I got jerked around so much today I got whip-lash. It went a little something like this: I got taken off Load A, assigned Load B, taken off Load B, assigned Load A, taken off Load A, and ultimately re-assigned Load B. If you think that sounds like a pain in the *%#, you're right.
This morning, the load planner took me off Load A and gave me Load B because I couldn't get to the shipper in time. Fine. I'd be lying if I said I didn't see that one coming. I knew I couldn't get there before 2pm. So, while I'm unloading this afternoon, I look up the directions and make plans to go to Shipper B. Only, 10 minutes into the trip, my dispatcher calls to tell me she got me Load A back and I need to hustle because I don't have much time (Load A gets me home, so she was trying to help me out). So, I scramble to figure out how to get there and start heading that way. This is the part where Ohio's 55mph speed limit does me no good. I got there 45 minutes after they stopped loading trucks. I checked in, but to no avail - the dock workers were clocking out and I wasn't going to get loaded. Well, that was a fun little side trip. It'll be interesting to see if those miles show up on my pay check.
I was taken off that load for obvious reasons and reassigned Load B, which does not get me home. The good part is I have a load. I got the feeling there was no Plan C. If I couldn't get Load B loaded, I might have been stuck in Ohio all weekend. That's a good way to make a cranky truck driver. But no crankiness here - I'm going to bed and I don't have to set the alarm. That's wonderful.
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