Originally Posted by
Deuce130
Last September/October (can't remember when) I called in sick for a reserve trip within four hours of show. I sent a lengthly explanation (which I did NOT have to do) to my then ACP immediately after I did it explaining why I called in sick and what was going on and I got no response. It would be ironic if this was held against me sometime in the future when my ACP at the time didn't even think it was important enough to respond. Would've like at least something from him...anything from a "don't worry about it..." to "show me a doctor's note..." to "this is going in your record..." Got nothing.
In a previous lifetime (piston freight), my CP asked me to do him one favor. If I encountered or expected any irregularity, he asked me to drop him a voicemail or an email briefing him on what had happened. This prevented him from looking like a buffoon in his morning meeting the following day. I always made it a point to extend to him this courtesy and as a result, I never had any issues whatsoever. I held on to this practice and have applied it to every job I have had since. It has worked like a charm all the way. If you don't give your ACP any fecal matter to fling, he can't fling it. Thus you never have to worry about anything rolling downhill.