Deborah
Chino,#2UPDATE Employee
Sun, January 10, 2010
Benn - Eleva:
I'm going to take your questions one at a time...
The driver threatened to shoot out the windows of the rigs at a customer in another city. I reported the threat to the terminal manager. What was done from there I do not know. I doubt law enforcement was contacted, since no law enforcement contacted me as a witness. I do not know if the threat was documented, or how. BTW, contrary to popular belief, verbal threats to shoot out vehicle windows in another state rarely interests local law enforcement, especially in a major urban area with much more immediate criminal activity to deal with.
As for why it took me so long to reply, while really none of your business, I have several reasons. First there were technical issues with posting, which this site's support helped me with, as well as my cellular carrier. Second, this is hardly the only site I visit with what little free time I have. Third, I tend to focus on reports I have filed, or reports of interest at the top of the search list.
I can document where I was when on the dates mentioned. If ED is willing, I can send him the documentation so he can independently verify where I was when. Nice thing about electronic logs and scanning my trips from the rig, I have tons of documentation that goes back quite a while, and I can fit years worth on a CD, decades on a DVD. Where I was when is quite well documented, as well as the equipment I was operating, which customers I was dealing with, etc, going back years.
And I'm very, very careful, not to make public statements in public forums I cannot back up with proof. I'm heavily involved on several civil rights, political, and social issues sites, and am quite familiar with libel law.
Now, you have made accusations about what I do for a living, as well as regarding my integrity and honesty. What proof do YOU have?
Benn
Eleva,#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, January 08, 2010
I haven't worked for Marten now for a few years but I do live out 10 miles to the east and still go to the Mondovi Inn when I am home and hang out with the drivers.
My question is to both this driver and Deb....if this driver as you claim did threaten you and the company was a proper police report filed on the verbal threats that were made? I would assume yes....since anyone that has threaten physical violence now days is not something you would just ignore or laugh away.
BUT....as I am going to assume now if the real truth...why did it take you so long to post a reply to this posting. You posted numerous other responses to other posts here and now you post eight relies to out-dated posts as "truthful" facts of events? Personally I think you are full of it. I don't think you are a driver or if you are, you are full of lies. Hell I too can write anything on any of this posts and make it sound truthful.
Personally I think its best if you continue working there in the HR office and making the $8+/hr you make. As for the any remarks about Randy...he isn't in the office much anymore. He stops in maybe once a month to "check-in" and back off to the local bars. Saw him last week in Eleva (will not name the bar) but as usually he is to full of himself. (I left since his stories and me so "hot" attitude makes me sick.
Deborah
Chino,#4UPDATE Employee
Thu, December 10, 2009
Your case I am quite familiar with, and your report is not truthful.
On 02/06/2009, you and I were both assigned loads out of West Branch, IA that delivered in Phoenix, AZ on 02/08/2009. I followed the standard route familiar to experienced drivers (I80 to I35 to US50 to I135 to US54 to I40 to I17). The route I chose did not involve toll roads, and was 240 miles shorter than the route you chose (you intentionally chose to route through Oklahoma City, and at the time you were fired you said it was because you wanted to "swing by the house," and never once mentioned there was a family emergency until AFTER you were fired).
On 02/10/2009, we both were assigned to loads that picked up Casa Grande (Arizona City), AZ, and delivered to Southern California. When I arrived at that shipper, you never once mentioned any sort of family emergency. You did, however, annoy the shipper with your loud and prolonged complaints of how you expect to be paid for the tolls and out of route miles. That was unprofessional, to say the least, and the shipper was reluctant to load you as a result, but I convinced him otherwise (he was going to call Marten and request a different driver than you).
After you delivered your load in SoCal, you arrived back at the Ontario, CA terminal about an hour after I did. You approached a number of us, still ranting loudly about how you had better get paid for the out of route miles and the tolls. We all tried to explain that you were wrong, and why, but you wouldn't let it go. You demanded to speak to the terminal manager, and got your wish. You were fired 20 minutes later.
I continued to try and calm you down. When the issue of having your personal property shipped separately came up, I referred you to a friend of mine who was the manager of a local car rental company, who gave you MY significant discount. You did this after signing for the non-refundable bus ticket, which Marten had then purchased prior to you deciding on the alternative I offered through my friend.
How did you repay those of us who tried to help you? By threatening to shoot out the windows of all the Marten trucks in your home area, at which point we took you seriously and reported your threat. It was at that point, you may have noticed, we all simply avoided you.