CRETE - A Year in Review

Well, I'm having my life wasted again. I sat for two days at the Spartanburg terminal coming off my hometime waiting on a load and finally got one from Anderson, SC to Evansville, IN. (565 miles) The pickups from that location are usually drop & hook, but this time it was a live load and I got detained juuuuuuuust long enough to not be able to make it to Evansville in time to deliver early. The unload was supposed to be at a 24 hour place, so I got up and took it in ASAP after my break at 0530 only to find they had laid off their night crew and nobody would be there until 0700. 1.5 hours wasted off my 14. Then I got one from Mounds, IL to Morehead, KY (523 miles). This was a live load and a d&h drop that I would normally take in the same day and again got detained juuuuuuust long enough that I not only had to shut down before delivery, but had to shut down WAY early because of a lack of places to stop enroute on the Blue Grass Parkway. So, I only got to Glendale, KY, got up early and ran it in straight after my break and got freakin' detained again on a d&h! This was a Dollar General and the receiving people were sitting right there playing grab-butt and actively ignoring the waiting drivers. Once I finally got that one off, there was of course, no freight ...

Later in the morning I got three different offers of very short loads at three different times for which I didn't have the hours for pickup or delivery in one way or another. It felt like dispatch was playing a game with me. All three came out of Middletown, OH which is a three hour drive from where I sit and each one was juuuuuust out of reach for either pickup or delivery by the time they sent it to me. Now I'm stuck on one going from Mariemont, OH to Charlotte, NC (598 miles) that doesn't pick up until 1500 tomorrow which will put me in line in Charlotte at 0600 Monday where it's a pretty sure bet I'll sit at least another day. That'll be a 1686 mile week which I imagine drivers at some companies wouldn't mind, but I'm definitely feeling in an old Supersnackbar mood right now ... or maybe something like "it" in a game of keepaway.

 

yea i did, lol and i rushed them up every chance i had too. i wanted out before i even went in lol.

 

Your having one of those days (weeks in your case), we all have them. Things can only get better (I hope), hang in there, its January and in a month or two things should be hopping again!! (I hope, again). LOL stay positive, I'm at home drinkin one for ya! Drive Safe

 

Have another! I could use one! LOL

 

a little shot of makers mark will do me, thanks.

 

Thanks for posting that, ET. Now I can visualize myself in the captain's chair.
Isn't that what those motivational speakers tell you to do?

Hope everyone has a great weekend, wherever you are.

Andrew

 

^ Maybe I'll see you somewhere west of the Mississippi next week ... Wishful thinking ... As it stands, I'm just gonna sit here and take a restart before I pick up the Charlotte load in case some miracle happens and I get a long turn & burn first thing Monday morning ...

 

the good thing evertruckerr is that you were expecting it, just not so soon. hope things improve soon over there