Detention
In short
Detention is pay for getting held up at a warehouse.
In plain words
It's like foreplay that drags into hour two.
At first it's kind of nice. Then you're lying there counting minutes.
In real life, nobody pays you extra for that. In trucking, they do.
Usually the first two hours of waiting are free.
After that, you get paid for every hour, most often $25 to $75.
But only if your arrival and departure times are written down.
No time on paper, no money.
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