‘em what that helicopter do!

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mrgoat89@reddit

JUSTICE FOR TRUCKRAMBE

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AhabRasputin@reddit

RIP Harambe

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bobmonkeyclown@reddit

I was told human food would be bad for the digestion system.

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polarjunkie@reddit

Maybe next time I'm in one of these I'll start barking.

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PeakNo6892@reddit

Which one? Home depot is like half of my loads and I've never been put in a cage. Though I mostly get preloaded stuff from them

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Spankpocalypse_Now@reddit

They could at least install one of those feed dispensers they have at petting zoos.

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Justin33710@reddit

Put in a couple quarters and get a mini slim Jim to feed the driver out of your hand.

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JohnProof@reddit

Got one of those hamster-cage drink bottles filled with Fireball.

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TransportationSea714@reddit

Drink up now go wait in your truck for 10 hours while we forget about you

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CrwnViic@reddit

"There's a good truckey. Fetched any loads today?"

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ear_cheese@reddit

You were lucky they were looking at you. I get ignored unless I start throwing poop.

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Republic_Commando_@reddit

Don’t worry, there is a camera watching you. If you got hungry, someone would slide you a $3 sandwich lol.

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TheCatCovenantDude@reddit

It's Amazon; they don't give a fuck because they're more worried about literally anyone stealing from their warehouse (especially half the meth heads they hire.)

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lavafish80@reddit

trucker's cage

I'd be fine staying there if they added an N64

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rytram99@reddit

I like to think it as them being stuck behind the cage and not me. I get to leave.

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B22EhackySK8@reddit

Looks like a sort center i know FCs have the little trucker break room with vending machines. But even our FC had a little break room and bathroom for truckers. Varies by site

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Bigdain14@reddit

I hate it, sometime you’re standing there for 20 min before someone even looks at you.

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Low_Control_8603@reddit

I really don't think they care

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CampIndividual783@reddit

Some of these cages are there to manage traffic flow and protect warehouse employees, but they sure make drivers feel like livestock. As a dispatcher I always encourage shippers to streamline check‑in/out and treat drivers with respect – a friendly face and a clean restroom go a long way when you’ve been on the road for hours. We’re all part of the same supply chain and it doesn’t cost anything to be decent.

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Kbug7201@reddit

Hey, since you're a dispatcher, can you point me in the right direction for doing that? My BF is a trucker & is talking about me being his dispatcher if he buys his own truck. Tyia. & You can msg me rather than posting here.

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jjvsjeff@reddit

Unfortunately I wasn't ignored long enough to climb over one of them. Screaming at individuals usually did the trick

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CantSeeShit@reddit

"Truckers Cage" sounds like the name of a gay bar

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puppyworld@reddit

Most of theses distribution centers think drivers are less than human. Haven’t drove OTR since 2010 but will never forget how I was treated at most distribution centers. There were a few that treated drivers really well but maybe 2 out of 100

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FishermansPlatter@reddit

You choose your life

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Justin_peacemaker@reddit

Do they care? Truckers are not fully human to them.

I absolutely refuse to be in one. Sometimes loudly.
Once, being warned that itcwas ayard where they demand we sit in the cage and not in the bunk i took in a metal camp cup.

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IgnoringHisAge@reddit

Honestly? The humanity of any of the people involved takes a back seat to asset protection and margins and revenue and bladdidy blah blah money is our god.

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im-not-a-fakebot@reddit

Drop the trailer and pull forward lol. They can come knock on the door when they’re done loading so you can hook back up to the trailer

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Billybob_Bojangles2@reddit

Lol did you rattle it on the bars?

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Snuffxx@reddit

I’ve always thought it was so weird, and sometimes they refuse to let you use the bathroom, like alright bruh I’m just pee in your trailer.

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InvestigatorBroad114@reddit

The few pigs ruin it for everyone else. I still can’t figure out how you can piss all over the wall and floor

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Definitelyabotnocap@reddit

It's called being a piece of shit

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Bozhark@reddit

Or feral

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Avato12@reddit

Simple fat fucking hands, Micro penis lots of water and a seizure makes for one hell of a combination. But thats just a guess.

