Millis OTR journal

Word got out, they are all afraid of you.

 

So this week has been filled with cranky-as-hell people. After spending the weekend at home, my load out was Purina in Zanesville where the shipping clerk was a complete jerk. I think this man just hated truckers in general or something. I felt like looking at him and going "I understand, man. I hate truckers too." But I think this place might be my load out fairly often so I should probably make nice with them. Then after I'm done scaling my load at the TA in Hebron, I go to exit the lot and almost get hit by a guy in a pickup truck trying to come in the big truck exit. I point at the one-way and Do Not Enter signs and say "Can't you ####*n read?" and he acts like he wants to fight. I just shook my head and drove off. The next day, while going through Kennesaw on 75 and dealing with slow traffic, somebody gives a bear report. I jokingly said "Thanks hand I'll be sure to slow down for 'em" and he totally came unglued. I hope somebody gave that man a hug. He had everybody laughing and I don't think that's what he meant to do. Then today while going across PA-28 to Hawthorn, I get into it with some crybaby dump truck drivers who are mad because I'm not going fast enough for them. I should've just turned the knobs to the left and driven even slower.

I need to get one of those giant bags of pacifiers to hand out to some of these guys. There's a lot of crybabies out here.

 

I would keep the CB off until you 100% absolutely think it will help you like when you first come to a slow down etc... and turn it back off as soon as you are done. It is nothing but BS drama on there most of the time.

I rode around just fine without one for a time until I got to a shipper who had a one way road in and out requiring you to call out your intentions to see if anyone else was coming the other way. I decided then I should at least have one in the truck for those rare occasions. 99.9999% of the time it was off.

 

I'll be in Richfield sometime next week for b service and get my fed med card re-upped. Can bet your southwest chicken ill hit up Brisco Co. ^5

 

So we are into the 3rd day of Aug and I've blown a drive tire, had it replaced, and now currently at Pomps in Lacrosse having a screw removed....from the same ####ing tire that was replaced 2 days ago! Amazing how this #### comes in bunches

 

It's the student's fault!

 

I told him the same thing. Should have swerved to miss the god #### screw....fn trainees...