Associated Foods/ Kings Sooper Denver CO

Are you kidding me? You're showing your experience. There are far worse places.

First of all, you can show up anytime before your appointment and park... there many places that turn you away, some won't allow you to show up until 15 minutes before your appointment.

2nd get used to limits on how many drivers allowed in the shack. Some places don't let you in at all, and you stand in line outside the window.

3rd they call you on the phone. They call you. They call you. Yep, there are places you have to go back to the guard and check yourself. Wakefern in NJ I think makes you sit there if you don't have a CB.

Not the first place to make people slide their tandems... BTW its is easier to back a trailer with tandems all the way back... not the other way around.

2hrs to unload.... Wow! you are really gonna have a fit at some of these places that can take all day to unload...

No going inside, standing in line, dealing with surly clerks, they bring the bills to you... oh the horror! Thats the best kind of place! Would you rather sit in your truck where it becomes your job to watch and wait for the green light to turn red, then turn green, then wait 30 mins before going inside? Imagine doing that for 4 hours. At least you could have slept the entire 4 hours only to be interrupted by someone bringing you your paperwork.

There is parking all over that area, and the truckstop is only a mile or two away.

 

some days are better then others
king souper is far from the worse
wait until you blindside back wrong way down
a one way street in LA

 

Been there many times and yes they're a pain but not too bad as you say. You'll get used to it. At least it's not a mud hole like some and actually lots of room to maneuver around. Get used to it as there's a lot worse out here.

 

You're going to have to acquire a pair of big boy pants brother. KS is a heck of a lot better at what they do than the worst of the worst.

 

Trucking has it's moments.


Staging areas are a good place to "sleep". Your lucky these days if a grocer has one. Most don't allow early delivery, so don't show up until 1 hr before your scheduled unless they have parking area for OTR drivers. My worst day was many years ago near Burley, ID. We had about 20 inches of snow and temp below -15F and I was on a 1/4 tank of fuel, the Plant was partially shutdown...They said, we'll call you when your load is ready! It was the next day! (Wesson Potato Factory took over 30 hours to load outbound trucks, but, I did get detention/layover)

 

if they treated you like cattle they must have like you

 

Yeah, and when they invite in for dinner, it's you they're serving dinner.