heres a new one for the panther boards

[hondaking38]

sitting here at the flying j exit 201 on i-75 was 6th out last night...worked my way down to 2nd out at 14:00 hrs..just got back on the pc to check my pos, and i switched boards..to talbot board with zero loads a day....called dispatch and they said my van moved 1 mile...hmmm the van musta moved by itself while i was sleeping and parked itself right in the spot i was in.......of course there is nothing they can do about it....outta here...and peeved

 

[jaminjim]

Just call in and have them give a first out.

 

[pjjjjj]

......of course there is nothing they can do about it....outta here...and peeved

I don't get why there is nothing they can do about it? Is there no human factor there, or just has to all be totally automated?

 

[butterfly610]

I've seen it do that too. Once I was checking the sattelite position and it would be one city for so many hours, than switch to another city for awhile....I think it was when I was in Indianapolis. I thought it was kinda strange. This was before the new board positions so it didn't affect anything, but I know what you're talking about.

Probably was just someone who was too lazy to help you out. Most of the time, dispatch is always very helpful to me and if something kicks me out of my position, they've usually been more than willing to get me my position back. All they have to do is look to see where your truck was and all and I'm sure the right person would help you out. Whenever one person gets an attitude and says they can't do something, I just call back cause you usually get someone else the next time who will help...lol. Just gotta get ahold of the right person!

 

[arkjarhead]

If someone ever figures out that new board system they will be cooking with fire.

 

[Falligator]

Here's one for you: I was sitting at home in Salem, Ohio and I was still on the Sandusky board. I was told by a dispatcher that if a board has less vans on it than another, the system may keep you on that board. I should have been on the Akron/Cleveland board, but I had to wait another hour for the system to pick me up on the Akron/Cleveland board. Eventually it did, but I had to wait on everyone else that showed up on the board before me....even though I was there before they were. And of course, there was nothing that dispatch could do about that one.