guys... I'm hungry

crst won't give me a pay advance because I already took a few during the week while sitting in a truck stop flour an entire week waiting on a load, for a while $25 to live on fast food because they refuse to send me to freightliner to get my fridge fixed... so their answer to me today was that I should have asked yesterday. I have $2 to last me until Monday morning, no food or water at all... all they want to say is I should have asked yesterday... too bad yesterday, money wasn't an issue until something unexpected came up last night.

and for people thinking about getting into this company... save your money and pay for your own cdl. then if crst is your only option because of your state, come with a decent amount of money in your bank, because if an emergency comes up during the weekend, they don't care whether you eat or not. they'll sit you for a while week just so you don't drive 200 miles on an empty trailer.


so far, since I got this truck, this job is choosing me more money than I'm making. Now for you 20 year drivers, I came here expecting low miles at first, since you all like to claim that we come expecting to make tons of money the first year... but 0 miles in an entire week is a little excessive

so now to figure out how I'm going to eat for the next few days, then hope my advances until Thursday, since I owe money because they take out for the contract regardless of if they give you any miles, leaves me actually bringing home any money out of this and my next load.

 

oh this was coming off of home time. I just finished with my trainer, who left me broke because he only ever would stop for fast food (that ### up fast). I got rushed out of my house to pick up this truck, with no loads planned at all... All over the principal that I was at home, but needed to be on a truck. and apparently I want supposed to get any layover pay while I was sitting that week. got a whole $40.

 

the fridge is the actual unit that cos it. the fuse is fine, even tried a known good fuse. getting to Wal-Mart was the original goal, but I feel behind on being to eat because I couldn't get to one, cuz I want allotted to move the truck, and there were no bus routes in the area.

and I know advances are bad. normally I wouldn't have done it. but it started with $25 one day when I was told I'm getting a load tomorrow, to having to be every day because that load never came. if I can get to Wal-Mart with money, and at least get a 12v cooler, I can feed myself, healthy, on only 30-40 a week... a luxury of liking raw vegetables... it's just getting to that point where I get paid enough to last me until the next time I get paid.

I have this load, for 2900 miles, that's pretty much paying back my advances, then one already set up to deliver Tuesday for another 1600. if I can get the transflo in on time for that load, I might make it... and hopefully I can talk my codriver into investing in that cooler