In the office that the drivers get their 'trip sheets' for the day, there is a computer in the corner which you can print up your receipts from the previous days shift turn in. It accounts your total book, minus your gas and trip fees and shows you your net commission for the day. Usually I don't bother to print them out (cuz I'm lazy and usually either right on time for work or ready to get out on the streets) but this time I did. As I was going over them one caught my attention... I found that I was charged for 60 gallons in gas (instead of the usual 10-15).
I held on to this for a few days and then went into the big boss's office (Rusty). I've met this guy a few times, and spoken with him only once prior. This was during our new shift bid period. Since I am employee ~#380 at Union, my turn to bid on the shift was at the end of the day. My first and only impression of Rusty was that of an asshole. Now granted he was doing the bid's all day so when it was my turn around 430, maybe it's understandable that he could be ready to leave. However he was very impatient during my bid, and would answer (what I thought to be relevant) questions I had (after all we are agreeing to work whatever shift we choose for the next six months) with a snarl and then a comment like
"just pick already"
"I'd like to go home today"
"no"
blah blah blah .. .anyways you get the gist of it. Plus this dude is the guy who you go see when you trigger you drive camera and you're found to be on the cell phone, getting fellatio from one of you're passengers, picking you're nose etc. .. and he will then suspends you or fires you.
So I went in there, copies of receipts in hand (two others I was charged the wrong gas percentage of 76% (handivan) vs 50%, ~$15 difference) and ready to rock. To my amazement he saw me right away, he looked up the info relevant to those receipts, scribbled some notes on them and said he would fix them. No Problem. BUT THEN I was like, yo man.. Rusty I hustle when I have the handivan.. are there any other handivan shifts available... he clicks his mouse and moves it around and then offers me a new shift with a new company. That's right friends.. my new schedule
Mon-Wed 4am-4pm
Thu,Sat 4am-4pm (handivan)
Sun 2am-130pm
all unrestricted and for Virgin Valley. So when you fools finally come out to Las Vegas, I can pick you up from the Palazzo and take you to the Rhino. Holla.
So after I signed the shift sheet agreeing to continue to slave away for 71.5 hours a week, he tells me that my numbers are good, that I was 30% above average and to keep up the good work.
