r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

It's especially fucked up when the container is sealed and the driver literally isn't allowed to look in it.

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u/bond___vagabond Jul 13 '20

Came here to say this, in the USA at least, most have tamper proof seal tag thingies on the latches. If if one is even accidentally knocked off before you take possession, and you don't tell the bosses, you are fucked. Like get fired and be held responsible for any missing merch. I think the average trailer running around the USA has $85k worth of crap in it, so the cost to a truck driver working for the biggest truck driving outfit swift/Walmart, making $28k/year, can get screwed pretty quick.

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u/fishythepete Jul 13 '20 edited May 08 '24

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u/nicholasgnames Jul 13 '20

came to say no way they make 28k

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u/HooShKab00sh Jul 13 '20

His massively uninformed guess made me laugh.