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The OP is currently doing hard time in Walmart penitentiary for missing an appointment, and has limited internet privileges

 

See you learned to never say never.

 

As a good friend of mine would say in such situations: And what did we learn today?

 

It will get there when it gets there and not a minute sooner.

 

Run it. Tell them you're short on hours and you have 45 minutes before the truck can't leave for 10 hours. Go inside and shop for food and drinks while they unload you. If they bust your clock, pull forward and refuse to leave. Simple as that.

I've never been detained by a Walmart and very rarely by Sams Club. And Walmart company policy is that they can't force a driver to bust their HOS and make them drive over their hours. Didn't work out well in the past, to the tune of 30+ million dollars.

 

He said, "Western Express" and "WalMart." No eye rolling allowed on a WE/Walmart thread.

 

Now you know what to do the next time and there will be many next times.

 

If you can't make it with that kind of eta cushion then trucking ain't for you. Unless your truck is governed at 57 or something like mine. Being in Cali I have an excuse!!

 

This is TTR. If you have to drive more than six hours a day, you are a slave to the system, clearly not making enough money and thus forced to run ragged to make ends meet.

Don't let anyone hear you say anything about doing a job right, or putting in an honest day's work, you'll be labelled a supertrucker.