Honest question for owner operators: do you actually want random test notices on weekends, or is that an intrusion?
Full disclosure up front, I help run a DOT random testing consortium, so this isn't a gotcha, it's a real debate happening on our team and I figured the people it actually affects should be the ones to settle it.
Here's the split. Some of us think sending a random selection notice on a weekend or a holiday weekend is rude. It lands on your one stretch of downtime and feels like work bleeding into your time off. The other camp says weekends are actually the best time, because a lot of drivers are home or parked, plenty of clinics have Saturday hours, and it's easier to just knock it out than to burn a driving day during the week.
So I want it straight from you. When a random pops, when do you actually want that notice? Does a Saturday text ruin your day, or is it the convenient time to go get it done? Does a holiday weekend make it worse? And does it change if you're a solo O/O versus running a few trucks?
Not selling anything, genuinely trying to not be the company that annoys the people we're supposed to be helping. Appreciate any honest takes.