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“This was over a quarter of a century ago. Yes, I'm old. I was working as a truck driver, and I had several run-ins with a warehouse supervisor who made up petty rules to mess with the warehouse staff, which meant we had a crazy staff turnover. I had complained about him to the managers repeatedly. Note there was a driver shortage, especially of those with ADR (hazardous goods permits), which has never really got better.”
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Having a manager who makes your job that much harder is already worse. But then also add on that your supervisor, who is supposed to keep that manager in check, doesn't help at all… Well, that is 10 times worse. As an employee, you can't really do much other than complain to the supervisor or to HR. But both of those people are working for the company and not the employees, so unless you have someone involved in the higher-ups with empathy, you're kind of on your own. This trucker tried his darnedest to go through the correct channels, but soon realized that there was nothing else to do but serve up some grade-A petty quitting drama.
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"His favorite thing was to screw with the staff and make sure their days were miserable. He also tried it with the drivers by "forgetting" to tell the schedulers about urgent pick-ups.
I was the last driver back, had called my wife to tell her I would be home soon, when he told the traffic controller about a pick up of four small bins of bolts (two head sizes, with two lengths) from a manufacturer that needed to be loaded onto an early morning run the next day. They could have told me about the pick up earlier. It was 30 minutes away from the yard, but was on my way back from my route."
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“I got back after the pick up, and he starts crowing about how he screwed up my evening's plans. All the warehouse staff but him had gone home. I walked into the General Manager's office and told him what had happened. His response was a shrug, so I told him that I was going back to my truck to get my kit.”
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"I opened the side curtains, unstrapped the load, and shouted the manager and warehouse supervisor over. I told the manager that he allows the supervisor to bvlly people to screw with their lives, and you can live with the consequences. I jumped in the cab, reversed hard, and stamped on the brakes, tipping the four small bins of bolts up the trailer. "You can sort the bolts out, and you can stick your job up your ar**", got out of the cab and clocked out."
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"I called an agency and started a new job the next day. One of the other drivers called and told me it took them two hours to sort it out.
Was anyone hurt? No. They just got a taste of their own medicine. Was it petty? He** yes."
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Luckily, the man was able to quickly find a new job. This was back in the day, after all, and truckers are a hot commodity. So, honestly, we applaud this quitting story. You know what? You go, bestie! You show that incompetent supervisor and nefarious manager exactly what they deserve. You are so right, consequences have actions, and more people need to realize that. Especially entitled people in charge of others.
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