I talked to my dad today...

When I got to work I had noticed they changed my schedule and when I found out why, that I had to do more backing despite just doing it a short time ago. The person grading me I had multiple fundamental  disagreements before and after a few words, I left the 2 keys to my assigned truck on my dispatchers desk and walked out - not knowing if this was the way my career would end or not..

Being as upset as I was, I headed over to a conversation with my dad. I cried a good 20 minutes - with two people stopping and asking if I was going to be alright - yes but no also..

My dad had a union backing him up and I always knew growing up, when he came home if the first thing he said was "I'm going to win at step 3", I knew he had a disagreement with management that day. As far as I know, nothing ever got that far as my dad always followed policy and once the union filed their complaint - everything was always dropped - until the next time.

I don't have a union backing me up but I do have company policy and if that meant anything - I was hoping to have my voice heard and see where that went. When I got home I called the senior manager at the office directly (the company I work for has an open phone policy - if a driver wants to call the CEO , he can) I let him know what happened, where I was coming from and I would understand if I no longer worked there. He was grateful I called THAT day - to him meaning he knew I was upset but I wanted to work things out if possible and he knows by my record - that I try but I am also very challenged at my current job. He told me to come back at 9 am the next day and do the backing then. I walked in at 08:45 the next day and..

See tomorrows blip..