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Syllables_17@reddit

Trucker with lots of water?

joke

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Avato12@reddit

Idk man I once saw a cult of piss jugs on the side of the highway had to be like 11 of those giant water jugs just fermenting in the new mexico heat. Figure if their fearless leader drank only red bull and mountain dew then he'd dead right next to them...

Or maybe the piss jugs got hungry and ate him bones and all not sure what would happen to his truck though.

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Ep1cR4g3@reddit

With how acidic that'd probably get? Probably ate the truck too 🤣

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Jesse1179US@reddit

Mountain Dew and Red Bull have water in them.

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floopy_ears@reddit

And it's not always just piss

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GlomBastic@reddit

Get the ceiling if I really try

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PremiumUsername69420@reddit

Why? Just aim for the roll of toilet paper and see if you can avoid spilling a drop on the floor. Really test that absorption rate.

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CrackTheCoke@reddit

I guess the beer gut blocking line of sight to their pp makes it difficult.

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TrynaWorkOnWriting@reddit

eh factory bathrooms are just as bad

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cheesenuggets2003@reddit

Literal micropenises exist so I get it, but once I had enough money to buy such a thing I would just choose to buy a discreet funnel or something.

Now I'm going to have to look up how that works in practice.

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Red_Sox0905@reddit

Or just sit down

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ThrowAwayGarbage82@reddit

If they lock you up and won't let you out even to use a restroom that's false imprisonment and is definitely not legal.

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ChimericalChemical@reddit

I had a driver even though we have like 16 different restrooms on site all he had to do is just ask, but no he shit in the trailer that’s not even ours.

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Thick_Confection4484@reddit

WTF 😮🤦‍♂️ That must've been pretty shocking to find... 💭Ok, let's check out this trailer here, la di da di da...💭 💩👀 💭What's that on the floor there? Let's take a closer look.💭 🕵️💩 😳😳😦😦😨😨 💭That's human excrement! FECES! Some filthy animal took a shit on the floor!💭😤 Calls supervisor over. 🗣️ "IT'S THAT POOP AGAIN!" 🤬 💩🚛💩🚛💩🚛💩🚛💩🚛💩🚛💩

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ChimericalChemical@reddit

Oh yeah, I didn’t have to clean it up. But it’s one of my favorite emails I got to do. Made big wigs look at pictures of shit, I’m quite proud of that

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Devilishish13@reddit

lol!!!!

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rockypoint28457@reddit

This is why I love hauling cars. People offer you the bathroom, offer coffee, snacks, this time s year good from the company lunch.

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JackFuckCockBag@reddit

I'm not a trucker but like this sub. What's the truckers cage?

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

When you go to some shippers and consignees (pick up and drop off) the how a waiting area for drivers to stay in. The range of hospitality varies greatly from really bad to damn near mini hotel lobby. But they go buy different names, Lounge, Waiting room/ area and cage are the most common

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JackFuckCockBag@reddit

Ah, I see. A fuckin cage huh? That's kinda fucked.

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xahabx@reddit

Bro shut the fuck up and wing them doors

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

🫡 At once

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helloiisjason@reddit

And dont forget to slide your tandems

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

Tandems slid, dropping trailer next. Thank you for the reminder, I’d be lost with your help

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JediKiller15@reddit

They thought about it. We just weren't invited to the meeting.

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Substantial_Steak704@reddit

Remember the childcare cage? It's something like that

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cleanc3r3alkillr@reddit

The ones that get me are the ones where the chain link extends to the “roof” of the cage. Like seriously, are you that concerned I’m gonna be climbing this bitch? Are you that scared that I might use your bathroom?

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Rothar13@reddit

BAD DRIVER! BACK IN YOUR CAGE! water bottle spray

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-XaoS-@reddit

As much as it seems dehumanizing, you should see how the warehouse employees also get treated

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JoshHatesFun_@reddit

I just want to say, from experience, please don't start screaming at the employees if they let LTL in and not you.

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

As an LTL driver, I see this almost everyday

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opinionated_penguin@reddit

I be growlin at motherfucker

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_Captain_Dinosaur_@reddit

We do. We're into it.

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Bbqandjams75@reddit

Amazon Tennessee?

