Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

We (or maybe just me) could do with that option for the fuel islands also.

Did you get your new trainee yet?

 

yup, got him the same day, started out with his first load the following morning.

 

Really should have at least twice that much accessible when OTR. Never know when things could go south and you find yourself on the side of the road thousands of miles from home.

I wouldn't feel comfortable out here without a get home contingency plan or three.

 

I don't think my company would ever leave me stranded on the side of the road. Besides Greyhound doesn't cost all that much.

 

Oh, my dear, you will soon know the joys of the pee bottle. Especially with some of the places we deliver. Your naïveté on the subject is cute. I guess since you were in training the places you and your trainer delivered all had restrooms that were fit for human use and you always stopped at wonderful facilities. Wait until you deliver a Boars Head where you get there the night before for a 4 am delivery and they don't come in until then. Or Sabra to Belvidere IL where the bathroom is hit or miss as to cleanliness (or when they're closed altogether). Or Hill Phoenix to a new store, which BTW is first come first served, no matter what your QC says, and you get there the night before. I could give you more examples, but you get the idea.

 

Nite nite, JB.....

 

Oh, almost forgot. On the subject of the cameras. Yes, they do record on a loop 24/7 while the truck is running. And yes, sometimes the 3rd party that handles this catches drivers doing unsafe things and they get called into safety. I was witness to an incident of just that. Driver had been told numerous times not to cover his camera and when said driver finally did as instructed, was caught not wearing seat belt. It was a bad discussion with f-bombs being dropped and yelling involved. No catastrophic event, just a random viewing. So, yeah, it can bite you, but usually, if you're being safe and contentiousness, you're golden.

 

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