10-11-2021, 07:31 PM | #45 |
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Went to buy a mattress and was told there was a foam shortage.
Went to buy my dad a power recliner, was told there's a wood shortage for framing. Went to buy a…you get the idea. I think most companies are saying there are shortages (which there is) but are using it as an excuse to limit having to hold capitol up in inventory. The days of high inventory are gone, I think. Businesses are not going back. Just like a lot of workers want remote more so than in office now. |
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10-11-2021, 07:36 PM | #46 | |
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I have no problem with the ELD as it hopefully did away with cowboys that were dangerous on the road. Younger drivers can adapt. I love the technology. Especially for insurance purposes. Freaking nuclear verdicts against the big bad trucking companies sucks. Now we have safety features like collision avoidance and I love the drive cams; both forward facing and driver facing. I can’t tell you how many times we have had stupid accidents in the past where the four wheeler said we did something wrong. All my trucks have dash cams and capture the nonsense. Previously it was a he said, she said and insurance companies paid just to make it go away. Now driver just shows the LEO the video and he writes a ticket on the scene to car driver that did something stupid and shows at fault. |
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10-11-2021, 08:03 PM | #47 |
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10-11-2021, 08:58 PM | #48 |
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We use Sysco Foods. We just hung up with our rep. We are a franchise, send them (Sysco) $50k plus per month. Our truck was cancelled today, is cancelled for tomorrow, and our only truck before the weekend will be Wednesday. What is happening to Sysco in Az right now is absolutely insane. They say labor shortages. We have been open almost 7 years. We have never been pushed off for delivery. Now it's twice in 5 days. They say it's regional, but any way I slice it, it ain't good. For all you Az peeps, get ready for your favorite restaurant to tell you that they are out of it, no matter what it is. Our paper goods and plastics supplier has been telling us for weeks that he can't get some plastic goods. People need to go back to work. Period. Eff Covid.
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10-11-2021, 09:03 PM | #49 |
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Starting last week it's now almost impossible to get 12/2 low voltage wiring, irrigation wire good luck. Poly piping extremely hard to buy in bulk. Usually can get on the same day now it's taking a month.
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10-11-2021, 09:41 PM | #54 |
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10-11-2021, 09:42 PM | #55 |
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10-11-2021, 11:19 PM | #56 |
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Makes me nervous for our upcoming house build. Might have to shelve that for a year and let things recover.
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10-12-2021, 06:20 AM | #57 |
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Went on Amazon to order some products.
Shipment date on the product listing said BY: (4 days from now) Got all the way to the end of the cart, shipping changed to a month from now.. Backed out of order |
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10-12-2021, 06:46 AM | #58 |
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Do you have to deal with driver illiteracy? I've seen over-the-road teams where one of the drivers could not read, and the only way that they could earn a living was to be paired with a driver who could read. Losing the literate driver could take the illiterate one out of the workforce as well.....
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10-12-2021, 08:07 AM | #60 |
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It has proven to be an insane 2 years, I was fortunate in last year to not have to lay anyone off due to our employer making sure everyone was taken care of. Our work level was down 50-60% but we pulled through.
Starting the beginning of this year, work really started to pick up. Normal amount of "work in process" for my Collision shop is $300k at any given time, we have been at $650k for most of the year with no new employees to be found. I have skilled labor who want to relocate from other areas but can not find or afford the housing b/c it has gone through the roof. Add to that, most manufacturers can not supply parts in a timely fashion and we have a parking lot full of dead wood. |
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10-12-2021, 08:47 AM | #62 |
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Romex, what with romex?. The home centers are hiding what they have b/c people are stealing it and the prices for what they do have is insane!
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10-12-2021, 08:56 AM | #63 | |
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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My issues currently: Lots of unfinished projects. Chip shortage - MFP printer for a control room that was ordered in May, still no ETA. Building materials scarce to the point where it's impossible to plan project completion. Employee/contractor issues with COVID or just overall shortage. Car shortage on rental so I can get my car in the shop. Other's involved but I'm being called out on my laptop for not paying attention on a teams call.
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