Candler, NC

You'd think with a full 14-hour work day available that I'd be able to make a little progress. Obviously I didn't, as I'm still in the Carolinas. It went something like this: I hit the road at six and made it to the shipper in Taylorsville, NC a couple hours later. Oh what's that, Mr. Guard? This facility closed down a month ago? Don't you worry, I'll be sure to inform my dispatcher. With two hours down the drain, I head over to Lenoir for my first pick-up. What's that? I need a pick-up number? Don't you worry, I'll call my dispatcher. After loading three items, I was off to my second pick-up on the other side of Lenoir. It wasn't too long before they had all twenty-nine pieces loaded and ready to go. However, when I went to the office, I was told that the pieces I was supposed to get in Taylorsville were going to be loaded at this plant and if I waited in the truck they'd let me know when they were done. So a couple hours later I go inside to inquire about the lack of progress.

Have you ever ordered steak in a restaurant and it took so long you jokingly asked the waiter, "did you have to kill the cow? Haha". Well that's basically what happened today. The three pieces of furniture I was waiting on to be loaded turned into almost thirty and they hadn't even been made. So after waiting all day, I finally go back to the office to get my paperwork, and in the middle of getting my bills together, the lady says, "oh, I've got an e-mail" and begins typing a reply. Huh? Lady, I don't care if you just won the lottery. Not once, but twice this happened. "Oh, I've got another e-mail". It'll be there when you get back, wrap it up! After all that, she reminds me that the load has to be in Wisconsin tomorrow. I bit my lip so hard it's still sore. I took my paperwork and left. In fairness, she seemed like a really nice, kind-hearted woman, she just wasn't very expeditious.

I made it to Candler, got fuel, and grabbed a parking spot. I'll try to get an early start in the morning and drive until I'm out of hours.