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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;miss elvee, post: 4855943, member: 103143&quot;]Well, gang, be prepared. As a favor to my boss we agreed to run one last week for the old company. Gads, what a mess that was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the stickler: </p><p>Day one: On the road we get an email from CC: two video trainings to complete. I&#039;m running the mountains on a week-long turn n burn. Not gonna happen. Gonna have to do it this weekend. How long can it take? An hour? No biggie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Day two: we get a list of things to wear/bring to orientation. Turns out the 60 days I have left on my current DOT physical isn&#039;t good enough. Need 90 days. Oh, and you have to wear a collared shirt, dark pants and dark shoes to orientation, which we don&#039;t have. We wear sweatshirts, sweaters, jeans and work boots to work. So, physical, training and shopping need to be done ASAP. Well, if the run ends when it&#039;s supposed to, we can squeeze some of this in Saturday afternoon after our run is over but before we head home. Not happy about it, but what you gonna do?</p><p><br /></p><p>Day two: new email: Elvee and Mr. Elvee we need you to drug test before showing up. &quot;our new provider is slower in returning the results to us...&quot; blahblahblah. Second email: hazmat online training - in addition to the other two already on the list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Day three: Owner called, having problems getting the title for the new truck. The paperwork monkey at the dealership is on vacation. Was going to drop it off an hour from the house - but now that&#039;s up in the air, and the dealership can&#039;t guarantee delivery of the title. Great. Sounds like the sales departments are about as pleasant to deal with as their repair shops. Sigh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then here&#039;s the kicker: the run we agreed to cover ended at 0600 Saturday morning. Until the current customer called on day four and messed with the schedule. We weren&#039;t going to be home after the changes until 1100 Sunday. But what are you gonna do? Yessir three bags full. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had to call the boss and talk it over. We&#039;re going to have to push it back a week. There&#039;s no way I can get all that done in 8 hours on a Sunday. We both reluctantly agree.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lesson learned: take a week off for the last minute stupid. Holy Gods! CC could have given these trainings and lists to us a month ago instead of making us jump through flaming hoops at the last minute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Home for a week,</p><p>Miss E[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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