1. Things are a little different where I work, and you get sent out in the order that you come in when returning to your home domicile.
2. Personally, I could care less. I eat lunch and I'm not in a hurry. But anyone who wants to cry that I ran over them might as well kiss my azz, because I'm going to be walking away from him anyway. I'll do my part, but I'm not loading up 100 guys in my phone and calling the senior guy to see if its OK for me to finish up and go to bed. You come to work, to WORK! You get more than generous break times. There is little excuse to spend 4 hours passed out on the side of the road. There is NO excuse for a bid man to do it (if you know what time you start every day).
3. How exactly can you blame the junior guys for trying to keep up with the senior men? The biggest offenders in my area are bid guys and people with 10+ years in the union. The "do as I say, not as I do" crap don't fly with me. Here, if it's a junior guy, these limp ***** are screaming for his card, but when it WAS one of their buddies, "well, he got yelled at, thats enough". Screw that! The guy was reseting his logbook on 34 hours rest. He knew better, but he figured his kids neede food more than my kids I guess.
But what do I know, I'm still laid off.