I did it, I quit my shitty truck driving job and then all hell broke loose!

So for the last 8 months I have worked for a gentleman in Gulf Shores, AL as a truck driver. I was driving his 2007 Volvo Semi Truck and leased on to a company out of Wisconsin. For almost all the time I worked for him the truck was constantly breaking down and he wouldn't fix it properly, just enough to get it back on the road but never properly. I never got paid for the breakdowns, never got paid for all the times I lost work or used my personal vehicle to take care of things for him or his truck.

We agreed when I started with him that I would give him 6 months and if it wasn't working out we would part as friends. Today after he put my last paycheck on my card I informed him that I could no longer work for him and was taking another job. We talked on the phone and I informed him I had no problems with him, just with the situation.

When I was hired by him he made me go to his bank and get a Prepaid Debit (Payroll) card so he could pay me. I told the bank, then, that he was not to be allowed to take money out of the account....only to add it to the account. A few hours after I told him I was quitting he came to the truck stop to get his truck. Immediately after driving off with it he texted me and accused me of stealing his chains and binders. I informed him that they were on the trailer and that I didn't steal them.

Then a few minutes later I went to the store and my credit card declined. I called and the balance was $0. I immediately called him and he refused to answer my calls. I texted him and told him to put the money back on my card or he would not like the consequences.

After numerous unanswered calls and texts to him and his wife I got a text saying "Good" (to me calling the cops). So I called the cops, after talking to 4 different officers and explaining the situation they called him and threatened to arrest him for Grand Theft and Wire Fraud if he didn't return my money. So he drove to the truck stop and his wife met me inside with a nasty attitude and handed me the check and told me I could cash it at the bank in the morning, I will be there when it opens tomorrow.

His wife claims that I owe them money and that is why they took the money from my account. They neglect to realize that when they hired me I was forced to use my personal vehicle and my money to drive from Robertsdale, AL to Racine, WI to go to orientation and then home. They neglect to realize that the first 3 weeks after orientation I sat here with no pay while the truck was in two different shops in Louisiana getting worked on. They neglect to realize that the truck was in the shop over 30 times in the 8 months I worked for them and that I never got paid a penny. They neglect to realize that I worked on the truck repeatedly during the time I worked for them and never got paid, often times I bought parts out of my own pocket and never got reimbursed for them.

They have threatened to take me to small claims court and I truly hope they do, I will have their asses. Furthermore, I am going to be contacting the Labor Board, Better Business Bureau and United States Department of Transportation on Monday and reporting him. I will also be contacting the company he currently has his hotshot (pickup) leased to and letting them know what kind of person he is.

I am sorry if this seems like a rant, but it is.....I am madder than you could possibly imagine.

During the 8 months I worked for him I lost my pickup truck (stolen because he made me park it in an unsafe location), lost 3 of my 4 guns, lost all my power tools, shop vac and numerous other things I had to pawn/sell to pay my bills because I wasn't making enough money to live on.

Let this be a lesson to everyone that reads it, when you work for someone do not let a sense of loyalty or friendship or desire to help them keep you in a bad situation. At the first sign of trouble GTFO.