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Got stuck for 6 hours on a simple load swing in a tight Chicago alley.
Everyone says to just trust your charts and go slow, but the wind kept shifting and the client's spotter kept giving me bad hand signals. What's your go-to move when the plan just falls apart on site?
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averywalker7mo ago
Honestly, my go-to move is to just stop everything and get everyone on the same page, even if it makes me look like a control freak. Tbh, I've spent way too long trying to decipher frantic hand signals that were just someone waving at a passing pigeon. Ngl, half the time my best plan B is to pretend I need a bathroom break just to get a quiet minute to think.
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rubywebb7mo ago
Oh man, I feel that in my bones. Last month I had a lift where the spotter was on his phone half the time, giving me signals for a DIFFERENT truck. I just shut the whole thing down, got out, and made everyone stand in a circle like kindergarten. We went over the hand signals one by one until they were burned into our brains. Sometimes you just have to hit the big red STOP button and reset, even if the client sighs at you. That quiet minute to think is everything.
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finley_lee6mo ago
Seriously, that kindergarten circle is the only way to go. I mean, you can't fix a messed up signal with more yelling and arm waving. It's either take that quiet minute or watch something get dropped.
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