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Post by slumpy on Aug 11, 2007 21:36:56 GMT -5
what do you guys say to those contractors that act like u can't do nothing right and scream and cuss at there helpers including you. like for instance i had one contractor get really pissed at me because i dribbled concrete over his forms so he took a shovel full of concrete and threw it at the front my truck cussing and screaming saying im wasting his money and concrete and you cant wash down you truck first before he washes all his tools until you have about 15 gallons left this guy has done alot more things to me and other drivers he is one pure ass not a very nice person. HOW DO YOU GUYS HANDLE THIS? im sure every ready mix company out there has 1 or more ass hole contractors like this out there.
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speedy
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Post by speedy on Aug 12, 2007 18:57:33 GMT -5
Dump 20 pounds of sugar in the load between the plant and the jobsite.
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No, don't, just kidding.
Let management know what a thingyhead this guy is and have them refuse service to him. Make a note of what he does on the load ticket.
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Post by slumpy on Aug 12, 2007 20:35:54 GMT -5
I have told management they basically say deal with it or laugh about what happens to us driver's
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Post by slumpy on Aug 12, 2007 20:39:16 GMT -5
That is a good idea about writing little notes on the load ticket maybe then corporate will read these and do something about it ;D
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Post by concretejoe on Aug 14, 2007 16:39:52 GMT -5
I stop the truck and refuse to continue until he calms down. I'll let dispatch know what I'm doing. They'll say to roll up my window and smile. Then I'll say I feel uncomfortable and will leave this hostile situation unless he calms down. If he steps on my fender he'll meet up with my hammer. Usually doesn't come to that. He wants to get done and doesn't want a cold joint. So he calms down or at least shuts his mouth, and I continue doing my job.
If I know the contractor, I'll step out on the fender and say, "You know, Jim, you have two choices here. You can either rake the concrete like this (making a motion like normal raking procedure) or like this ( making a motion like it's piled ten feet high), your choice. It's my job to put it on the ground and yours to make it look pretty
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Post by gant on Aug 22, 2007 19:55:47 GMT -5
if they start screaming and yelling at me I usually "accidentally" give them full wheel barrows.. and if it gets too bad I'll pull up and start to wash down my chutes and tell him he's gonna shut his mouth and let me pour or he can call and get another truck.. they usually shut up
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Post by slumpy on Aug 22, 2007 20:37:21 GMT -5
your disbatchers must respect you more than ours i dont think we could ever do that with out getting wrote up or fired . But if we could it would be funnier than hell to do half the stuff you guys are telling me ;D ;D ;D
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Post by slumpy on Aug 26, 2007 22:44:40 GMT -5
yeah are disbatcher says he pours alot of crete with us so just blow it off and dont worry about it we know he's a jerk but im like bull crap nobody needs to be treated like that next time it happens again im leaving the job site
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Post by concretejoe on Sept 10, 2007 18:57:59 GMT -5
Slumpy,
If you don't feel safe there's nothing they can do to you. That's all you have to say. " I don't feel safe. Either call this guy and calm him down or I'm leaving." A lawyer would eat them alive if they disciplined you for leaving.
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Post by bj3976 on Sept 20, 2007 21:20:34 GMT -5
"Kill Em' with Kindness", I look at it like this, Don't piss off the waitress before you get your food. For the floor guys, when they are difficult and then they say "put more water in it" I tend to keep the water valve open bit longer. It's like spitting in there food. Yeah it makes them a bit more mad, but while I'm home relaxing there still on the floor. We don't do a lot of commercial work so you can get a way with a bit more. My company is big into clean trucks and clean equipment so the truck has first priority over water. If they tend to be difficult customers I will usually make my self run out of water. They never catch on and there tools always weigh a few extra pounds.
That's more of a long term Hah hah! The only bad thing is your always dumping water out of your drum before you get loaded again. Or just pack up and leave. The company will usually back up the drivers. I am very lucky that we have a lot of small customers that are usually great to deal with. A few years ago the company cleaned house and got rid of all the problem customers. Makes life a bit easier, but there coming back. Just try to stay ahead of them. ;D
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Post by cfconcrete on Oct 12, 2007 21:48:56 GMT -5
I've had a coupla good battles over the years, most all with the "Joe Cool" contractor with the big, shiny pickup with the girl figures on the mudflaps, Calvin pissing on a Ford in the rear window, and wearing a nice clean pair of workboots, blue jeans, clean gloves, pager & cell phone on his hip, ect, ect.