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Shyjuan@reddit

as someone who's worked in factories and warehouses his whole life before becoming a professional driver at age 30, I legitimately would rather be in those damn cages for a few minutes than ever work in a factory for 10 or 12 hours again. Not to be dramatic (actually, I am pretty dramatic lol) but every time I check in I look into the factory, at all the pallets, forklifts, conveyor belts, order and pickers, and I think to myself damn, that could be me right now.

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Existing_Meeting_318@reddit

They are savage especially when there are nooo restrooms

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Troubador222@reddit

That’s the point.

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Minimum-Jacket-705@reddit

That’s why they do it.

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Due-Range7226@reddit

The hand on the gate reminds me of squints at the pool looking at Wendy peffercorn, his darling lover girl

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BreakOk2561@reddit

Just throw your poo at them to get their attention

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deezkeys098@reddit

You must be a rookie. After my first year I already stopped thinking of other people as anything more than NPC’s in a video game

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

Yea I’m only two years deep and local now but I still get bothered by it. I explained it to one of the workers now that I’m local and he’s a regular along my route because they never understood why the OTR guys hated it so much. I had to tell them to read the words literally. It’s a tiny room with one chair no bathroom and a literal cage where they are not allowed to leave

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daroudarou@reddit

Are you actually trapped or is there a door where you can just walk out?

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

Only out the entrance but you have to be in the cage to get loaded or unloaded

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daroudarou@reddit

Not that carriers care…. But do they know about this shit?

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Manufactured-Aggro@reddit

"You have to be in the cage to get loaded"

Oh my 🥴🥴🥴

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

🫦

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bentstrider83@reddit

I mean it's bad. But I still think about those drivers that deliver nuclear materiel to plants and have an armed guard/PMC sitting next to them. I'd probably be asking them too many questions about their toys🤣🤣

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dgregg2_@reddit

My favorite part is when they tell me that i can't use the restroom.

I have the state statute printed on cards saying they are required to provide one.

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

If people didn't steal, sue, and shit on the floor, they wouldn't need them..

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Nolon@reddit

Now go take a crap outside in -20 in a nasty ass porta but that's what happens when other drivers decide to act like kids

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kwtransporter66@reddit

So fucking glad I don't run van anymore. This waiting at distribution centers is absolute bullshit. I could never understand why it takes 3 plus fucking hours to load or unload a fucking trailer. Or 3 plus hours to do a simple drop n hook.

Then some centers insist on having lumpers that cost $40 plus to unload a trailer that still takes 2 fucking hours.

Yeah fuck that van shit.

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funkeym0nkey@reddit

Yeah, I know you brought us a big chunk of what we have in here but we don’t trust you. As if we don’t already have a job.

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DrRab121@reddit

I hate when I walk into a place like that

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cantgetright80@reddit

They dont. They dont care stay in the cage

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ID_Poobaru@reddit

So glad I work for Amazon and when I do my Relay blocks I request access ahead of time to each site.

I like chilling in other buildings’ break rooms when I’m waiting on loads plus I don’t have to use the truckers lounge bathroom that somehow smells like a carcass

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Rusty08872@reddit

Maersk in Fairfield Ohio actually locks you in a holding cell while they unload you🤣

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SaltAndBitter@reddit

"Trucker's Cage"

I'm pretty sure they not only know, but intended it

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RevolvingCheeta@reddit

As someone who hauls dirt. This is absolutely wild!

If I had to go sit in a cage while waiting for the loader I’d be livid!

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Glittering_Map5003@reddit

Where you belong. Also, don’t sweat the small shit?

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SicnissVI@reddit

It's like a batting cage. But for truckers.

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dragongamer365@reddit

They don't care. Just like everyone else that thinks that any other human being is lower than them.

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Late-County-4094@reddit

Feels like cattle being herded through a chute! At least they didn’t try to put a tag on my ear. Y’all stay safe out there.

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mogomonomo1081@reddit

Actual wage cage.

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Eastern_Witness7048@reddit

Wonder if OSHA could do anything about the lack of a bathroom.

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UOLZEPHYR@reddit

This is just for paperwork. Truckers lounge has restroom, microwave, sink, chairs and table and TV that sometimes worked.

Source: worked for amazon for 4.5 years. I was there when they launched ALPR

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shers719@reddit

The Amazon I go to all the time has a sign on the bathroom "Do not use. Under video surveillance." It's been 3 months and I doubt they're even trying to get it fixed.

