When I got the message I had a pretty good idea what it was all about. Last week my DM(driver manager) asked me if I was going to go to one of our terminals in GA when I was in the area. I informed her I wasn't since it was way out of my way and there was no reason to go there.
At that point it really didn't sink in. Then when I went and did a 34 hr reset in Muskogee I was asked at that point if I was headed to the OKC terminal to do the reset. Again, no it was over a 3 hour drive out of the way and I saw no reason. At this point I suspected something was up lol.
I went in and got to do a random alcohol screening. It was kinda funny to me when the nurse asked me if I have ever had a breathalyzer test done. I commented in an off hand fashion, 'of course, but I used to give them since I'm former law enforcement'. At that point she just kinda stared at me for a second then continued on.
The thing that gets me is that I seem to average a 'random' at the company I work at every 8-10 months or so. Now it is a rather LARGE company with somewhere in the neighborhood of over 20k drivers. With that many drivers, I tend to get selected for a random quite a bit. Makes me wonder if the company is just wanting to test someone they hope will pass with flying colors. Who know, but I just find it a little funny that I get so many randoms.
When I was in the military, it seemed to be the same way. I swear we had 'randoms' every 6 months or so then. I remember one time we had 3 in a 4 month period. That was crazy!
So who thinks randoms are computer generated out of the complete pool?
In high school, my Eagle Scout son was always the random test. He was one of the very few who would pass every time. Random is not as random as they want us to think.
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