Last night when I got to the receiver, I opened the trailer doors and bumped the dock so the warehouse guys could get started first thing this morning and I could sleep in. I felt the forklift in the trailer around 6am. Normally, getting unloaded an hour ahead of my appointment time might bode well for the rest of the day, however today, I was going to Catawba, SC. As another driver I met today said, "Man, you know they hold hostages at that place!" And they did. For almost 5 hours. On a load that was supposed to be ready 2 hours before I arrived. So, after starting my day at 6am, I made it home around 8pm.
Tomorrow and the next day will be consumed by travel and Christmas gatherings, then it's back on the road. I will most likely be driving on Christmas day. And to rub salt on the wound, I received a satellite message today reminding all the drivers that beginning at noon on the 24th, there will only be one person on duty in the office until Monday at 7am. So, the employees that get to go home from work every day get two and a half days off plus the weekend? And the employees that live in a truck get a day and a half off and have to work on Christmas day? Sounds like somebody didn't get the memo about my hobby-trucker agenda.
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