Friday, October 23, 2009

HUAW (Hurry up and wait)

At 0730 this morning I had 312 miles behind me. When I arrived at the customer he was standing outside pointing at the door he wanted me in. I guess they really did need it at 0730. I dropped the loaded wagon in the dock and hooked an mt that was on the lot and sent my ready message. The reply was 'no load yet, your second on the list'.

I am at the Flying J now waiting. This 'J' has about an 8 acre lot so I got out and walked for about 35 minutes. It's about 65 degrees with a light breeze. It's funny to see the reaction of most drivers when you get out and just walk. They think your lost or looking for something. Many drivers are so out of shape they can hardly get from the truck to the store to get their receipt. If there wasn't Mountain Dew, hot dogs and doughnuts in there they probably wouldn't bother. These are the same guys that get into arguments on the cb and challenge each other to meet at the fuel island to settle it like men. I've never seen them actually meet though. I'm sure if they did, the one that studied sumo as their martial art would win.

I thought I had taken some great pictures of the sun coming up but the flash was on so all I got was a reflection of all my stuff on the dash board.

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