Millis OTR journal

Ahh Conneaut. That's where my in-laws live. I miss seeing Quad Graphics trucks and going to their facilities. Awesome people. Every time I see one of those trucks I always wonder if that's Miss Della rolling by. She was a trainer at Millis and went to them. Great lady, they got a gem.

 

I went down to my TA this morning to warm up Miss April and was inspired to give y'all a reminder about alcohol. It's that time of year. Some guy came in whining about frozen nozzles on his washer fluid system. He chewed out the very sweet girl at the counter because they didn't have de-icer. That pissed me off, because those employees are my people. I grabbed some alcohol off the shelf and added it to the items I already had on the conter, then handed him the bottle. I explained to him what it was for and how to use it. He refused to take it and said that he was afraid to do that because he was afraid that his company would find out and have a problem with it. Ok rookie, do whatever you wanna do. I tried. Take your anger out on someone else, don't mess with my ladies or I'll drop you on the floor. You can't fix stupid. Pretty sure your company would rather see you adding alcohol to your washer fluid than wrecking a truck that costs $175k. Retard. Stuff like that is why I hate company guys. Will alcohol harm your system? Yes it will. It will dry the rubber tubing and eventually that tubing will need replaced. It'll cost about 20 bucks and it'll take a couple years before it's a problem. Do the math. $20 vs $175k. I'm not a math genius, but I'm pretty sure I can make the right decision here

 

Rofl

 

My trainer was the same way. He brought a young lady to the brink of tears over a stupid shower credit. I was so embarrassed. She called him an a-hole as he walked away. Hilarious. A manager quickly came over to scold her, and he looked pissed. I reached across the counter and first bumped her as that guy got close. I apologized to the girl for his behavior and told the manager "she was right, he was wrong. And he is an a-hole". They both chuckled at that.

 

It's my opinion that they need to ditch those skirts on every trailer. But you're definitely right about testing. The view you have is definitely limited because they are there. I'll blast this trumpet all day long until someone notices. Ditch the stupid GD tails and skirts, and ditch the fixed 5th wheels. You folks in Black River are welcome to look at my fuel reports. Your setup is an unnecessary headache, and my mpg is way better than yours. Game, set, match. We have stuff on our trailers, but it's minimal and unobtrusive. Like the Stoughton trailers that Millis will occasionally lease.