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im-not-a-fakebot@reddit

No no they just misplaced a period, what they meant was “Do not use under video surveillance” meaning you shouldn’t bring the security cameras into the bathroom when you blowup that toilet

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UOLZEPHYR@reddit

Oh wow now thats insane

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Q7017@reddit

Not sure, but here in WA, it's a state law violation.

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Outlandah_@reddit

The bathrooms are usually inside where the cage is located (as a door accessed within the confines), but sometimes they aren’t. Usually that is because the bathrooms are in the trucker lounge.

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TransportationSea714@reddit

That's why they do it

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HopeItMakesYaThink@reddit

Those cages were designed with the inhumanity in mind, THEN the safety of their drivers and product. Most of the places that make these cages don’t even use that chain linked fence on their own perimeter. They bought that fence specifically for that cage.

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karmaceuticaI@reddit

They, in fact, do not ever think about it.

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Own_Clerk4772@reddit

Some of these at amazon aren't actually all that bad. A lot of them have free coffee, snack machines, Filter water, actually clean bathrooms.

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Obvious-Glove-7253@reddit

I mean when half of us act like animals you’d think they would treat us like such. We used to be treated with respect when we acted like professionals. Too much bullshit entered this profession and now we got us locked in cages cause they can’t trust us as far as they can throw us. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Green_Student498@reddit

You are Harambe now

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One-War4920@reddit

Dicks out for harambe

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DickWoodReddit@reddit

The fucking idiots at Amazon with a straight face, will ask you to leave the yard, do a uturn, and come straight back in.

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Simple_888@reddit

There was a time when being called an animal was a compliment

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ZwakaFlockaFlame@reddit

Your sensitive if this hurts you

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monzill82@reddit

And despite all your rage, you are still just s rat in a cage

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Socketz11@reddit

When we are in the cage, they should take out the trucker "poking stick" and poke us when we are early, late, chock our tires, or disconnect our air lines. Maybe spray us with a hose for not sliding tandems while we are trapped in there to complete the picture.

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PubicPlant@reddit

I work at a fairly small business and we just let the truckers wander or hang out. Didn’t know trucker cages were a thing?

Should we buy one? And do we just put a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of fireball in there?

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WindyHasStormyEyes@reddit

Bro I hate stops like that.

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TruckingJames423@reddit

Claustrophobia in a pic.

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benhereford@reddit

I used to work for a warehouse that had a policy of not letting truckers use the bathroom. The stated reason was that it's a "liability."

Fucking same thing here I bet. They literally cage you so that there's no possibility of any form of liability. They have you fully under their control, out of fear of you... Doing meth or something on their premises.

It's a corporate world of fear and distrust. Lol

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tvieno@reddit

The problem is that we aren't human.

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confusedbystupidity@reddit

Amazon dehumanize EVERYONE, their workers, truckers, customers...

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Salt_Bus2528@reddit

We only care about kids in cages and they aren't old enough for a CDL, yet.

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Southerner_in_OH@reddit

Gah...we have one of these at our loading dock. We don't call it a "cage", but it's definitely a cage. I'll petition the plant manager to rename it. Open to suggestions.

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Photon6626@reddit

Play pen. Put in some of those children's toys that doctor's offices have in their waiting rooms. Also tiny school chairs.

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ohgeebus_notagain@reddit

Don't forget the Highlights Magazines!

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jhermaco15@reddit

triangle peg goes in the square hole

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ExcellentDimension12@reddit

Trucker Alcatraz

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

Waiting room/area

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tk421yrntuaturpost@reddit

Maybe they’re expecting you to dance for them. Did anyone leave behind gogo boots? Tassels?

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Vegetable-Front236@reddit

It's not for you it's for the Amazon employees 😂

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Inspector-34@reddit

“I haven’t seen the sun in 3 months”

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Throwmesometail@reddit

Truck drivers are a nuisance because they reek if the outdoors which is detrimental to the corporate propaganda that places outside of warehouses exist

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Beginning_Drag_2984@reddit

It all started with one idiot I suppose who said or fid the wrong thing and everyone is caged up.