Give me the big DOT jobs, or a nice small homeowner any day.
We have a pumping company I'm getting fed up with too, his 2 drivers think their king nutss.
They love my water, one day I'm gonna drown them, then retire.
Drive Safe Men.....
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Post by Mort on Oct 12, 2007 23:53:23 GMT -5
I haven't been doing this very long, and I'm a pretty calm guy, so I usually just grit my teeth and carry on. After all, in a half an hour, I'll be gone, and they'll still be there working their backs until they break making less money than I do  Of course, I've never had a contractor be abusive, so I guess I'd have to resort to more drastic measures if that were to happen. |
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Post by concretejoe on Oct 23, 2007 21:47:21 GMT -5
I think the first thing we need to do is get to know our customers. There are guys out there that are instant a**hole's just add concrete. As soon as the last rock hits the ground they calm down. We need to know who we can joke with, who we can mouth off to and who we need to just pack up and leave. Believe me, dispatch knows who the a**'s are. They have to listen to them on the phone all day. We as drivers need to let the customer and dispatch know that we will not take abuse. I can understand a guy being upset for one reason or another. I can let that go in one ear and out the other. Abuse I will not tolerate, and neither should any of you.
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Post by gant on Oct 24, 2007 5:43:45 GMT -5
we've got a customer that no one can stand.. hes a jackoff as soon as he sees the truck.. but if you see him outside of work hes the nicest guy.. everytime we have a load for him everyone is on pins and needles till it goes out.. I'm on a first name basis with most of our customers though, just pull up and start BS'n and its great
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Post by slumpy on Nov 4, 2007 8:31:34 GMT -5
As again i delivered another load to this guy again and he went freaking nuts on me just because i pulled up to the job to put my chutes on well i had no clue at all that he wanted his guys to put the chutes on so he went crazy jumped on my fender asking my if i had a f**king problem and threated to pull out of the cab he crabbed my door and opened it up wanting to kick my a** and this guy is not a big guy at all maybe 5ft 8 140lbs and im 6' 2'' 250lbs so i jumped out and we screamed and yelled at each other for about 5 to 8 minutes i told him if he ever threating me again i will meet him any were and any time and we will settle this whole damn problem you have with driver's he said so much stuff called me every thing you could posiably say one of the things he said was all you drivers are losers thats why im doing what im doing and your doing what your doing because your all stupid losers
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Post by BillyCement on Nov 4, 2007 9:11:12 GMT -5
That guy sounds like a certified A-hole, Slumpy. I wouldn't let anything he says bother me. I've come to realize that any honest job is an honorable way to make a living. I don't care if a person scrubs garbage cans for a living....he's doing honest work and that makes him a winner not a loser.
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Post by cfconcrete on Nov 4, 2007 13:30:24 GMT -5
Ahhh contractors, give someone a pickup truck, ladder rack, tool belt, hammer and a cell phone and all of a sudden they built the freaking Central Arterty Tunnel............
My neighbors have a little boy who thinks I'm the coolest guy in the whole world, i stopped home for lunch a while back, and I put him up in the cab. That makes the entire job worth it men........
Drive Safe
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Post by BillyCement on Nov 4, 2007 16:44:24 GMT -5
Ahhh contractors, give someone a pickup truck, ladder rack, tool belt, hammer and a cell phone and all of a sudden they built the freaking Central Arterty Tunnel............ My neighbors have a little boy who thinks I'm the coolest guy in the whole world, i stopped home for lunch a while back, and I put him up in the cab. That makes the entire job worth it men........Drive Safe |
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Post by oldsmith on Nov 4, 2007 16:44:38 GMT -5
I here ya my 5 yr old boy went with me to work yesterday. He love it when I take him on a Saturday, I let him load all the wheelbarrows. Luckily all the contractors around here are real good!! I know them all and get along with them all great. The only time you might have a problem is with out of towner's.
