To that one trucker who bitched up a storm about paying a HUGE lumper fee...

[pzychobitch]

language warning, today was a shit day at work and i've been drinking.




ok so before i continue, i have to tell those "not in the know" that a "lumper" is a slang term for someone who manually handles freight at a warehouse or dock (which i do, but at a warehouse lol)

what he had to pay? $745 and change. (i don't remember the exact amount, it was more than 3 months ago, and sadly i had to be the one to relay that info, but it was at least $700).

Look, asshole. I'm not the one that sets the prices. You didn't have to pay out of pocket, your company had to pay it. I don't care how pissed off your boss is, it's not his fault or your fault that the vendor you picked your shit up from came on pallets that were so fucked up the initial 28 pulled out of the truck had to be restacked onto good ones.

Quit bitching and just fucking pay up. There's no point in cursing out the lumpers who you know actually unload and tear down your pallets according to paperwork the company that contracts us hands to us. So chill out, smoke a joint, bang your wife, whatever, while we take care of the hard work.

How would he have liked to do all that by himself? LMFAO.

When I told him I was going to get the manager so he could pay (and have someone else to complain to for no valid reason), and i would be right back?

Guess what I actually did?

Told the manager then went on my lunch break. lol.

[dalesys]

Like it or lump it...

[Kittish]

When I was a driver I never complained about the prices for the lumpers. Fingerprinting freight is something I'd really, really rather not ever have to do. What irks me is that they're necessary in the first place. Shippers and receivers should provide their own damn freight handling, the truckers job is ONLY to get that stuff from point A to point B in a safe and timely manner.

[wolfie]

what he had to pay? $745 and change. (i don't remember the exact amount, it was more than 3 months ago, and sadly i had to be the one to relay that info, but it was at least $700).

Look, asshole. I'm not the one that sets the prices. You didn't have to pay out of pocket, your company had to pay it. I don't care how pissed off your boss is, it's not his fault or your fault that the vendor you picked your shit up from came on pallets that were so fucked up the initial 28 pulled out of the truck had to be restacked onto good ones.

And if the freight contract is written right, the trucking company doesn't have to pay it - they simply pass the bill for the lumper fee along to the customer (might be the shipper, might be the consignee, might be a 3rd party).

[BlaqueKatt]

we had some delivery drivers that the company should've weeded out from delivering to us at the lab, but didn't, and the drivers eventually realized their shenanigans actually caused them more work than the little bit they were trying actively to avoid..

The lab paid extra for inside delivery, meaning-back up to the loading dock and unload the pallets, maybe 10 minutes of "extra work". But these guys would bring an extra long truck(even though our order specified the truck length to reach the loading dock was 35', they loaded up the full size trailers), so you can't back up to the loading dock? Well now you have to break down those pallets and use a hand cart, because we have nothing to transport with, and you showed up at lunch, or during time sensitive testing and we can't spare anyone. Total time to unload truck-90 minutes.

You tried to save 10 minutes, and added 80 plus having to handle the freight twice and walk half a block with it, each load-good job!

Every driver that tried this only ever did it once.

[Crossbow]

And if the freight contract is written right, the trucking company doesn't have to pay it - they simply pass the bill for the lumper fee along to the customer (might be the shipper, might be the consignee, might be a 3rd party).

Agreed. I've never seen a driver have to pay the lumper fee (at least not legitimately), and if the driver's boss is footing the bill, someone screwed up the shipping contract. Thanks to my job, I've seen how a lot of company's do it, and the lumper fee is almost always passed on to the client.

[Argus]

You didn't have to pay out of pocket, your company had to pay it.

And never both.

[greek_jester]

And never both.

I'd forgotten about that thread. I always wondered what happened to the Witch and her Flying Monkeys (direct quote from the thread ).

[XCashier]

Hopefully they crossed one company too many and ended up putting themselves out of business. Couldn't happen to more deserving people.

[wolfie]

Agreed. I've never seen a driver have to pay the lumper fee (at least not legitimately), and if the driver's boss is footing the bill, someone screwed up the shipping contract. Thanks to my job, I've seen how a lot of company's do it, and the lumper fee is almost always passed on to the client.

Roughly a month ago, I made a delivery where there was a lumper fee (paid by T-check, dispatch sent me the magic number once I found out what the fee would be). Part of my instructions for the delivery were to ask for a duplicate lumper receipt for a load another driver had delivered a couple months earlier (he probably forgot to pick it up). My guess is that the company needed that receipt in order to get the lumper fee reimbursed by the customer.

[Crossbow]

Roughly a month ago, I made a delivery where there was a lumper fee (paid by T-check, dispatch sent me the magic number once I found out what the fee would be). Part of my instructions for the delivery were to ask for a duplicate lumper receipt for a load another driver had delivered a couple months earlier (he probably forgot to pick it up). My guess is that the company needed that receipt in order to get the lumper fee reimbursed by the customer.

Exactly. That's why document management is so important in the industry.

[Antares]

And never both.

Thank you for that link. I could never find it.

[Bramble]

TBH, as a former trucker myself, lumper fees do suck for the driver to have to deal with. My company paid for it but we'd have to go get a comcheck from them, go back out to the truck and message dispatch to get authorization. Then we'd have to fill out out the comcheck with a number they would eventually(waited an hour several times) send us, go back inside and get more info from the lumpers, then go back outside and send THAT in. In the meantime you're sitting there getting antsy watching your time tick away waiting for the check to go through so they will unload you. All of this to pay the receiver to take their own freight. That was the part I hated the most -.- The driver in your case, however, should not have taken his frusterations out on you. That is unacceptable, unprofessional, and is the main reason why people don't always look highly on truckers.

[pzychobitch]

When I was a driver I never complained about the prices for the lumpers. Fingerprinting freight is something I'd really, really rather not ever have to do. What irks me is that they're necessary in the first place. Shippers and receivers should provide their own damn freight handling, the truckers job is ONLY to get that stuff from point A to point B in a safe and timely manner.

I actually work for a lumper service that a certain grocery store has contracts with in this area.

[pzychobitch]

Roughly a month ago, I made a delivery where there was a lumper fee (paid by T-check, dispatch sent me the magic number once I found out what the fee would be). Part of my instructions for the delivery were to ask for a duplicate lumper receipt for a load another driver had delivered a couple months earlier (he probably forgot to pick it up). My guess is that the company needed that receipt in order to get the lumper fee reimbursed by the customer.

Ah,, so that's probably why the drivers that actually pay a fee (most are prepaid at the warehouse i work at) need two receipts.