Skeeter,
As a Teamster I couldn't have said it any better. :smilie_132: WOW! I must say, it is very refreshing when I can agree with you on a topic. I'm pretty sure most of us can truely say at the end of the day that we gave the boss a fair shake. Why is it then that management can never see it that way. Even in my world, there are some supes that think no matter what happens, we are all trying to f*** them, but, I have seen many a supervisor change their opinions of drivers just my spending a day in the passenger seat.
As for the lunch hour, I know that if work through for 9 straight hours and do not advise dispatch that I worked through lunch, they will deduct the hour and pay me for 8 hours for that day. That is why I always touch base with dispatch if I feel I will not cover the work by stopping for the hour. Let them make the decision and then let them live with the decision that they made.