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Another really bad Houma feeling comes after feeling relieved because you have have somehow stumbled across the terminal after you have been utterly lost, in Houma, in the early hours with no one around. You may have come in the back driveway, but you are there. Why the bad feeling, there is no back entrance.
 
Dracula said:
Anybody been to the Houma, La terminal. Several years ago, I visited with a set of pups. It had been raining and the area, were you dropped your rear pup, had standing water on it but it was hard shell so I dropped the pup with no problem unless you count my now sodden shoes and the ankle high wet trousers a problem. Little did I know that I was just getting started. The dolly drop area had standing water on it. The water level on my trousers went a little higher. Then I docked my lead trailer, got out to crank the legs down, and then I saw that the ground that I was dropping the legs onto was 2 circles of water. I looked at the other pups and saw that their legs was standing in a similar situation. At that point, I realized that it was just another post rain normal day in Houma, cranked those legs down and went to the hotel.
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Its still a dump and that canal across the way ... Has gators in it.......
The billing center down the street is also very unkept.........
 
Has been stated that Indy plans on Moving in 2016. They are looking for a new location. Don't know if it is a new or existing terminal though.
 
PistonRing83 said:
And then you have barns like CGO and IND that are absolute dumps with NO LIGHTING and potholes everywhere. Saia doesn't seem too worried about fixing the problem, either.
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As far as potholes go no terminal has anything on GRL(Garland TX). It looks like its been hit by a few earthquakes.
 
Buggybruiser said:
Sure is quiet out here.... nobody got nothing to say?
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In the world of trucking, sometimes no news is good news. All the drama that goes on in other forums indicates turmoil and a disgruntled workforce. The quietest forums are usually the ones that have very little to complain about. I really have to reach to find something bad about this company. Nothing is perfect but in the world of LTL trucking it gets no better than SAIA. Of course, that's just my opinion.
 
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runawaytrain said:
In the world of trucking, sometimes no news is good news. All the drama that goes on in other forums indicates turmoil and a disgruntled workforce. The quietest forums are usually the ones that have very little to complain about. I really have to reach to find something bad about this company. Nothing is perfect but in the world of LTL trucking it gets no better than SAIA. Of course, that's just my opinion.
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You know what Train? I gotta agree with you, I think we have a pretty good deal going on over here too. The best thing I can say is the people. In my short time over here I don't think I've run into anybody with a real sour attitude -except on the trucking boards- but face to face -no. I think that in itself should show that we have a better than OK thing.
 
Buggybruiser said:
You know what Train? I gotta agree with you, I think we have a pretty good deal going on over here too. The best thing I can say is the people. In my short time over here I don't think I've run into anybody with a real sour attitude -except on the trucking boards- but face to face -no. I think that in itself should show that we have a better than OK thing.
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Sometimes I have to pinch myself .... Is it a dream? This job is too good to be true. And they say if things are too good to be true it's usually not true. I keep waking up and going to work thinking that perhaps things will change. But after almost two years here things are still the same. Great management and a safety culture that's second to none. I just can't find anything to complain about. I will leave that to others. Some people you can never make happy. It's just in their DNA. With less than two years before I retire I can't thank this company enough for giving me the opportunity to work for them. They have treated me with nothing but respect and for me it just doesn't get any better than that.
 
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runawaytrain said:
Sometimes I have to pinch myself .... Is it a dream? This job is too good to be true. And they say if things are too good to be true it's usually not true. I keep waking up and going to work thinking that perhaps things will change. But after almost two years here things are still the same. Great management and a safety culture that's second to none. I just can't find anything to complain about. I will leave that to others. Some people you can never make happy. It's just in their DNA. With less than two years before I retire I can't thank this company enough for giving me the opportunity to work for them. They have treated me with nothing but respect and for me it just doesn't get any better than that.
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I can't complain either, they hired me at 63, and I retired at 68, Saia always treated me fair.
 
Dracula said:
Anybody been to the Houma, La terminal. Several years ago, I visited with a set of pups. It had been raining and the area, were you dropped your rear pup, had standing water on it but it was hard shell so I dropped the pup with no problem unless you count my now sodden shoes and the ankle high wet trousers a problem. Little did I know that I was just getting started. The dolly drop area had standing water on it. The water level on my trousers went a little higher. Then I docked my lead trailer, got out to crank the legs down, and then I saw that the ground that I was dropping the legs onto was 2 circles of water. I looked at the other pups and saw that their legs was standing in a similar situation. At that point, I realized that it was just another post rain normal day in Houma, cranked those legs down and went to the hotel.
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Yeah some of our terminals
Dracula said:
Another really bad Houma feeling comes after feeling relieved because you have have somehow stumbled across the terminal after you have been utterly lost, in Houma, in the early hours with no one around. You may have come in the back driveway, but you are there. Why the bad feeling, there is no back entrance.
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First time there I found terminal no problem...then got lost on way out...trying to find a turn around in that city can be...tricky to say the least lol
 
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