A Newbie's Outlook After 1st Home Time

Okay everyone. I have always prided myself in knowing that when I make a mistake, I have no problem fessing up and eating crow as it goes. And here is no exception. So here goes...

Anyone that has been following this thread knows I have been feeling like I have been getting the brunt end of the stick lately. Apparently they had the wrong email address for me on file and I just now started receiving my check stubs. I only deposit the money over into my account every few weeks, so I wasn't paying attention to how much per week I was receiving. All I knew was I wasn't being used to my full potential. So I looked them over this morning and realized that even though I've ended up sitting WAY too long after arriving at a delivery anywhere from 12-48 hours ahead of time and not being able to drop it somewhere and keep rolling, my miles actually haven't been that bad.
My miles have been up and down, but still not as bad as I thought. Granted, I still feel as though my time could've been used more efficiently, in comparison, its not that bad. I actually had one week that was 3100 about 3 weeks ago. Since then, its been averaging about 2500.

So, for being on western 11, getting 2500-3000 miles a week is actually pretty good. And the way I figure it, if I wouldn't have had all those screwed up runs, I would've been averaging over 3k a week.

I admit when I was wrong, so here I am if anyone wishes to start throwing mud...

 

No I didn't. I asked payroll one of the last times I was in Brooks about it since another driver told me about it and she said that when I was hired, that bonus wasn't in effect. So the only bonus type thing they were offering to someone hired when I was hired was the $90/per day for 90 days. Which I declined and went to straight pay.