Are they really that stupid? Shipper forklift drivers stapling the duplicate copies of each BOL's together?
Posted by East_Indication_7816@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 26 comments
I don't know but I have encountered this several times already. Instead of giving me 2 sets of BOL's , what they do is they combine or sometimes even staple the duplicate copies of BOL's, so if you have 5 BOL's, you end up with 5 sets of paper where each stapled set is a duplicate. So I have to f@ckin tear out all those 5 and separate them into , 1 for carrier, and 1 for receiver.
I don't know if that is a standard way of doing this but it is annoying and irritating. Sometimes these BOL's got 2 pages so they staple 4 papers together .
I have to teach them how to do it and tell them that it should be a 1 set for us the carrier, and another set for the receiver, because I still have to separate them since they combine the duplicates together.
soda61pop@reddit
Jeez, imagine you have a 8 stop load and all the paperwork comes as big packet. This dude would have a coronary and die. I do these pretty often and guess what, i take a whole 10 minutes to separate the bol’s and restaple each set so I get copy and the receiver gets theirs. Not a bug deal. Smh
THExPILLOx@reddit
Man, I gotta start checking the username before wasting my time reading walls of text. Got me again!
Environmental-Pear40@reddit
Oooh! This is the dude that couldn't get on with Western Express because it was non-moving moving violation thing, 😂. Don't worry guys he already knows, everything. I'm glad you didn't get banned yet.
TruthfulRepugnance@reddit
Yes.
And in the wrong order. Duplicate pages one after the other as they came off the printer, not in two separate sets of bills.
Cadet1A@reddit
I understand this can be slightly frustrating driver, but letting something as trivial as this get you as upset as the tone of your post makes you sound is not only a waste of time but Is also raising your stress level to an unhealthy point . Most shippers don't give a dam what drivers want or think and there's not a thing you can do about that unless you are an O/O and can just refuse the load. I always carried a staple remover and a stapler so I could fix things like this, only takes a minute or two. There are so many other more important things that cause drivers stress. This one is way down the list of importance. Stay safe and just roll with the flow.
East_Indication_7816@reddit (OP)
I do it right on their desk so they see that what they do creates unnecessary work and waste their time as well . Then they realize how stupid they are
Responsible_CDN_Duck@reddit
No, that's not the take away.
You not understanding why it's done the way it is, and being a performative prick trying to "make it obvious" leaves them doing the same thing and laughing about "that guy" now and then.
Environmental-Pear40@reddit
It's pretty standard. I think it's to keep duplicates with the original. Just get a staple remover. Personally, I just use my pocket knife.
East_Indication_7816@reddit (OP)
Why is that? It is stupid. They already know you will eventually have to remove it. It is a low IQ decision by someone or drivers don't react to it and tell them that's not a very efficient way of doing things??
NoArt4586@reddit
I can imagine a driver dropping the paperwork and causing chaos... so a staple is a driver proof method... it's because of that one driver that one time and not you..
East_Indication_7816@reddit (OP)
I am not saying don’t staple , what I am saying staple the sets for carrier together and the sets for the receiver together . Or just paper clip it . They staple the duplicates together . Do you understand ?
Environmental-Pear40@reddit
I mean, regardless I end up having to undo Staples. I've never actually even thought of being upset over it. Remove all the staples to transflo then staple it back together.
East_Indication_7816@reddit (OP)
I don’t staple any paper but I have lots of paper clips. It’s for consideration to the next person handling the papers . It’s harder to remove the staplers . That’s why I’m pissed when the wrong sets of papers gets stapled together .
Environmental-Pear40@reddit
Oh, I guess that's the thing. I don't think it's hard to remove a staple. Just use a knife to pop up the feet and slip it out. Or a staple remover.
East_Indication_7816@reddit (OP)
You really are dumb. My point is don’t group together papers that aren’t supposed to be grouped together like duplicate copies
Environmental-Pear40@reddit
Oh, cool story. So it is because the staples bother your cavities?
NoArt4586@reddit
if you provide them the paper clips at check-in , I'm sure they would do that for you.
Environmental-Pear40@reddit
It also keeps us from eating the bills because the staples hurt our cavities.
nastyzoot@reddit
Rough week huh?
Milk_MAN1963@reddit
I just fill out the BOL on an Ipad and send it to the receiver I think everyone should do it that way
red_dirt_ranger@reddit
If you're THAT bothered by this, you're gonna have a day when an actual issue arises.
External_Result_8560@reddit
Soft af. Just tear them apart who gives a shit
COATHANGER_ABORTIONS@reddit
Staple remover and a mini stapler will fix this.
Wildcatb@reddit
Habit.
In the days of carbon/NCR BOLs, all the Page Ones, Page Twos, etc, had to be together for signatures and initials to transfer. That was easy on old tractor-feed printers because they came out that way and the Bol could be unfolded and signed or initialed page-by-page then a single copy peeled off as needed.
Old habits die hard, and unfortunately get passed down regardless of modern utility.
PoopyStinkbutts@reddit
Now try being a clerk who receives in paperwork. At least 1 in 10 papers still has a staple in it without a copy attached, and they're very hard to see.. and then cause a jam when they go through the scanner
NoArt4586@reddit
it's probably what the of the location Supervisor wants to be done..