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Outlandah_@reddit

One time I took a pic of this like you did and they had the audacity to walk up to me and say “you can’t take pictures in this building” etc I’m like SYBAU lmaoo

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IBringTheHeat2@reddit

They don’t even let their employees sit outside without being in a cage either. Thats how much they don’t trust them.

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Perfect-Leather4521@reddit

That’s why I stopped hauling freight.

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justdan76@reddit

Yes. That’s why the do it.

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FWD_to_twin_turbo@reddit

I never really care about these since we have twice the number of trailers as we do trucks.

Unload it, and i'll be asleep in the truck with the APU on. Take the keys, lock the airlines, chock the wheels, whatever.

Dont unload it, and the broker can pay detention and storage, i'll unhook and go about my business after a few hours anyway. After a while, i just need you to confirm you're rejecting the load without cause.

Yes i make it difficult for everyone else but fuck em, switch to a new MC and repeat.

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tarkanneo@reddit

This is exactly what everyone thinks of truckers, a caged animal…SAD!

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kramerj1@reddit

Yeaaa, I’ve been on both sides of that fence (currently trucker side) and can absolutely understand why warehouses do this.

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

I get restricting access, it’s the label that’s crazy. Call it a lounge or waiting room. Cage is wild, I get some drivers are pests and rodents but not all. Though the bad drivers can get REALLY bad

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Photon6626@reddit

It's a Pareto distribution

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kramerj1@reddit

That is where the problems lie though. The bad ones are REALLY bad and mess it up for everyone else. I agree it isn’t fair to those of us who are professionals, but at this point in my career (10+ years driving) I just shrug it off. I’m local so I typically see the same places a lot, and once those warehouses trust me they generally give me free rein/access to anything I need.

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

You’re not wrong, I’d honestly judge the whole lot of drivers if I got just a couple of the real bad ones. But just like you I’m local now. I run LTL with a route and have free rein of the faculties. It’s nice over here 😁😁

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kramerj1@reddit

I’ve worked warehouse in my younger years and had plenty of drivers that blew my mind with their attitude/ unprofessionalism. Now that I’m the driver I try and maintain the professionalism I liked to see (plus with strict parents/military background it’s hard not to lol). But yea local is awesome, I run drybulk myself.

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Formal_Equal_7444@reddit

The receiver told me the wrong door once and I walked into the factory directly because they didn't lock the door I walked into, and I walked towards the trucker cage like welp... they gonna get mad at me for this one...

A random fork driver came by and said "they told you door 3 huh?" and I was like yeah. and he said "they don't count the big door" and I felt stupid.

But at least I wasn't a caged animal for the hour I had to wait.

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Yardieguapo@reddit

Becoming a truck driver can sometimes feel like giving up one’s human rights.

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Raticon@reddit

I once was at a place in my country that had a lounge of sorts that was in reality "the cage" where drivers havw to sit and brood while their load was prepared. Warehouse owners had enough of drivers bumbling about in the warehouse and get hit by forklifts and cause a nuisance.

They correctly assumed that if they put a bunch of cheap IKEA couches, a TV and a coffee machine with free coffee in a room, most people have no problem with staying there for 30 minutes if ordered to.

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Equivalent-Pride-460@reddit

At IP we had trailers drop their trailer and pull forward. They could wait in their cab. There was a smoke shack and a port a potty. This started after we watched a driver come into the locker room with a pair of BoBo’s and walked out with Kyle’s new Jordans. It only takes one turd to ruin the punch bowl.

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aliendigenous@reddit

🤣 It's just a fence. It's so you animals don't get hurt.

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

😂😂

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freedom_seed5-45x39@reddit

They do and that's why they do it.

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Efficient_Ostrich_54@reddit

Waaaaahhhhh go back to flipping burgers.

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

Yes sir. Sorry sir

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Noalias_@reddit

We know and don’t care

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InfiniteHedgehog5913@reddit (OP)

😂😂

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chasingthelies@reddit

The problem is. A lot of the truckers don’t follow the rules of the facility. We have that problem. There are signs everywhere, yet nobody seems to be able to see them. Or can read them. The drivers walk around the yard. Up the ramps. Our facility has many PIT’s running around. We have a new rule now. Any driver not following posted rules are sent away for 24 hours.

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