Found out a little more about what all happened with my card. The bank did call first, but their call was from a Caller ID-Blocked phone, so I never got the call. They then followed up with an e-mail telling me the card was suspended and for me to call, which I did. Once it was determined that some of the charges were fraudulent, they killed the card and issued me a new one.
There were a few large charges for large dollar amounts that didn't go through, but after that they tried a small one for $15 that did sneak through. I've started the dispute process with both my bank and Walmart.com to get that removed.
It turns out, whoever stole it has my address, too, because they needed that (confirm billing address of the card) for both Walmart.com and Yahoo Wallet, which is how they tried to use the card. I didn't even know Yahoo Wallet existed. Google Wallet I knew about, but not Yahoo Wallet. So, they created a new account at Walmart.com on by behalf, thank you very much, using my address, but a different phone number and e-mail address than mine. The accounts (Yahoo Wallet and Walmart.com) also have a shipping address for California.
That's quite a little door you opened up there. Not liked for speaking your mind? Not at all. I don't like you very much because you're mean, callous, thoughtless, unapologetic and hypocritical. I don't like you because you posted totally uncalled-for, very unflattering, things about an EO member at another site for the explicit purpose of simply being mean, and for drawing incorrect conclusions about me and my truck, and then after refusing to accept a factual explanation of the situation, you proceeded to exaggerate and embellish (lie) your conclusions in a public forum that had real-life ramifications beyond the forum, and after being made aware of the consequences of your actions you made no attempt at all to even offer up an insincere apology. Be that as it may....
In theory, and largely in practice, it doesn't matter. There is a mindset, and possibly a comfort zone in place, that cannot help but to affect how loads are looked at and bid on. True enough a lot of what happens is because of Canada, but that thinking and necessity spills over and permeates loads and trucks having nothing to do with Canada.
Using Chicago again as an example, let's say they are looking at four loads that can be bid out of Chicago. One goes to Warren, the other three go to Charlotte, NC, Auburn, AL, and Alliance, NE. The mindset zeros in on Warren and dismisses the others.
When in doubt bring 'em back to Taylor. We can always get 'em loaded out of Taylor, might not be able to get 'em loaded out of those other places. But all things considered, those other places may in fact pay considerably more than the load to Warren. Observations in dispatch and comments from same lead me to believe that this is the mindset, and is what happens at least on occasion. This isn't really a complaint so much as it is food for thought.
As for getting loads home, that's a luxury that no one should expect. However, when I tell six different people my situation and that I need one going in the general direction of home, I do expect at least one of them to remember it, write it down, put it in the notes, something, and make others aware of it, and be aware of it when looking for loads, especially when I'm offered loads from dispatchers who I have personally talked to about it.
I don't expect Turtle Recall, but I do expect a little Logistical Memorex[SUP]®[/SUP].
Maybe I need to spring for a case of Post-It Notes[SUP]®[/SUP] for the office.