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Post by slumpy on Nov 6, 2007 20:27:38 GMT -5
i found out that the guy thats a as*hole is always jacked up on drugs and who is the loser? i would love to meet him outside of work
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Post by BillyCement on Nov 6, 2007 20:41:04 GMT -5
I think the first thing we need to do is get to know our customers. There are guys out there that are instant a**hole's just add concrete. We as drivers need to let the customer and dispatch know that we will not take abuse. I can understand a guy being upset for one reason or another. I can let that go in one ear and out the other. Abuse I will not tolerate, and neither should any of you. |
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Post by gant on Nov 7, 2007 7:51:47 GMT -5
I'm gonna get a bumper sticker made up and put it on the back of my mixer lol..
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Post by hicups on Jan 25, 2008 13:54:40 GMT -5
Just so you know Im female! so dont laugh... ;D I had a problem with an a** and I told him dont scream at me, I'm not your pregnant dog... Then I go back to the plant and tell my supervisor what they did and luckly he takes me off the job and tells me I dont have to poor for them... Did I forget to mention I cried  !!!! LOL |
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Post by Ideal Driver on Jan 25, 2008 15:15:07 GMT -5
We have a few a**holes around here. I just started smiling and nodin my head. It just ticks them off even more. Sometimes if I'm really feeling ornery I just speed up the drum a lil bit, just to see how fast they can move.
I've told them all...... The easier they are on me- the easier I'll be on them.
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Post by Mort on Jan 26, 2008 11:51:11 GMT -5
This isn't a contractor, but when I used to sell auto parts we sponsored a local racer that was high maintenance. He was yelling and screaming about the price of some Royal Purple Oil that we sold him (back when oil was still cheap). He went on and on for about five minutes, and I just stood there the whole time, leaning on the counter with a half-smile on my face. He finally paused, and I looked him right in the eye, and said, "Robb, you need to enhance your chi."
He goes, "My chi?"
"Yeah, your inner self. You need to be more centered."
He started cracking up laughing and walked off. He was in a better mood after that. I haven't gotten the chance to use that on a contractor yet, but I'm saving it up.
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Post by Cover Driver on Feb 8, 2008 10:19:12 GMT -5
You guys are all to kind,  Personally I can be more ignorant than any of them when I want to be. But if I pull up and someone is shout and yelling, its possible I might just fly out the truck screaming who the fu*k you shouting at, that normally silences the situation. Personally I didn't sign up for crap and if any thing I give them crap, as we have the odd few people and places that are none to good and the odd company as well. |
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Post by oldsmith on Feb 8, 2008 13:46:50 GMT -5
It all depends on my mood the way I handle them. I have come unglued, Ive said nothing and just smiled when there flipping out that usually pisses them off pretty good, I once told them I'm leaving packed up my truck drove away came back about 10 min later that did a good job changing there demeanor. I told them next time I leave I wont come back. Then one time A homeowner was doing his garage floor it was the first time he worked with concrete and he was just about the worst I ever dealt with I dumped the load full discharge in the garage and left. The local guys are real cool around here though. The only time there are problems are when the guys from the big city come to town to do something. It helps that I can getaway with anything at my plant its a good working environment and my boss is a real good friend of mine. It probably wouldn't be best if everyone did it the way I do.
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Post by wetload on Mar 31, 2008 19:16:58 GMT -5
when your swinging your chute lift it up and fill there boots with mud!
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Jun 8, 2008 18:11:00 GMT -5
what do you guys say to those contractors that act like u can't do nothing right and scream and cuss at there helpers including you. like for instance i had one contractor get really pissed at me because i dribbled concrete over his forms so he took a shovel full of concrete and threw it at the front my truck cussing and screaming saying im wasting his money and concrete and you cant wash down you truck first before he washes all his tools until you have about 15 gallons left this guy has done alot more things to me and other drivers he is one pure ass not a very nice person. HOW DO YOU GUYS HANDLE THIS? im sure every ready mix company out there has 1 or more ass hole contractors like this out there. I say in my most immigrant tone " No espiki inglesh mai fren" Then that usually shuts them the hell up. |
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Jul 2, 2008 16:33:48 GMT -5
Just tell the a-hole that YOU bring the mud that they need. Eff 'em after that.
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