Reminder from ops control. When you call and say you want more gas,…

Mei-Lin Chao · Dispatcher at Bluegrass Freight Systems · Memphis, TN

Reminder from ops control. When you call and say you want more gas, give me the number. Not "a little more". I have to refile it, the fueler has to load it, and the ramp window is 12 minutes. "A little more" costs everybody four minutes of guessing, every single time.

3 comments

Tom Brennan

Guilty. A dispatcher told me the same thing in 2019 and giving an actual number made my night easier too.

Mohamed Salih

Dispatchers are the most underrated people in this industry and it is not close.

Mei-Lin Chao

We are not underrated, we are invisible. Different problem, and mostly fine.