PEPSI OR COCA COLA !!!

It’s not the good old days in the beverage industry, that’s for sure. It’s just getting harder and harder and the work gets more grueling as they introduce new products to try to make up for all the cases of 12 packs and 2 liters they don’t sell anymore.

12 packs and 2 liters are easy- throw em on the shelf and go. It’s all the cooler bullcrap that eats up all your time. That and scanning and staging. Having 18 year old kids treat you like crap and make you wait to get scanned is beyond frustrating.

but the job is convenient for you right now, so just use it to sharpen your backing skills and when the time is right, bolt.

 

Do you want to haul a product that tastes sweet and delicious, or haul a product that tastes like dirt an mildew?

 

Waiting 20-30 minutes at a dollar general to check in 75-100cs orders is what finally did me in.

 

I don't do any of that, I Hook up to a trailer that needs to be returned to and reloaded by Bakersfield, Pretrip it, Leave Mojave, CA. Drive over Tehachapi to Bakersfield, back it into the dock, drop it, Hook to a trailer they have already loaded, make sure it's sealed and locked. drag it back over the mountain drop it in Mojave on the ready line, hook to another westbound trailer and repeat.
Our route drivers seem to think I have a rough job, I think it could not get much easier. Bakersfield and Mojave have a low turn rate, the drivers here seem to think it's a pretty good gig. If I did leave shuttle/transport it would only be for bulk deliveries.

 

we need a bakersfield driver, senority has nothing to do with running shuttles, unless someone with more wanted it also. But most drivers want nothing to do with it. Seems easy to me.

 

I don’t get that. At EVERY soda operation I’ve ever seen or heard of transport was the ULTIMATE goal! Guys start out on the route trucks and hope to get bulk- if you’re lucky and have been there for a awhile (30 plus years) a transport gig will open up.

In my experience, your situation is not the norm. I’d be all over it though. It’s a great situation for you, that’s for sure!