Definitely complain, that’s unacceptable. I’m not familiar with the contracts your company has with costco, but i do believe you are owed detention pay. From your appointment time to the time you leave. (Again, depends on contracts).
Used to work as a dispatcher for a third party carrier hauling freight for Walmart. A driver had a backhaul at some DC (it was a few years ago so details are fuzzy). The warehouse workers did not allow driver out of his truck or to use a bathroom. Didn’t allow him to pullout from the door or even unhook from the trailer to go to a truck stop. They had him waiting for 12 hours. The hell they raised when this was reported to our managers was like none I had seen. Walmart HAD to pay him the money for waiting there and did not ever send any of our drivers back to that warehouse.
This was with Amazon and taking their day rate option. I get $1,100/day plus $0.63/mile (fuel surcharge), plus all tolls paid at cash rates (I pocket the EZPass discount). There is no detention pay for this arrangement.
The base rate is the same whether they have me drive 600 miles or 6 miles and whether it goes smoothly or there's a delay along the way.
Yesterday, I was almost 2 hours ahead of schedule (arrived at 4:15AM vs 6:00AM scheduled arrival), and Amazon scheduled a departure time of 9:30AM. It was my last load of the day, so once empty, I'd drive the 80 miles back to where they want their empty return and be 15 minutes from home. They are always generous with the third party loading/unloading times because they don't want the drivers to leave until they are loaded or unloaded.
Gotcha, that makes sense now. No detention sucks when dealing with these sorts of situations. Though Im glad to hear amazon pays you well.
I definitely still recommend filing a complaint because that receiver is just making things harder for everyone and wasting your 14 hour clock. You need your BOL to leave the yard, if they cant honor the appointment she needs to give you your paperwork and send you on your way.
No clue honestly. If i recall correctly, they cited that it was for safety reasons which was total bs. I felt so bad for him, especially because he seemed to just completely accept the situation.
I would inform him he is now holding me hostage against my will, since I cannot leave without my bills, a federal crime...
Would not be the first time I have had this discussion with a receiver..
Only works if they fall for it.
Absolutely no cop would back you up or try to arrest a Costco receiving clerk in this scenario.
The cop would probably tell you that you have two feet and to start hoofing it if you want to go. Costco can have the truck towed.
Nothing. Do it enough times the police will say something. Especially if you're locking someone inside like that. Fire department would be be though, safety issue.
Unless there is a way for the driver to actually walk out.
Who locked who inside? I don't see where anyone said that.
Assuming you're not a driver here: his trailer may have been locked to the dock. There's a little hook on certain docks that latch onto the bumper bar of the trailer.
OP could've unhooked from his trailer and left or just started hoofing it on foot.
I've never been anywhere that has locked me in a cage that I couldn't freely leave from. That would be a fire hazard and extremely illegal.
I have been to a place that took 13 hours to unload my truck. When I tried leaving on foot, the guard tried to stop me. I was overly polite and explained myself to him (I've been working on stopping that), to which he said I had to get approval from a manager. I told him I had approval and carried my ass on to Dunkin' and heard nothing else from it.
Unless a driver is delivering to a prison, military base or similar, there are essentially no situations where you can't leave.
You may risk being terminated (police don't care about policy, unless it's their own) but nothing can really stop a driver from leaving if they want too.
You sound like a deranged Karen. Just spend $30 on a USB printer instead of roller dogs and scan every BOL you get. I never gave originals to receivers
I always take a picture of them when I get them, so I was legal to just drive off with the trailer and my digital BOL.
Amazon will reattempt delivery with another driver, so I'm supposed to leave the paper copies in the trailer registration compartment...don't know what he's going to do
I take pics of all my paperwork too. You could leave him a note to call/text you when he picks up the trailer and send him your pics. He's on his own to print hard copies though.
I got locked in at a Lowe's one day - they locked the gate after I backed in, and everyone with a key was unavailable when I tried to leave.
I gave them 10 minutes to find either a key or a pair of bolt cutters before I called the police. No key, but they did find cutters.
I would’ve told them since I’m already in the door, load me. If I pull from the door, I’m leaving. I did that at a Walmart store in Dallas once. I waited in line and finally got into the door and they wanted me to pull out for some other truck and I said no lol. I ended up leaving and going home for a few days. Finally went back and no issues.
Park in front of something that looks important and say can’t leave without my papers. The cop that shows up is going to be pissy but ultimately wants the quickest easiest solution. Point out that if you get your legally required bol back you’re more than happy to tear ass outta here.
Mean this scenario only happened to me once but that’s how it played out
You have to be careful at Walmart cosco not to arrive early they hold it against you when they feel like it. It’s us on the rate confirm fine if early or late
I deliver to Sam's Clubs which are appointment loads. When I first started doing them, regardless what time I showed up, I would back into a door and check in. Depending on the store, sometimes they would kick me out of the door and tell me to come back closer to my appointment time (for example I'd show up at 330a for a 5a appt). Others would unload me right away.
After a while I noticed that Sam's keeps a tight schedule of appointments and my showing up early messed up the appointment times of the other drivers showing up on time. So now, I still arrive at 330a but I will camp until either I see their 4am appt leave or I back in at 445a.
Retail stores are not like regular receivers and might have a regimented schedule of deliveries. Perhaps Costco is the same way. Next time, check in much closer to your appointment.
This is a lot simpler then most people think, in this situation you call the police. They can not hold you or your property from leaving whenever you want. They can call your company and file complaints til they are blue in the face but at the end of the day they aren't allowed to stop you from leaving. Step 1 is to politely ask for your BOL and tell them you are leaving and they can reschedule the delivery for the future when they have availability. If they refuse, step 2 is call the police and let someone with a gun and badge explain to them that regardless of their company policy or job title or "how things are always done" they are breaking the law and must return your property (BOL) so you can leave. Its that simple
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